TRY! Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5 Grammar

by ABK The Asian Students Cultural Association, ABK 公益財団法人 アジア学生文化協会

Try! Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5 (Revised Edition) is part of the Try! series, a series of 5 textbooks, one for each JLPT level.

The N5 textbook is structured like a regular textbook and is divided into 9 chapters. Chapter 1 contains greetings for daily life and chapter 9 contains helpful vocabulary as well as the basic usage of particles, adverbs, conjunctions and more. Chapters 2-8 focus on communicating in different situations.

Genres: Japanese Literature, Textbooks

151 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2014

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely useful but mostly to revise pre-exam. The instructions are limited and you need to work out the points by yourself from a few examples.
Having said that, the exercises were relevant and quite challenging. The mock exam at the end was a good practice as well.
I would have given it 5stars if there were a sense of progression in the book. Unfortunately, the order in which structures are covered (taught? Reviewed?) doesn't built upon upon previous knowledge which can be intimidating when you're not yet a confident N5 candidate.

[fanazuma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book! This book is of course acts as an additional/ studying book, and though sometimes the exercises in this book are simple, I think it served its purpose.
I like the fact that at the back of this book there's this mock up N5 test, complete with choukai (listening test). It even has the answer marking sheet!

[Mariana]

分からなかった

[Little M · Rating 5 out of 5]

読みました！次N4のまとめ。頑張ります ！

[Alex Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid choice for Japanese language study, some parts can be a little difficult to follow, and the downloadable audio tracks are spoken at a pace much faster than I can process, but that aside I've enjoyed reading this book and have learnt a lot. I will pick up the next volume of this series.