The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
新しい「日本語能力試験」ガイドブックと問題例集
Publishing "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook", "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook: An Executive Summary (Japanese/English version)", and "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Sample Questions"
The Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) are pleased to inform you of the publication of the New JLPT.
We have released the following materials to indicate what the new JLPT will be like.
The following items are available on this JLPT official website. Please freely download and make use of them, according to your needs.
(1)"ATARASHII NIHONGO NOURYOKU SHIKEN Guidebook" (Japanese only)
(New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook)
(2)-1 "ATARASHII NIHONGO NOURYOKU SHIKEN Guidebook GAIYOOBAN"
(New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook: An Executive Summary, Japanese version)
(2)-2 "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook: An Executive Summary, English version)
(3) "ATARASHII NIHONGO NOURYOKU SHIKEN MONDAIREI SYUU"
(New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Sample Questions) (Japanese only)
The (2)-1 and (2)-2 "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook: An Executive Summary" provides a brief overview of the New JLPT. The (1) "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook" is for more details about New JLPT. In addition, sample questions for each level, for each type of test items are released in the (3) 2New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Sample Questions".
In addition, the new JLPT booklets below have been recently published by BONJINSHA:.
* "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook: An Executive Summary, and Sample Questions for N1, N2 and N3" with a CD of the Listening Section.
Price: 945 Japanese Yen, tax included.
* "New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook: An Executive Summary, and Sample Questions for N4 and N5" with a CD of the Listening Section.
Price: 840 Japanese Yen, tax included.
As for the above-mentioned material (3), a new collection of sample questions will be available in 2012 which includes test items taken from actual tests conducted in 2010 and 2011. It will have the same number of test items as the actual tests. After that, a workbook will be published periodically, consisting of past conducted test items.
Please feel free to contact us at jlptinfo@jpf.go.jp with your inquiries or comments about the new JLPT.
December, 2009
The Japan Foundation
Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES)
新しい「日本語能力試験」ガイドブック
"ATARASHII NIHONGO NOURYOKU SHIKEN Guidebook (Japanese only)" (PDF/2.05MB) 
New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook – Executive Summary
New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Sample Questions
Sample Questions：N1｜N2｜N3｜N4｜N5
Audio Samples for Listening Section： N1｜N2｜N3｜N4｜N5
Answer sheets ： N1｜N2｜N3｜N4｜N5
Scripts for Listening Section： N1｜N2｜N3｜N4｜N5
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