JLPT Test - 2 Dec 2007

The Japanese Language Proficiency Test is organise once every year. There are 4 different levels beginning from Level 4 which is the most easy and level 1 the hardest. I have registered myself for the Level 4 test and will be tested on Sunday, 2 December 2007 at the Japanese School at Upper Changi Road North. It is quite a big school with swimming pool, playground and a lots of classroom. You will need to take off your shoes before entering the classroom. Luckily, i don't have any holes on my socks. :)

I left the house late and so decided to take a taxi down, there are very limited bus to that area. On the way, saw a lot of taxi going in that direction and indeed there was a little jam outside the school. There were several boards in the main hall to determine where we will be taking the test and it was assigned according to our registration no. I was assigned to the room 2-8. There are 3 floors in the school and let's asume that each floor, there are 8 classrooms so 3 floors will be 24 classrooms and assume that each room can take 30 candidates so it will be 720 candidates. If we add the other side of the school then it will be 720 x 2, which is 1440 candidates who will be taking the test in the morning. I understand that there is also another batch coming in the afternoon, i never expect there are so many peoples taking up Japanese lessons here.

There are 3 sections for the test: words & language, listening, grammer and reading. There is a little break after every section. This year the test was quite easy compare to other years i have seen but listening was the most difficult every year as it is hard to understand what the speaker is talking about and selecting the correct answer. I know i did real bad in that.. must work harder... Overall, i believe i should be able to pass the test but the results will only be out in Feb or March next year. In the meanwhile, i will start to work harder for the level 3 test next year! Yeah!!