general information about jlpt
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) has been offered by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) since 1984. It is regarded as a reliable means of evaluating and certifying the Japanese proficiency of non-native speakers.
In 2008, the Japanese government announced a plan under consideration to use the JLPT to screen applicants for long-term and permanent resident visas.
Anyone learning Japanese in order to study abroad, to show near-native speaker level fluency or to advance in business should aspire to pass the N2 or N1 levels of the JLPT. N1 is sometimes accepted instead of “the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students” who wish to study at Japanese universities.
In France, the test is held once a year in December. As last year, it will be conducted in 2015 at the University of Strasbourg, in Alsace. The test is administered by Centre Européen d’Etudes Japonaises d’Alsace (CEEJA) and the department of Japanese studies of the University of Strasbourg, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in Strasbourg.
The JLPT is entirely in multiple choice format and there are 5 different levels (the highest level is N1, and the lowest is N5)
Summary of linguistic competence required for each level (see the attached PDF file below)
Test sections and test time (see the attached PDF file below)
In 2008, the Japanese government announced a plan under consideration to use the JLPT to screen applicants for long-term and permanent resident visas.
Anyone learning Japanese in order to study abroad, to show near-native speaker level fluency or to advance in business should aspire to pass the N2 or N1 levels of the JLPT. N1 is sometimes accepted instead of “the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students” who wish to study at Japanese universities.
In France, the test is held once a year in December. As last year, it will be conducted in 2015 at the University of Strasbourg, in Alsace. The test is administered by Centre Européen d’Etudes Japonaises d’Alsace (CEEJA) and the department of Japanese studies of the University of Strasbourg, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in Strasbourg.
The JLPT is entirely in multiple choice format and there are 5 different levels (the highest level is N1, and the lowest is N5)
Summary of linguistic competence required for each level (see the attached PDF file below)
Test sections and test time (see the attached PDF file below)
| Presentation of linguistic competence required for each level.pdf |
| Test sections and test time.pdf |
