This month’s surfing is related to Japanese testing. Happily the JLPT is now at least partially contested by the J-Cat
Let’s take a look
It seems (in some cases) the J-CAT is a viable alternative to the rigid testing procedure of JLPT
Let’s see what people are saying about JLPT versus J-CAT
To do that we are going to do some searching in Japanese. If you don’t yet know how, here is my guide to doing it.
Here are some things I found
My alma mater is accepting the J-CAT for language placement!
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/admissions/short-term/summer_jp/jcat.html
male / female speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65SfryStxM0&ab_channel=MikuRealJapanese
2,000 words while you sleep.
similar to our Subliminal kanji video…
http://japantree.benfii.com/a-visual-journey-through-the-breakdown-radicals-of-1700-kanji/
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random polyglot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illApgaLgGA&ab_channel=Poly-glot-a-lot
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Since I love AtsuEigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqXi4Vhy5Y&ab_channel=MattvsJapan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6RTgm1oRLw
First look at Matt Vs Japan
https://www.youtube.com/user/MATTvsJapan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWCtuaLfpVw&ab_channel=Micaela%E3%83%9F%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9
I thought this video gives a good explanation of aizuchi. And explains things foreigners might misunderstand. For example, if a Japanese person says はい or そうですね as aizuchi it doesn’t necessarily mean “yes” or that they agree with what you said; it just means that they are listening to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXQXDkR26Y&ab_channel=ThatJapaneseManYuta
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annoying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDH7VCOrsmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0izzXcMamo&ab_channel=%E7%AC%91%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E3%80%90%E3%83%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%80%91
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai5fzxm36so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahk9S2Zwzu0