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There are 3 courses for JLPT N5 available at Memrise. This goes over the differences between each one. Here are the links to the individual courses: The original course: http://www.memrise.com/course/554/jlpt-n5-vocab/ The readings course: http://www.memrise.com/course/122927/jlpt-n5-readings/ And the grammar course: http://www.memrise.com/course/130554/jlpt-n5-grammar-stage-1/
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Before you get started on this awesome N5 course, there are a couple of things that you might want to know.
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First, you really really need to use an IME in order to get the most out of this course. (Yes, I'm serious.)
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IMEs help you type Japanese characters on whatever OS you have.
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Most Mac and PC users prefer Google IME. You can read more about it at the link below:
http://j.mp/ime-google
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Second, don't be afraid to make liberal use of the ignore function.
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Different levels of a course might test the same material but in a different way*. If you don't like being tested that way just ignore it.
Different levels of a course might test the same material but in a different way*. If you don't like being tested that way just ignore the entire level.
*I'll explain these differences in a moment.
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Third, there are actually 3 - N5 courses that you can choose from.
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This one tests you on how the word appears in common Japanese and then tests you on its reading. Like so:
Level 1 Level 2red → 赤 赤 → あか
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What do I mean by 'common Japanese'? I mean how that word appears in natural Japanese writing.
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You see some words have difficult kanji, that aren't used often. Like the word for 'noisy' in Japanese:
うるさい → 煩い (not commonly used) urusai
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So, you are drilled on just the hiragana spelling of the word and not the kanji. You won't be drilled on the reading of the kanji either.
うるさい → 煩い (not commonly used) urusai
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The N5 Course tests you on the kana spelling of the word then the kanji spelling of the word.
Level 1 Level 2red → あか red → 赤
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Some people don't find this very challenging because it usually just involves you hitting the space bar to change it into a kanji character for the second test.
Level 1 Level 2red → あか red → 赤
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The final course, N5 Grammar, drills grammar points for the N5 level using vocabulary and phrases.
Noisy dog → うるさい いぬ urusai inu
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Each grammar point is introduced through explanatory videos from my YouTube channel.
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Unfortunately this course is currently under construction. But, I will be adding to it regularly.
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So there you have it, all three courses for N5. If you want to change to or add another course, you can click on the icon below:
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