Friday, February 09, 2007

success!

I left Portland on August 9th, 2006 -- exactly half a year ago today.

One of the main reasons I came to Japan was to improve my Japanese language skills. Today one of the Japanese language teachers overheard me talking with the home economics teacher in the staff room. She said, "Wow, you can speak Japanese now!" While that's not actually true, I am making a lot of progress. I received a fancy certificate in the mail a few days ago to prove it:

This is to certify that the person named above has passed the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test given in December 2006, jointly administered by the Japan Educational Exchanges and Services and The Japan Foundation.

Level: 3

Writing/Vocabulary: 99/100
Listening: 96/100
Reading/Grammar: 180/200

Total Score: 375/400 <-- That's 93.75%!

I'm taking Level 2 next December. It is much, much harder than Level 3.

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