Its amazing how cheap is in my country to take the JLPT tests in order to get your certificate.… - Feed Post by strawhat64
Its amazing how cheap is in my country to take the JLPT tests in order to get your certificate. Its only 55 euro for all levels. Trust me, that's cheap for my country. Heck, the price for English was at least twice as expensive. I believe I can get N5 easily for starters.
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Btw, the place you take the tests is the Japanese Embassy. There are other places as well but I think its better to take them in Embassies.
They write the country that you made your test in on the JLPT tests certificate, so the country can be considered kind of like collectible. can be considered kind of collectibles, lol. I know it's cheap in Moscow, even cheaper in other towns in Russia(I thought there are only two towns woth official exam, but there are actually nine towns now) and in Warzaw. Far cheaper than 5000 DKK in Copenhagen!- Of course, you've gotta know some of the language and basic orientation skills to do the exams on a different country, DUH. I think it's possible for me in some countries. You should totally do this if you're "airheaded" enough, lol
- Well, if you manage to get the N1 certificate no one will be able to judge you.
- Oh, you mentioned euros. Well, 5000 DKK is 672.05 in euros. I find this price shocking, but it also fits to salaries and living exapnses in Copenhagen. As a shocking example of Russian prices(although they change all the time) I can give you prices for the town Astrakhan for N5 exam. That would be 800 rubles = 11 EUR. But I think you need Russian there, wah. Same as Greece, maybe.
So yeah, doing all the exams(if any) in one town/country would be totally boring. - sorry for all the typos >n</
- strawhat64 yeah, true! :D
- well, its 55 euro per level so all of them cost 275 euro. So far I really believe I can easily get the lowest N5 certificate, and perhaps even N4 but I am not sure about the rest of them. For now anyway. For the past 7 months I have been studying non-stop for 1-2 hours per day so I am absorbing knowledge faster that usual. And since I really like Japanese I learn them faster and more easily.
- yeah, that's also true! Also, Russian N1 costs more than double the N5 exam costs(800 vs 1800), so sometimes you have to consider this too x_x
Well, 2032 kanjis will surely help you with N4 exam! Do you plan to take N5 soon? I wonder how many times a year can you take the exam in your town. - I checked that earlier and apparently I should have applied sooner. The registrations were between 5 and 16 of September and the test is on the 4th of December. So no I will probably have to wait till next year.
Here in the UK all the levels of JLPT exams are equal in price, £75 (84 euros). I think you can take the test twice a year in most countries—once in December and once in July—but some are only once a year.
I've never really been interested in taking any JLPT levels anyway. If somehow I reach N1 level naturally then I might go for it, but I think I'm still a very long way off from that happening. I like spending my time learning just whatever I happen to find interesting and fun to do, rather than spend it revising material specific for a test.
Other people likely have a more urgent goal of reaching competency in Japanese quickly, and I can see the JLPT levels being useful to track progress towards that goal. ^^
I'm taking N2 in December. Luckily I can take the exam twice a year here in Japan. I failed the reading section of N2 in July.- Were the 3 previous tests difficult? How much do you believe this site helps with the lowest ones?
- N5 was super easy but after that they seemed to be quite difficult, with an especially big jump from N3 to N2 in my opinion.
I didn't start using this website until I already passed N3 so I can't really say for N5, N4, and N3. But it is definitely a good supplement for vocabulary review. You will need some other method of studying grammar, practicing reading, and listening comprehension.
Have you used the Genki books? I mastered Genki 1 for N5 and Genki 2 for N4. After that I would recommend some JLPT textbooks that cover every section of the exam on addition to whatever your normal study routine is. - I see, so I shouldn't worry about N5 for the rest need some more dedication.
