MLC JLPT Page - MLC Japanese Language School in Meguro, Tokyo

MLC Japanese Language School in Meguro, Tokyo
Japanese Lesson for English Speakers.

NEW JLPT (from 2010 July)

(1) The New JPLT will be divided into 5 levels instead of 4 levels.

(2) JPLT will be held twice a year. (Respectively early July and early December)
July 4th, 2010 - For N1, 2 and 3
December 4th, 2010 - For N1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

(3) The score weighting for Listening Module becomes higher, up from 25% to around 33%.

(4) The score of both the Overall and Individual Module have to be higher than the passing score. The details will be announced by 2010.

(5) Mock Examination Booklet
There will be no past paper published for the year of 2010 and 2011.
Until 2012, instead of past paper, a JPLT mock examination booklet will be published. The questions published in this booklet will be a mixture of the past paper questions extracted from JPLT 2010 /2011 while new designed questions will also be inserted. This mock examination booklet will carry the same format and have same amount of questions as in the actual JPLT.

OLD JLPT(Till 2009 December)					NEW JLPT(From 2010 July)

Level 1 900 learning hours, 2,000 kanji characters, 10,000 words				Almost same level	N1 (about 2000 Kanji)
1	Writing - Vocabulary	45 min.	100 points		1	Writing - Vocabulary - Grammar Reading	110 min.	60 points
2	Listening	45 min.	100 points		1	Writing - Vocabulary - Grammar Reading	110 min.	60 points
3	Reading - Grammar	90 min.	200 points		2	Listening	60 min.	60 points
Total		180 min.	400 points		Total		170 min.	180 points

Level 2 600 learning hours, 1,000 kanji characters, 6,000 words				Almost same level	N2 (1000-1300 Kanji)
1	Writing - Vocabulary	35 min.	100 points		1	Writing - Vocabulary - Grammar Reading	105 min.	60 points
2	Listening	40 min.	100 points		1	Writing - Vocabulary - Grammar Reading	105 min.	60 points
3	Reading - Grammar	70 min.	200 points		2	Listening	50 min.	60 points
Total		145 min.	400 points		Total		155 min.	180 points

[New Level] The difficulty of this new level lies between the old JLPT Level 2 and Level 3.					N3 (about 650 Kanji)
					1	Writing - Vocabulary	30 min.	60 points
					2	Grammar - Reading	70 min.	60 points
					3	Listening	40 min.	60 points
					Total		140 min.	180 points

Level 3 300 learning hours, 300 kanji characters, 1,500 words				Almost same level	N4 (about 320 Kanji)
1	Writing - Vocabulary	35 min.	100 points		1	Writing - Vocabulary	30 min.	120 points
2	Listening	35 min.	100 points		2	Grammar - Reading	60 min.	120 points
3	Reading - Grammar	70 min.	200 points		3	Listening	35 min.	60 points
Total		140 min.	400 points		Total		125 min.	180 points

Level 4 150 learning hours, 100 kanji characters, 800 words				Almost same level	N5 (about 120 Kanji)
1	Writing - Vocabulary	25 min.	100 points		1	Writing - Vocabulary	25 min.	120 points
2	Listening	25 min.	100 points		2	Grammar - Reading	50 min.	120 points
3	Reading - Grammar	50 min.	200 points		3	Listening	30 min.	60 points
Total		100 min.	400 points		Total		105 min.	180 points

The official website of the JLPT, http://www.jlpt.jp (sample of past paper)

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Level	Criteria
Level	Learning hours	Kanji	Vocabulary
	900 hours	2,000 characters	10,000 words
	600 hours	1,000 characters	6,000 words
	450 hours	650 characters	3,500 words
	300 hours	300 characters	1,500 words
	150 hours	100 characters	800 words

3. Materials

Japanese Language Proficiency Test Guide - N1
Vocabulary list (without English)
List of Kanji appearing in past tests
List of vocabulary appearing in past tests
List of grammar points appearing in past tests

N1 - 169 pages (2,154 KB)

Japanese Language Proficiency Test Guide - N2
Kanji list, Vocabulary list
List of Kanji appearing in past tests
List of vocabulary appearing in past tests
List of grammar points appearing in past tests

N2 - 173 pages (2,473 KB)

Japanese Language Proficiency Test Preparation - N3 Sample of worksheets
"koto"	"koto" Answer
"...sa"	"...sa" Answer
"...ni tsuite"	"...ni tsuite" Answer
"... ni yotte"	"... ni yotte" Answer
"... ni kanshite"	"... ni kanshite" Answer
"...no"	"...no" Answer

Japanese Language Proficiency Test Guide - N4 Kanji list, Vocabulary list List of Kanji appearing in past tests List of vocabulary appearing in past tests List of grammar points appearing in past tests 33 pages (943 KB)
346 verbs for N4	Adjectives for N4 PDF, Text file

Japanese Language Proficiency Test Guide - N5 Kanji list, Vocabulary list List of Kanji appearing in past tests List of vocabulary appearing in past tests List of grammar points appearing in past tests
121 verbs for N5	Adjectives for N5 PDF, Text file

Advice for taking Japanese Language Proficiency Test

N5-01　"Japanese For Busy People Vol. 1"　 Chapter 1-10 Level

N5-02　Adjective

N5-03　「～てください」、「～ないでください」

N5-04　Interrogatives

N5-05　Particles ("Japanese For Busy People Vol. 1" Chapter 1-10 Level)

N5-06　Connective, Adverb

N5-07　「～前（まえ）に」、「～後（あと）で」、「～てから」

N5-08　「～なります」

N5-09　Modifying the noun, 理由（りゆう）の「～て」、「～で」

N5-10　自動詞（じどうし）と他動詞（たどうし）、「～ごろ」、「～ぐらい」、「～中（じゅう）」

N5-11　「～だけ」、「～しか」、「～も、「～でしょう」

N5-12　"Japanese For Busy People Vol. 2" chapter 15 Level

N5-13　間違（まちが）えやすい漢字（かんじ）

N5/N4

N5/N4-01　カタカナ①

N5/N4-02　カタカナ②　「ひらがな」→「カタカナ」　

N4-01　「よう」、「みたい」、「そう」、「らしい」

N4-02　「～から」、「～ので」、「～のに」

N4-03　「～ように」、「～ために」

N4-04　「～たら」、「～ば」、「～と」、「～なら」

N4-05　「受身（うけみ）」

N4-06　「受身（うけみ）」、「使役（しえき）」、「使役受身（しえきうけみ）」

N4-07　「敬語」（けいご）

N4-08 　間違（まちが）えやすい漢字（かんじ）①

N4-09 　間違（まちが）えやすい漢字（かんじ）②

How to install Japanese Font (For Windows XP)
Control Panel → Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options → Add other languages
→ "Languages"： Check "Install files for East Asian languages" →　Apply (Windows XP System Disk may be required.)

MLC Original Kanji Book
ONLINE SHOP
Basic Kanji 120 (N5対応), Basic Kanji 320 (Ｎ4対応)
Japanese language lesson

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