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Harumaki 03-18-2010 02:52 PM

Good material for JLPT?
 
Hey guys,

I am planning to do the JLPT test this year, but I can't really find any clear material to learn for that test.

Anyone already studied for it? How did you study? Somebody got some nice sites,downloads, books I could use?

Thanks in advance for your reactions!

KyleGoetz 03-18-2010 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Harumaki (Post 804737)
Hey guys,

I am planning to do the JLPT test this year, but I can't really find any clear material to learn for that test.

How is that even possible? You can't crap in the woods without tripping over a JLPT review site! Did you try googling "JLPT"? ;)

Here are vocab lists for starters: JLPT vocabulary lists

BTW, what level are you taking? Because you know there are five levels now (and the policy changed it this year), so nothing you find online will actually be directly applicable anymore since 2010 is the first year of an overhaul of the exam system.

I studied by living in Japan and attending university there. I know that's not much help. Just study for it like you would any test.

renfrew 03-19-2010 01:52 AM

Which level are you taking, first of all?

KyleGoetz 03-19-2010 02:05 AM

I think it's JLPT3.

Hatredcopter 03-19-2010 02:29 AM

There's really not many tricks to studying for the JLPT - just drilling and memorization. You can buy sets of flash cards that are made for each level of the JLPT, and there are quite a few websites out there with lists of kanji and vocabulary you can study.

Harumaki 03-19-2010 09:53 AM

I would take the level 2 test, but since they changed the tests structure, I am not sure anymore what level I am going to take the test for xD

KyleGoetz 03-19-2010 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Harumaki (Post 804874)
I would take the level 2 test, but since they changed the tests structure, I am not sure anymore what level I am going to take the test for xD

N2. Approximately
1->N1
2->N2
???->N3
3->N4
4->N5

Harumaki 03-19-2010 04:23 PM

ah nice, now I just need to find a nice site where I can check the material you need for the new standards tho xD

KyleGoetz 03-19-2010 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Harumaki (Post 804917)
ah nice, now I just need to find a nice site where I can check the material you need for the new standards tho xD

You could try the JLPT's very own English-language website: The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

They have sample questions, a guidebook, etc. If you can read Japanese (I hope you can if you're going to take the N2 (or were planning on taking the JLPT2 before you found out there's no such thing anymore)), then you should read the guidebook.

As far as kanji and vocab lists, I would suggest just knowing the heck out of the old standard for JLPT2. The N2 is supposed to be very similar. The only significant change is the N3, which is somewhere between the old JLPT3 and JLPT2. Which makes sense since the biggest leap in the old standard was from JLPT3 to 2.

Harumaki 03-19-2010 07:14 PM

Thats true, the gap between 3 and 2 was indeed very big. Thanks for the answer mate

KyleGoetz 03-19-2010 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Harumaki (Post 804944)
Thats true, the gap between 3 and 2 was indeed very big. Thanks for the answer mate

I really think the hardest part about JLPT2->1 is retaining what you learned for 2. For me, since I'm not living in Japan anymore, I've forgotten many kanji from level 2, and I'm re-drilling them now in my push to pass level 1 in a couple years (whenever I can afford the time and $ to fly across the US to get to a place where they actually administer the test).

Harumaki 03-19-2010 08:38 PM

I imagine that it must be difficult yes, I heard that in the lvl1 test, they ask stuff a normal Japanese doesnt even know. And thaaaaaaaaat is hardcore.

So, I wish you good luck studying ;-)

KyleGoetz 03-19-2010 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Harumaki (Post 804949)
I imagine that it must be difficult yes, I heard that in the lvl1 test, they ask stuff a normal Japanese doesnt even know. And thaaaaaaaaat is hardcore.

So, I wish you good luck studying ;-)

That cannot be true. JLPT1 isn't even close to being native level.

Well, I suppose maybe they ask you to write some kanji native Japanese people (particularly college kids) cannot write since they type all day instead.

You want hardcore? The kanji kentei level 1. The KK1 requires you to know SIX THOUSAND kanji. It's like Japanese lit PhD level. Tons of specialized kanji you never see anywhere. Only about 30 Japanese natives pass it each time it is taken. I have no idea if non-natives ever take it.

A college educated Japanese person would only pass pre-2 with a tiny bit of studying.

Harumaki 03-19-2010 09:23 PM

Then I may have confused it with the kanji first kyuu maybe

sarasi 03-20-2010 12:36 AM

I think what you may have heard is that there are some grammar structures in JLPT 1 which are not really used in every day life. Any high school graduate knows them and what they mean, but they just aren't used that much.

Rhapsody 03-20-2010 02:36 AM

公式コンテンツ - Smart.fm

You can start from Core 6000 if you want to brush up your kanji skills.

Harumaki 03-20-2010 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhapsody (Post 804975)
公式コンテンツ - Smart.fm

You can start from Core 6000 if you want to brush up your kanji skills.

whoo, thats a damn nice site for kanji! awesome and thank you ^_^


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