Comments on: JLPT

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:30:37 +0000

i’ve found Remembering the Kana and Remembering the Kanji from James W. Heisig very helpful. in fact, i wouldn’t recommend anything else i’ve tried. thats how good they are. if you can’t find the book anywhere, i can send you the PDFs. good luck!

By: suki

suki — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:36:15 +0000

GOOD LUCK!!!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:38:34 +0000

My advice is twofold.

Do your best to study a little every day. The cumulative effects of 1 hour a day tend to be better than studying for, say, 3.5 hours each Saturday and Sunday.

Be sure to practice in all four skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking). While you won’t be tested on your speaking ability, I do feel that you get more complete understanding if you study everything at once.

Good luck.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:34:34 +0000

Here is some nice stuff:

http://www.manythings.org/japanese/vocabulary/jlpt4-adj.html
http://www.spurrymoses.com/jlpt/4/jlpt4_vocab-list.html

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By: papmech

papmech — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:21:15 +0000

I think for those that do not reside in Japan, which actually constitutes the bulk of JLPT examinees, the Listening component has proved to be “the killer component”. I’m taking the same level as you are, and I only fear for my listening comprehension abilities. My friends who took JLPT 3 last year and have studied Japanese as a subject for 3 times as long as I have either had borderline passes or failed the Listening section.

But for your case, because of your environment, I think there should be no problem. 2 years? I am envious.