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The JLPT is coming up soon, are any of you doing it? I’m doing N4, and I’m a bit nervous since I’ve no experience with JLPT. How do you study for it?
BTW: I’ve been popping in and out for the past few weeks, gone for up to 2 weeks at a time, but it’s because there’s not much for me to do on textfugu anymore, now I’m done the course
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I am studying the kanji and vocab for JLPT4, but I’m not taking it in two weeks, I’ll do it next year instead.
The JLPT website has some sample questions on there, maybe that can give you an idea of what you need to study for.
How long have you been studying?
It was likely I was going to do it this year, but after they raised the price I decided not to bother, I like to push myself, but I feel reluctant to push myself when its more expensive. (Was going to go for JLPT 2 when I was originally considering 3)
If I was attempting 1 I’d feel more comfortable paying more i think.
@Mark Since the middle of August!
Doing N5 here. I’ve been studying using the StickyStudy app on my iWhatever, but I don’t know how useful it’ll actually wind up being, especially without any grammar lessons. I bought the official Bonjinsha guidebook (with sample questions) and someday I might actually practice the listening problems.
Cool, good luck all!
@Yggbert What course are you using?
Hmm well I use TextFugu but haven’t done any lessons in a few weeks, just going over the ultimate lists, reading Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication (Book), I post stuff on Lang-8 fairly often and I speak to Japanese people every day so I get to ask questions about how things work quite a lot.
Then it’s just keeping up with Anki reviews every day and I do 100 cards on Read the Kanji daily too. I listen to Japanese radio sometimes as well, mostly for the chat shows, and despite not being big on anime, one of my favourite games has had an anime adaption so I’ve been watching that weekly. (Persona 4)
I’m not sure if you meant overall or just for JLPT, but what I’ve been doing so far hasn’t steered me wrong on the sample questions at least.
I haven’t looked into the schedule much, but is it possible to do like 2-3 tests of different levels at the “same time” (to get JLPT 5-3 in one go for example)? Or are there strange rules like you can only take one JLPT test per season etc?
They’re on at the same time, but the levels are fairly distinct so you shouldn’t need to anyway
@yggbert Cool, you’re lucky to have people to talk to!
Each higher lever supersedes any lower ones, so there’s no need to do more than one at the same time, even if it WERE possible. There’s also no need to do them in order – they’re not prerequisites of each other. You can do N5 this year, then N3 next year, or you can even start with N1 right off the bat, if you’re feeling adventurous. And well-studied.
Of course, I say “this year” as an example – you’re kind of a few months late to apply.
Ah ok, so if the first test one would clear is N3, then one would be “certified” for N4 and N5 as well?
I will not rush with applying next year either then :)
Good luck for you who takes the test!It’s not exactly that you’re “certified” for N4 and N5 if you do N3, but rather that it kinda goes without saying. Passing N3 (according to the official test guide pamphlet) indicates that you have “the ability to understand Japanese used in everyday situations to a certain degree” while N4 indicates “the ability to understand basic Japanese”. If you’ve mastered Japanese to a level where you can understand everyday Japanese, then it it’s pretty much a given that you understand the basic stuff too.
To give an analogy, suppose you passed an exam that proved you could count from one to a thousand. You wouldn’t then need to boast that you can also count to a hundred – it’s entirely implied by the fact that you can count to a thousand.
As for holding off on doing the JLPT until you think you can do the N3 (or whatever), that’s entirely up to you. I did hesitate myself before applying for N5 – it feels a bit like I’m boasting that I can count to ten, which is hardly going to spiff up my CV – but my lecturers urged me to try it as a way of having something to show for my progress. In hindsight, though, I’m wondering if I could have managed the N4 test by this point anyway…
Actually last year I did N4 and had no problem, but it was good to help me identify my trouble areas. where my weaknesses lie etc..
i planned to take N3 this winter but didn’t register in time so I will take it next summer instead.
Good luck to all (it should be in a week or two I imagine) for me it was the first week of dec, so gl:fh
Well, today’s the day. Here goes…
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