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The Derailing Thread

Angel said:
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Do you have seasonal affective disorder? I'm sorry that you are sad. :hugI hope you feel better soon.
I live in the desert so we don't really experience autumn. Palm trees and Bogenvilla look the same year round.
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Maybe I could come to live there!!

I'll bet the clothes always dry!
I love to hang them outside.

I'm good now. I don't have seasonal affective disorder,
I'm in disorder all year long!

How'r you?
 
In case anyone's wondering, why do I watch singing auditions all the time (the good ones as well), I actually did a little singing, and I was decent. No, really! I started singing accompaniment to my guitar so I could do the whole song, and people said I was OK (don't remember what they said about my guitar playing). I even sang lead in the church choir a couple times. All this is in the past, and now I couldn't sing to save my life (old age, health). But, neither do I show up to singing auditions. Yet.
 
JLPT N4 practice exam results thus far...

1st written section: Minimum score: 31% Actual: 62%
2nd written section: Minimum score: 31% Actual: 66%
Listening Comprehension (they give you a CD): ???

The listening comp makes me the most nervous. You listen one time, straight through with no repeats, and answer questions as you go. (In the real test, if your cellphone or watch goes off during the live test, a proctor hands you a red tag and you must leave the classroom with no score. It has happened. One girl's phone went off with only 5 minutes to go for the entire test. Red tagged and walk-of-shame.)
 
wondering said:
Maybe I could come to live there!!

I'll bet the clothes always dry!
I love to hang them outside.

I'm good now. I don't have seasonal affective disorder,
I'm in disorder all year long!

How'r you?
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Well, not always with the clothes. It gets pretty wet and cold during winter.
I am well. We're about to go grocery shopping. Dunno what we will do later.
 
Angel-san, I think you guys should stay at a ryokan (I've stayed at a "minshuku", sort of a less-expensive version)...

 
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KevinK said:
JLPT N4 practice exam results thus far...

1st written section: Minimum score: 31% Actual: 62%
2nd written section: Minimum score: 31% Actual: 66%
Listening Comprehension (they give you a CD): ???

The listening comp makes me the most nervous. You listen one time, straight through with no repeats, and answer questions as you go. (In the real test, if your cellphone or watch goes off during the live test, a proctor hands you a red tag and you must leave the classroom with no score. It has happened. One girl's phone went off with only 5 minutes to go for the entire test. Red tagged and walk-of-shame.)
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Good job!! You can only get better!
 
Angel said:
So, what exactly is on these tests?
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It ranges from listening to a short conversation and answering a question like "Which bus did they take?" to reading a public notice and answering "What time is the library open on Saturday?". Like that. All multiple choice, no writing or speaking.
 
Hmmm... I think writing and speaking should be so. Sometimes when you do multiple choice tests you have to guess, and you could get something right without actually knowing it. What do you think about that?
 
Angel said:
Hmmm... I think writing and speaking should be so. Sometimes when you do multiple choice tests you have to guess, and you could get something right without actually knowing it. What do you think about that?
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lol. multiple guess
 
I did end up guessing on some of the questions when I took the N5. Ran out of time on one section and just pencilled in circles at random. Not sure how I did there.

People have made that criticism of the JLPT format, but I think it's a practical thing with the volume of testers they process worldwide.
 
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