JLPT1 exam tips

[joepublic]

Hello everyone, I would just like to share some of my own tips on how to tackle the JLPT1 exam.

Please let me know if you have any other tips.

Joe

[rilakde]

Hi Joe,

Your comment about question III (hiragana -> kanji) isn't
correct. There are questions with more than 1 real word and there
are also questions where there are several words that match
the reading and you have to pick the correct one depending
on it's usage e.g.:

社員は要求を［28］かじょうがきにし、［29］けっそくして［30］たいぐう改善を会社に求めた

たいぐう　　１　待偶　　　２　待遇　　　３　対偶　　　４　対遇

Yuk!

[joepublic]

Thanks Yuki, I shouldn't have jumped into such a quick conclusion. I will fix it now.

[skim]

1. You know you're doing something wrong if you have the same number more than 2 times. It only happens once or twice a test at most, so if you have three consecutive questions with the same answer, CHECK CHECK CHECK.

2. don't spend all night and day on the one question you can't figure out. Mark it and go back to it later when you have time.

3. Take a bunch of past tests. Your test speed will improve a lot!

4. Study the questions you got wrong in those practice tests. Imagine how regrettable it'd be if they printed the same question in the test you're about to take.

5. Go back and check the first few questions of your test -- they're usually wrong (unless you're dead certain).

6. Try reading the multiple choice answers in reverse number order sometimes if you're putting down a lot of 1s.

7. When reading a passage, mark it up a bunch so you know where you read what.

8. When doing the listening section, take good notes. Think of it as a notetaking test rather than a listening test. Always listen to what they're asking for, and write down points that you think could be a trap (wrong) in whatever language you want (they don't check). Take lots of listening practice tests to get a feel for how they try to elude you.

[ericspinelli]

[Nick]

[JanneM]

A row of the same answer letter is exactly as likely as any other combination. We just notice the regularity, is all. If you are getting a lot of same-letter runs then you likely have one one or a few answers wrong - but if you have none at all then you're likely wrong too.

Better advice: People will, in general, tend to give the right answer right away if they know it at all. If you go back and change the answer you're more likely to end up with the wrong answer than if you had just left your first answer in place.

In other words, skip or mark questions you really have no idea about so you can come back to them later. But if you gave a real answer once - even just an informed guess - do not change it unless you're _really_ sure you goofed and you know what the actual answer is. Do _not_ change an answered question just because you've ended up with a suspicious-looking string of answers on the sheet.

[Nick]

That's also true but most of the time when I look back on a test, I find that a lot of my incorrect answers stem from skimming through questions and misreading certain areas. Not from wavering over the correct answer.

Although it's best to go through the whole test again and read through it thoroughly, if there's not enough time I would probably go through more suspicious areas first to see if I'd overlooked something.

[Anonymous]

The JLPT was first held in 1984 in response to growing demand for standardized Japanese language certification.[5] Initially 7,000 people took the test.[6] Until 2003, the JLPT was one of the requirements for foreigners entering Japanese universities. Since 2003, the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) is used by most universities for this purpose;[7] unlike the JLPT, which is solely a multiple-choice exam, the EJU contains sections which require the examinee to write in Japanese.
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