Hey guys, where can I find the recordings of the listening parts of past JLPT tests? I am looking for n1 and old level 1 in particular. I searched around, but all links were dead. Any help is appreciated!

nasadigital Wrote:Hey guys, where can I find the recordings of the listening parts of past JLPT tests? I am looking for n1 and old level 1 in particular. I searched around, but all links were dead. Any help is appreciated!

I don't know if this will help you, but I've seen iphone app thet has jlpt 1 listenings from 2000 to 2010.

I think this app is what pmnox is talking about. I just bought it, I'll see if it's any good.

edit: oh, I have a friend from Skopje!

I don't own a device that runs iOS, but if I don't find anything else I'll lend an iPhone from a friend or something. Thanks!

@Khakionion Поздрави од Скопје!

theres actually a few good iphone jlpt apps. they're kinda fun in a very plasticky way.

dtcamero Wrote:theres actually a few good iphone jlpt apps. they're kinda fun in a very plasticky way.

Know any good ones for the ipod touch? (Pretty much the same thing just without the phone). Willing to pay for them as well if they are worth the money. Any suggestion would help,

I just did an app store search for jlpt, jlpt N1 etc.
I like:
JLPT preparation FREE (in-app downloads so it's not actually free)
JLPT 6000touch (it's technically a Korean app but everything is basically in Japanese)
and the above mentioned listening app is pretty good too.

The listening questions usually have one answer that seems like the right answer, and then the right answer is only what you'd choose if you really listen and understand. They're really designed to be intentionally misleading questions. Not that I'm complaining... but it's interesting how a good amount of thought seems to have gone into their design.

Also...
i get that the grammar section is supposed to be hard... But they use some really arcane shit that you never see written anywhere. I mean I feel like this would be such a waste of time to actually study for... That I could be putting much more practical things in my head instead.

And the vocab section for some apps, but not others, includes a lot of words I've never seen before. I finished core 10k and probably know another 3k words... so this took me by surprise.
Is there anyone out there who did core10k and jlpt1 and could say how the test compared with the core prep? Jlpt literature says you need a vocab of 10k to pass N1 so it shouldn't be that big a deal I thought.

[Zgarbas]

The thing with vocab is that it's not the number of words, but the luck you have during the test . You can know 15k words, if you don't know the precise one the test is asking about then tough luck.

Anyway, they are no longer using the vocab list. The sample I took at the local center didn't have any words I didn't know, though I messed up the nuance exercise (a good way to realize that you have no idea how to use 労わる in a sentence).

Zgarbas Wrote:The thing with vocab is that it's not the number of words, but the luck you have during the test . You can know 15k words, if you don't know the precise one the test is asking about then tough luck.

If you know 15k words, you'll likely be able to deduce that the other three words are all wrong. Even the incorrect word usages are likely to be perfect usages of some other word.