ぜったい落ちない！
Posted: March 13, 2009 | Author: Doug | Filed under: Japanese, Language | 3 Comments »今年の十二月に３級日本語能力試験を受けるつもりだよ。いつか日本に住みたいんだ。でもやっぱり日本語がまだ大変だ。最近マミーと娘が寝た時自分で模試を受けたけど大失敗。漢字と読みがよかったのに文法とリスニング がよく間違えた。そうゆう問題が２０パーセントだけ正しかった。それで最初にすごいはずかしかった。でもよく考えてからもっと頑張ると決めた。十二月までちゃんと勉強できれば受かると思う。
それで勉強方を変えた：
- 毎日ネットで日本ニュース見ると日本語をだんだん聞こえる。事務所で仕事をするながら日本番組を三十分かんぐらい聞く。
- Ankiで文法を毎日復習する。
- 夏にもう一つの模試受けるつもりだ。そのあとまた僕の間違えを復習する。
「ぜったい落ちないぞ！」とよく思うので自信を出す。
僕が三十一歳で三十五歳の前に２級の試験を合格したい。だけど２級のが結構大変なので二〜三年間勉強しないと無理。
頑張ります。：）
南無阿弥陀仏
P.S. Posted a very similar post in English here. Today I felt like venting in Japanese instead (even if it takes me three times as long to write it).
P.P.S. My wife helped me out the next morning, as there were many mistakes.
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Hello, this blog is about my life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Any useful information I can pass along will hopefully make the 
Hey- at least I was able to read much of what you wrote, even though I am too lazy to respond in Japanese!
I think that patience and practice will be the key to understanding what you hear. I think I suggested this once before, but why don’t you spend a day communicating with your wife in only Japanese?? I don’t have that luxury and so I rely a lot upon Japanese t.v.
When I was studying English in Iowa (Don’t ask me why), one day an Iranian guy came up to me and gave me a few tips on how to master the language.
1) Listen to the radio news. Preferably record the news so that you can listen as many as you wish. 2) Read the same article in the paper.
1) will make you focus on listening. Guess the meaning and spelling. Then, 2), you check your answers and expand your vocabulary.
This was way back before the internet became popular. So, maybe it is not the best way as you have many other options available on the net. 頑張ってください！
After I posted my comment, I read your “similar post in English” which gave me more background of your Japanese study. Alright. Looks like you’ve tried many materials and methods.
Believing yourself as ぜったい落ちない！ has a maximum effect when you actually take the exam. I’m into autohypnosis and self-enlightenment. Recent study shows your brain works according to what you believe even though they are not always true. In other words, you can fool your brain by giving yourself applause. My brain has been fooled for many years, and it must have figured out some things are not true by now