So, as stated in the title, I’ve finally decided to buckle down and take the N5. I had casually studied Japanese for several years and realized I wasn’t getting anywhere. So over the past year I’ve been working hard, and I think I’m getting close to ready. That being said, I’m still kind of nervous,…

Are you doing it in Japan? That adds a certain level of, not so much difficulty as stress. All the instructions are going to be in Japanese, no English. Which is fine, you’ll figure it out, but I’d try to remove as much uncertainty as possible by doing practice listening exams on YouTube in the form…

Thank you so much. I’m taking it in America, which should make things easier. I also didn’t know there were practice listening videos on youtube, but now I’ll definitely use them. Thank you so much for your advice!

It’s not going to help your preparation, but I wanted to mention that when I took the N5 a number of years ago (I forget how long ago it was - maybe six years ago), at the end of the exam I was feeling extremely dejected as I was certain that I had failed the test. When the results were finally pub…

Yeah I dug into the scoring method some years ago. It’s definitely not a “solid N5-level people should be able to answer all these questions” type of test. It’s more of a “here’s a set of varying-level questions, a N5 should be able to get 70% of them.” The ones they think are “too hard” are weighte…

Oh and always guess, don’t leave any blank [image] Berry's JLPT and General Test Prep Guide and Checklist Resources Another tip: if you finish early and are reviewing your answers, never change one unless you are SURE it’s wrong. Maybe it’s just me, but if I’m at all unsu…

I found this website to be pretty useful, if you haven’t seen it already. It explains more about the structure of the test and points to official resources:- [image] JLPT - Resources on the JLPT - American Association of Teachers of Japanese Resources The following are sources for more d…

[image] ctmf: Oh and always guess, don’t leave any blank I recommend guessing 4. It’s always 4.

I’ve taken the N5 and passed it even though my listening skills were a bit subpar, my suggestion is to get better and faster at reading, speed is quite important in the JLPT and if you find yourself out of time you’re essentially forced to guess. Also try to find some practice listening audios, the…

Thank you so much, this seems very helpful.

Thanks! Honestly, that does help. It’s just ‘do your best and don’t worry about the outcome’ then, ne?

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