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JLPT 2021 December!

8. December 20218. December 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment JLPT

The JLPT 2021 (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) was held on December 6. I do have a special relationship with this test and took it again.

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Hangul Kongbubang – Free Korean Language Class in Seoul

26. February 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments learning korean, seoul

I still had a couple of weeks until the start of the semester at the Yonsei KLI and I already played through Bae-Yong Joon Korean language learning Nintendo DS game. That’s when I found out about Hangul Kongbubang, a free Korean class in Seoul taught by volunteers.

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Applying for the JLPT in Corona times

24. February 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments JLPT

The Corona pandemic has affected all parts of society and education is no exception. In May 2020, the Japan Foundation announced the worldwide cancellation of the mid-2020 JLPT – Japan and overseas.

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Old books
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Aozora – Free ebooks in Japanese language

16. November 201423. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments japanese language

In order to become fluent in Japanese and reach the level of a native speaker, you have to leave the textbook behind at some point. The school I went to (Naganuma) handed out copies of newspaper articles at the advanced level.

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How to register for the JLPT in Seoul

8. October 201123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 2 Comments JLPT, seoul

I’ve written the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) four times in a foreign country – two times in Germany and two times in Japan – and this December I’m going to write it in another foreign country, Korea.

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KLI Festival at Yonsei University

30. May 201110. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments concert, learning korean, seoul, yonsei

The festival to be at Yonsei is of course Akaraka, but when you study at the Korean Language Institute, you will find out that Akaraka is hardly mentioned by the teachers at all.

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Akihabara in the evening
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Tripod Wonderland and Kanji tests

19. December 20081. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments kanji

One thing I’m currently working on is a HD video podcast. I think this distribution form makes much sense because

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Entering Meiji University

7. December 200825. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments JLPT

Todai (Tokyo university) is soooo last year! For the fourth year in a row I’m taking the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) – two times in Germany (Duesseldorf, Berlin) and two times in Tokyo.

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Freezing meet-ups in shorts

6. December 200825. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments JLPT, starbucks

Last study meet-up! And it could well be the last JLPT meet-up ever. While there are regularly new people registering for the meet-up at the Meetup.com website, it’s always the same people showing up.

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German snack bars in Atami
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“Ihr Deutsch ist sehr gut!”

3. October 200813. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

I guess these are the first words in German language on this blog. They translate to “You speak German very

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Grammar is fun

4. May 20081. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Some of these blog’s titles are lies. It’s no lie however that I’m concentrating more on Kanji and grammar from

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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 20192. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

If Kawagoe is Tokyo’s Little Edo, Takehara is Hiroshima’s Little Kyoto. In this case though, it’s the town’s tourist department that calls Takehara the „Little Kyoto of Aki Province“.

Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island
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Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island

29. October 201523. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind
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Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind

8. September 20156. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3
Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

4. November 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1
Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks
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Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

22. August 201216. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

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