JLPT results
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I just got the e-mail notifying me that I passed level 3! I got 328/400, and rocked sections 1 and 3 (kanji and grammar), but screwed up on the listening section, and I know exactly why: I forgot and/or didn't realize that the listening section only plays once, so I didn't listen as closely as I should have.But, I mean, come on. It's so unrealistic to think that a Japanese speaker will say something to you only once in a conversation and then refuse to repeat it, especially if you're a foreigner. S/he will be more than willing to repeat him/herself if you didn't quite hear it all.
...okay, well, 49 times out of 50, the speaker would think that my asking him/her to repeat him/herself meant that I didn't understand, and not that I didn't hear it properly, so s/he then would try to reword and simplify it instead of just repeating it, which was frustrating.
And I do get why they only played it once: to force you to listen closely. It just doesn't really jive with the real thing.
But--yeah! To celebrate, I'm going to go watch the lunar eclipse, which just began about 10 minutes ago. Sweet!
