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10a4It is quite difficult for me to judge my own level since it chgneas based upon various external factors. Being completely honest, I probably understand about 85-90% of the level 30; 75-85% of the level 40; 65-75% of the level 50 material while reading it without the use of any external aids.However, if this were a listening comprehension test, my levels would likely read more along the lines of: 97% lvl 30; 90% lvl 40; 80-85% lvl 50. Obviously, my listening comprehension skills are quite a bit higher than my reading skills.But, here's where things get interesting due to my forgetfulness of the kanji I've studied in the past. If I were given furigana for all of the kanji in the reading material, my reading comprehension percentages would likely jump to a level much more aligned to my listening comprehension levels. Thus showing that my current weak point in reading right now is kanji readability rather than actual structural or vocabulary comprehension issues.And, just for fun, if I were to write articles similar to these levels, I would probably rank myself thusly: 95% lvl 30; 80% lvl 40; 70% lvl 50 (without a dictionary typing)100% lvl 30; 95% lvl 40; 90% lvl 50 (with the use of a dictionary typing)85% lvl 30; 65% lvl 40; 35% lvl 50 (without dictionary hand written)100% lvl 30; 95% lvl 40; 90% lvl 50 (with dictionary hand written)So, if I were to analyze my self-analysis (however accurate that may or may not be), I would likely say that my strong points are: structural analysis/syntax (both formal and casual) and daily conversational lexis (aka vocab), while my weak points would be: reading and writing kanji without a dictionary aide, keigo/kenjyougo.Now, for my background and study methods: I've been watching anime and jdrama for 8 years now (3 of those years have been without subtitles); I studied Japanese language and culture in college (3 years language study, 1 year textual study, 2 years formal academic composition study); I currently live in Japan and am reading as many light-novels as I can get my hands on / talking to as many people in daily life in Japanese as possible.I feel that, while almost completely unnecessary to learn the language conversationally, my rigorous university study (5 days a week, 3 hours a day, 4 years straight) has helped me vastly to learn more complex (esp. academic and formal) sentence structures and lexis forms. Also, without the forced study, consequence of poor study (e.g. getting a bad grade), and forced rote memorization of kanji, I likely would be a much lower level than I am now.As for my general take on language acquisition methods, that's a difficult topic to cover in a short blurb. But, basically, I believe that certain methods work well with some people and horrendously with others. I also think that the methods should be goal-driven (why are you learning the language and what end-level do you hope to achieve). Obviously, some things will be goal-independent, but most language acquisition methods are extremely goal-driven and quite focused on certain aspects of the target language.In any case, excellent site. I hope to use it for learning materials in the future.VA:F [1.9.21_1169](from 0 votes)
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