About two months ago, I started a new job! I quit teaching kindergarten and was really looking for a gig that would let me teach adults, and that’s what I found, thankfully. When I moved to Japan as a teacher through the JET program back in 2013, I wasn’t too excited about the teaching part. […]
Tag: JLPT
Taking the TOPIK I
Finally! I experienced the TOPIK for the first time. Some of you might remember that I took the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) in the summer, and that I planned on taking the TOPIK, which is the Korean equivalent. Well, I was finally able to sign up and (after a bit of drama) finished my […]
JLPT N1
I did it! I finally marked off one of my New Year’s resolutions! I took the highest level (N1) of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) for the second time last weekend. The first time I took the test, I had been studying abroad in Kyoto for about a year, taking classes all in Japanese and participating […]
Using Naver to Learn Korean 한국어를 배우기 위해 네이버 사용
Lately I’ve been seriously lacking motivation to study Japanese, even though my JLPT N1 is coming up in little over than a month. I’ve taken the test before and I know that it’s mostly an endurance test to see how many tricky answers they can throw at you before you get frustrated and flustered. Recently, […]
Study As She Goes
I have these weird spurts where my energy will be pulling me in certain directions. For example, sometimes I will be in the mood to do my graduate school work, and other times I will want to watch a Korean drama and tell myself I’m doing listening practice when I really just want to know […]
Japanese, Korean, and books, oh my! (New Year’s Resolutions)
2015 is my year to read a ton! Not only that, but I have two resolutions to help me achieve my language goals. My reading goal this year is to read 40 books, and in July I am finally committing to retake to JLPT N1. When I was in Kyoto studying abroad, I was placed […]
Kyudo and K-dramas.
So last Tuesday I had a really rough day at kyudo and honestly didn’t want to blog about it because it was humiliating. But after Friday, it all turned around for me, so I feel like I should include it all. We were shooting all night on Tuesday, and we rotated our order. When I […]
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