These are the tips from the students who passed Grade 4 exam.

Shaun - Level 4 Examination Candidate December 2001

Every Paper - The exam time is short and it is vital to be able to read the hiragana, katakana and Kanji at reasonable speed to be able to answer the questions in the time allowed.


Practise - it was really useful to go through practise papers and see how the the examiners think.


Revision - I worked hard in the 3 months up to the exam. It was worth it!
Paper 1- I find it difficult to write kanji. However, it is not so difficult to recognize Kanji and I was able to learn more than the required number of kanji for the exam. This was good because by getting a high score in paper 1, I was able to move on to paper 2 feeling confident.


Paper 2 -I found this the most difficult paper. This is because it is necessary to concentrate to clearly understand the question and the whole dialogue. When I lost concentration during a question, I could not answer that question.


Paper 3- Because there are more marks for the questions towards the end it is important to allow time to read these questions carefully.
These are the questions that students discuss after the exam -" what was that last question about?" etc.