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Japanese A-Level

I am half Japanese and have been speaking the language to a relatively fluent level at home (enough for a general conversation with native speakers) and have been to a Japanese high school for a term I'm looking to teach myself the A-level course for Japanese from next year and was wondering if someone could direct me towards some helpful resources? I also wanted to do the JLPT N1 test at some point. Does anyone know how difficult that is compared to the A-level?
Original post by mcelle
I am half Japanese and have been speaking the language to a relatively fluent level at home (enough for a general conversation with native speakers) and have been to a Japanese high school for a term I'm looking to teach myself the A-level course for Japanese from next year and was wondering if someone could direct me towards some helpful resources? I also wanted to do the JLPT N1 test at some point. Does anyone know how difficult that is compared to the A-level?

I am not remotely Japanese, but I am looking for something similiar myself.

According to Leicester uni, N1 is above A Level and about to enter uni level proficiency: https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/japanese/test-n1-n2-n3. This should equate to Japan's secondary school level of proficiency/their version of GCSE Japanese Language.

In terms of resources, I haven't found anything in particular that would help at A Level. Currently, my main sources for learning is Duolingo and a bunch of textbooks I've bought a while back. There are specialist courses out there that help you reach N1 level of proficiency, without the £9k price tag you get at uni, but you will have to shop around.
Original post by MindMax2000
I am not remotely Japanese, but I am looking for something similiar myself.

According to Leicester uni, N1 is above A Level and about to enter uni level proficiency: https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/japanese/test-n1-n2-n3. This should equate to Japan's secondary school level of proficiency/their version of GCSE Japanese Language.

In terms of resources, I haven't found anything in particular that would help at A Level. Currently, my main sources for learning is Duolingo and a bunch of textbooks I've bought a while back. There are specialist courses out there that help you reach N1 level of proficiency, without the £9k price tag you get at uni, but you will have to shop around.

Thanks for your help! Good luck in your studies :smile:
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A level JP is about N3 in terms of input (slightly easier grammar but more Kanji than n3), and requires you to produce Japanese fairly fluently (minimal mistakes) using N4 (some n3 points of) grammar. The key point is fairly fluently. Most N4/N3 passers cannot actually produce N4/N3 written work themself, and this is what trips people up.

There is a large emphasis put on research in the A level that many people fall down on, and there are more points awarded for analysis, rather than writing perfect Japanese (grammar/Kanji)

N1 is much harder than the A level.

- Currently sitting October Japanese A-level exams. I have paper 2 in 10 hours
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