NicoNico
Hey, thank you!
The thing is I didn't take unit 1 Japanese because I was taking it as first language (just out of curiosity) and I started unit 2 a bit later than everyone else. I'm not quite sure what scores I was averaging in unit 2 but I remember my teacher was extremely strict on marking so I think I averaged around a 60-70% in all of my sacs.
However, in unit 3/4 I got a different teacher (which means marking is different once again) and turns out I wasn't extremely bad in Japanese after all and averaged around high 80's to low 90's (tbh was not the best sac scores compared to my other friends who got straight 100's or like between 90-100). Anyways, I ended up acing the exam which I'm guessing scaled up all my sac scores so the final grade was A+, A+ and A+ (so I got an A+ on the exam) which gave me study score of a 47.
Warning: Even if you get an A+, A+ and an A+ for the exam, there's no guarantee that you would get over a 40 because last year, one of my classmates got all A+'s but still got a study score of 39 (which was still close)

And for the listening component, I'm not quite sure again (cuz once again, I'm fully Japanese) which means it would be different to other people who are actually taking it as a second language. For me, I personally took down all the notes in Japanese so I wouldn't make any mistakes when putting the answers on the actual exam paper.

      Lemonade_222 Hi thank you so much for the detailed response! I really like learning Japanese but it's really hard for me to crack the score that I want. But I'll try my best in improving my skills. Also, would you mind sharing what happened to your oral and the written exam as per your first post in this thread? I'm sorry for all the questions but I don't really get the chance to talk to someone who has an amazing study score in Japanese. Thank you again!

          Unrelated, but do you have any websites that you suggest that could help with learning Japanese? I have given Duolingo a shot however it doesn't feel like I'm learning anything from it.

            NicoNico
            So for my oral exam, I had 2 assessors assessing me, one Japanese assessor and one non Japanese assessor. Since I'm fluent in Japanese, the non Japanese assessor did not quite understand what I was talking about so the Japanese assessor basically only asked questions for me. I was really nervous but trust me, once you finish, you'll feel so relieved that it's over and done with. Just remember to be careful with your manners throughout the whole oral exam so you can give a good impression for the assessors. eg. opening and closing the door behind you quietly, say thank you in Japanese after the oral, keep smiling etc

            For the written exam, time went by pretty quickly and since I was pretty nervous for it as well, I did forget some parts but I remember the reading time was extremely important. In the reading time, I advise people to definitely read the questions to get an understanding of what you need to listen up for in the listening component so you can get ready to take notes straight away. Also, during the reading time, I suggest going to the back page and pick which prompt you would choose to write about to spare some time during the writing time.

            I think that's really it for what happened during my exams and hopefully it helps!

                hi! I just want to ask what the structure is for the listening components? after reading time does it start immediately with the recordings? how long do you get between the first and second recording? and once the second recording is played, how long do you have before the next questions recording starts?
                thank you 🙂

                  louisoph
                  hi, after reading time, the listening recording start immediately so you have to be prepared to go back to the first page to start taking notes.
                  Between the first and second recording, I'm pretty sure there was time (about 2 minutes) to finalise notes and there would be an announcement saying that the next recording would be played.
                  For the next questions recording to start, there would be around 5 min I think to finalise notes as well (yea time goes rlly fast).

                    monolith
                    Hey, I never learnt Japanese using websites so I'm actually not quite sure how to respond. But I'm learning German for fun on Duolingo rn and I feel like it helps a little!

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