Read (Yomu) ~ The Preparatory Course For The Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5 -- Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken

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Every December across the world Japanese language students write the Japanese Language Proficiency Tests. Because this happens only twice a year preparation is essential, and good practice guides are still difficult to find. One study guide worth looking into are the ones published the folks at UNICOM inc, which are a valuable resource for passing the test.

This particular book focuses N5 beginning students who wish to work on strengthening reading comprehension. This is done through a series of kanji recognition and pronunciation quizzes with answer sheets that allow you to know what you need to work on. Additionally, it demonstrates grammar points like how to convert an adjective to an adverb in Japanese, conjugation from present forms to past tense forms, simple grammar points, reading and answer exercises and more quizzes to "level up" your reading ability. What makes this book really shine are the furigana pronunciations which assist you in developing kanji reading skills as well as all the sample sentences and explanations being translated in English (bilingual) which is perfect for those tackling the test on their own. This is a great reference book and is designed for beginning students of the language who have a background in reading hiragana and katakana characters. This book is for N5 beginning reading practice. A must have for those studying the JLPT. 280+ pages of power in your hands.