
Studying vocabulary and grammar will equip you with the tools you need to understand what’s being said. Listening is all well and good but it doesn’t help if you don’t know what’s going on! Study Japanese Grammar, Vocabulary and Listening Combined If you can’t afford the time/money to go to Japan but want to get good fast, I suggest having frequent (maybe daily) lessons with a teacher. Study Japanese in Japan has a lot more on picking a school best for you. The exposure to daily lessons as well as natural, native Japanese, will boost your Japanese incredibly quickly. Stay with a host family if you want to focus on listening/speaking. (Or even some that offer 1-2 year intensive classes!) I suggest saving up time and money and going for at least 1 month. There are a lot of language schools which offer different programs, from 1 week to 3 months. This is just a suggestion for those who are really, really serious about Japanese. Take it One Step Further and Study in Japan? If you want to get good at listening then you’ll need to get good at speaking too: A Simple Way to Start Speaking Japanese You should make mistakes early on because you learn faster through mistakes. They have a lot of patience so don’t worry about making mistakes. That’s even more reason to start learning with a teacher.Ī good teacher will speak your language and work with you to slowly expose you to speaking and listening. You’re a beginner, you don’t know much Japanese, you’ve never spoken it, it’s intimidating. – Why Practice With a Teacher Right Away? You can take them any time you like and don’t have to leave the house! With italki you can pick the teacher you want, take a test lesson before committing, and request what you want to focus on i.e listening. Italki is great because lessons are really reasonably priced (compared to irl lessons). But if you like working with a language partner go for it! Language partners will want you to talk to them in English and sometimes it’s hard to find a balance between speaking Japanese and English. Teachers are better than individuals because they will focus solely on your learning. Italki is a fantastic site where you can find language teachers and partners to connect to over skype. But if you have no teachers in your area and/or are low of funds then I suggest italki. You can find local teachers to work with, or local classes. I honestly think that the best way to practice your listening as a beginner is to get a Japanese teacher. Get a Japanese Teacher, Practice Talking and Listening So here’s some advice and resources for passing JLPT N5 N4 listening.

For many of the people taking the JLPT N5 and N4 this December the listening was a mystery and one of the hardest parts of the test. Out of all the resources I offer on here for beginner learners I found out that I’ve been lacking advice for passing the listening section of the exam. Which at least means any US readers have a year to practice! The US, I was saddened to find out, only holds the exam in December. I hadn’t realized that taking the JLPT twice a year (in June AND December) was only done in a few countries. We hope to see you in an online Japanese lesson soon.This years round of Japanese Language Proficiency Tests are over! Yaaaay! Well done to everyone who took them! We offer some of the most affordable online Japanese lessons available anywhere, and our online Japanese classroom is unmatched by any other online Japanese school. If you want to learn more Japanese online, why not add online private lessons at Nihongo-Pro? Our teachers will build private lessons fully customized to your learning style and your Japanese learning goal. Make it a habit to try a new beginner Japanese quiz at Nihongo-Pro every day to check your knowledge and keep up your motivation. Learning Japanese might seem challenging, but if you spend just a few minutes every day studying and reviewing, your Japanese skill will improve quickly. Not only will you gradually learn the various JLPT N5 grammar forms, but you will get comfortable with the kinds of questions you'll find on the real JLPT exam.


To master the grammar portion of the JLPT N5, one good study technique is to try as many sample test questions as possible. The JLPT N5, the focus of this Japanese quiz, is the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
