Good material for JLPT?

[Harumaki]

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]

Originally Posted by Harumaki

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]

Which level are you taking, first of all?

[KyleGoetz]

I think it's JLPT3.

[Hatredcopter]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Harumaki

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Harumaki

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]

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