Exam is amongst us!

[jto1292]

What's everyone doing to prep? 

I should really get onto listening practice!

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Good luck pplz~

Make sure the school bell doesn't ring during listening or gg.

[Fyrefly]

Good luck pplz~

Make sure the school bell doesn't ring during listening or gg.

+1

[jto1292]

I'm not too stressed about this, but then again, I only want a 32-35... I hope it's achievable!

[menashiiii]

I'm not too stressed about this, but then again, I only want a 32-35... I hope it's achievable!

only need a decent sac average to get this right..?
B+ or A
then an A on the exam?

[jto1292]

I think that's about right. I lack motivation to study. The only thing I can think of doing is listening practise... Man, I'm so not going to do well

[menashiiii]

I think that's about right. I lack motivation to study. The only thing I can think of doing is listening practise... Man, I'm so not going to do well

hahaha
this is true! went to school today to 'study', couldn't.
went to maccas and saw friends who had finished...
it really cut deep, that we have to study for another 3 days...

[jto1292]

Bad! What exactly are you gonna do for revision? I'm stuck on what to do, so I'm watching CardCaptor Sakura in Japanese xD. Since it's very plain, I don't think it's helpful. My reasoning is that it's still Japanese exposure. hahaha

[menashiiii]

hahahah thats good

uhhhh have no idea?!
probz alot of listening because thats my worst..
then some reading from all the jltav and vcaa exams
and practice a few writing parts..
well ill try to anyway..
we'll see what i actually do!

just try to do as much as you can!

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Write a bunch of Essays All the topics are the same anyway.

Have you guys done all the JLTAV/Leading Edge/VCAA exams?

If the energy just isn't there just watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fxqUaycAho for an energy boost.

[jto1292]

KAWAII NEE!

[jto1292]

Okey what happens when I totally fail the listen, and I got a B+ (let's say) on my oral. And the rest of the exam is well answered... Will that get me less than a B for this exam?

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Okey what happens when I totally fail the listen, and I got a B+ (let's say) on my oral. And the rest of the exam is well answered... Will that get me less than a B for this exam?

There's no distinction between marks for the oral or the written~ As long as the written + oral gets you marks in the B range you'll get a B overall for your Graded Assesment 3

Oral is out of 100, Written is out of 300. In 2009 you needed at least 143/400 (Oral + Written combined) for a B, so you could lose a total of 257/400 marks across your oral and written.

So potentially you could have gotten 50/100 for the oral, and 93/300 (23.35/75) on the written exam for a B, which is prettttty low.

Of course you don't want a B because it will destroy your study score and probably drag you sub 30.

EDIT: added actual numbers from http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/statistics/2009/section3/vce_lote_japanese_2nd_lang_ga09.pdf

[mystikal]

you guys shud be ok... just chillax the night before.... listen to some j pop or watch some anime/ jdrama =) theres not much u can do now... since japanese exam = completely different every year so anything can happen there in terms of content... so no point memorising anything probably be like 10% chance u will use it in exam since japanese = gradual learning for exams. anyways good luck ganbatte... mina san wa atama ga ii desu. =) hope thats right its been 2 years since ive done jap haha

[jto1292]

Looks like I'm not going to get that 33 =.=" I will work some more! YEY