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Originally Posted by Henbaka
I think I get your point, but just incase I don't;
You mean the bragging rude types of guys/women right? Because I think anyone really trying to learn a foreign language and speak it as best they can should get praise, and not put down because they didn't pass a test.
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No, I don't just mean rude people.
People that I'm talking about are usually nice people.
But they just lack real insights because they don't speak the language well enough to really understand.
And I have all respect for people trying their best to speak foreign languages but it is a different subject matter when you decide to be experts.
How would you feel someone who lived in Sweden without speaking the language talking like he or she is an expert of Sweden who knows everything.
I believe being able to speak the language opens many doors and this applies in Japan as well.
If you don't speak the language, you would end up staying at places like Roppingi where you don't need to speak Japanese and live in a denial.
Whether you are rude or not, I don't want people like that to talk shit about my country.
It's like my roommate who lived in Japan for a short period of time and talks like an expert with little Japanese ability.
I will listen to opinions of people who lived in Japan for fair amount of time and can speak the language well.
As far as the testing goes, almost all the long timers in Japan have JLPT because it is a government issued certification and it proves that your Japanese ability.
It's like TOEFL for English. I'm sure people from English speaking countries don't want someone who scores low on TOEFL to act like experts of their countries.