The purpose of this thread is to survey the level of Japanese of active users on this Forum.
Please copy and paste the following and add in your own information (at your discretion, of course). Thanks
Studying:
How many hours of formal instruction have you had (ie school, tutor etc.):
Where did you receive instruction for your highest level Japanese course thus far (ie HS, College, Grad School, Heritage school etc):
How many hours of self-study have you had:
When did you first started studying (please state year):
Can you read/write all hiragana and katakana characters:
How many Kanjis can you recognize (ie understand its meaning):
How many Kanjis can you write, without using a dictionary:
How many individual words do you think you know (60000 for avg. native speaker, 10000 for JLPT Level 1):
Who is your favour Japanese author:
Schooling:
Have you ever taken a Japanese language exam (Y/N):
If so, what's the highest exam level you have attained (JLPT/JETRO/J-TEST/Kanji Kentei etc.):
Do you have a university degree in Japanese language/culture/history:
If so, in which country did you study:
If so, what is the highest degree you have obtained:
How do you categorize your proficiency (beginner, intermediate, advanced, native, expert):
For those who answered advanced, native, or expert to the above question:
Do you think learning Onomatopoeia is important when learning Japanese?
How many gion-go or gitai-go words do you think you know?
How do you rate your level of Keigo (on scale of 10, 1 = beginner, 10 = yamato nadeshiko):
How do you rate your level of listening comprehension (1 = beginner, 10 = nihonjin)
Without using subtitles, how much of the dialogue within one "jidai geki" episode can you fully comprehend (please state in percentages):
General Questions:
Can you speak and/or understand a dialect aside from the standard language:
If so, what dialects are you familiar with:
With whom do you use Japanese the most with? (Spouse/Lover, Customers, Classmates etc.):
What prompted you to learn Japanese in the first place:
What is your age range (15-20, 20-25, 25-30 etc.):
What is your gender:
What is your mother tongue:
Do you possess native/advanced proficiency in another foreign language beside Japanese. If so, please state them:
Thank you very much for taking part. It shall be interesting to hear more about our fellow members
Please copy and paste the following and add in your own information (at your discretion, of course). Thanks
Studying:
How many hours of formal instruction have you had (ie school, tutor etc.):
Where did you receive instruction for your highest level Japanese course thus far (ie HS, College, Grad School, Heritage school etc):
How many hours of self-study have you had:
When did you first started studying (please state year):
Can you read/write all hiragana and katakana characters:
How many Kanjis can you recognize (ie understand its meaning):
How many Kanjis can you write, without using a dictionary:
How many individual words do you think you know (60000 for avg. native speaker, 10000 for JLPT Level 1):
Who is your favour Japanese author:
Schooling:
Have you ever taken a Japanese language exam (Y/N):
If so, what's the highest exam level you have attained (JLPT/JETRO/J-TEST/Kanji Kentei etc.):
Do you have a university degree in Japanese language/culture/history:
If so, in which country did you study:
If so, what is the highest degree you have obtained:
How do you categorize your proficiency (beginner, intermediate, advanced, native, expert):
For those who answered advanced, native, or expert to the above question:
Do you think learning Onomatopoeia is important when learning Japanese?
How many gion-go or gitai-go words do you think you know?
How do you rate your level of Keigo (on scale of 10, 1 = beginner, 10 = yamato nadeshiko):
How do you rate your level of listening comprehension (1 = beginner, 10 = nihonjin)
Without using subtitles, how much of the dialogue within one "jidai geki" episode can you fully comprehend (please state in percentages):
General Questions:
Can you speak and/or understand a dialect aside from the standard language:
If so, what dialects are you familiar with:
With whom do you use Japanese the most with? (Spouse/Lover, Customers, Classmates etc.):
What prompted you to learn Japanese in the first place:
What is your age range (15-20, 20-25, 25-30 etc.):
What is your gender:
What is your mother tongue:
Do you possess native/advanced proficiency in another foreign language beside Japanese. If so, please state them:
Thank you very much for taking part. It shall be interesting to hear more about our fellow members