TIPS TO PASS JLPT N5
This is the first of five
tips on how to pass the JLPT N5 exam. For other readers, these same strategies
can be applied to the JLPT N4 level and above.
So let’s Star.
Tips Ichi: Know
the curriculum
Keep an easy to use resource
that allows you to see all the JLPT N5 vocabulary and JLPT N5 kanji you need to
know for the exam. The JLPT Wall Chart is an excellent way to do this as it has
all the JLPT N5 kanji and vocabulary listed with their English meanings in an
easy to study format. In addition to this you should also have a resource for
the grammar points too. Keep check of the items you have already mastered and
work on those that you need to improve on. Your think should be to master the
entire curriculum for the exam so there will be no hesitation to choose the
right answer on exam day. Master the curriculum by constantly reviewing even as
you learning new words or kanji. The more you review the easier it will be for
you to accurately recall what you have learned. This will give you immense
confidence of exam day. While exam time, the students who are nervous to the
point that there performance is affected are usually the ones who breezes
through the JLPT N5 curriculum and have not invested the time to review the
material repeatedly.
Tip Ni. Time
Yourself
Timing is important when
taking the JLPT N5 exam. The kanji,
reading, and listening sections of the exam are treated as separate tests and
are allotted their own time limit.
What this means is that if you
finish your strongest section quickly you cannot transfer the time you saved to
another section of the test. Conversely,
if one section took you a lot of time you cannot make up that time in another
section. Not completing a section means
therefore that you have lost points that you cannot redeem and may end up not
passing the JLPT, running out of time means you are taking too long to answer
some or all the questions. This is
usually because you have not mastered the JLPT N5 material so you spend a lot
of time thinking about the question.
Not being sure, second
guessing and changing your answers often, are signs that you did not spend
enough time preparing for the section of the exam (kanji, reading, listening)
you are having trouble with,how does this affect your studies? When you are doing sample questions you
should time yourself to see if you are able to answer within a similar amount
of time that will be allotted on the real exam.
If you are exceed the time
limit in your studies at home it means that you will run out of time on exam
day. If you find this out early enough
you can practice until you are answering sample questions at a speed that is
quick enough to ensure that you can complete each section of the exam within
the time allotted. This will increase
your chances of passing the JLPT N5.
