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Kanji for British GCSE examination in Japanese

Kanji in the second section of the book is ordered by general topic. As many of the common components are covered in section 1, where new ones arise these are incorporated into the notes for the kanji in question rather than appearing as a separate kanji to learn. Remember to look out for tick marks showing every instance that the kanji appears within the GCSE vocabulary list, conversely you may ignore the readings which have no words ticked as GCSE.

Outline of the the exam

GCSE Japanese 1752 has four equally weighted components (listening, speaking, reading and writing), while Japanese 1753 has three (listening, reading and writing) worth 33% each.

You need to be literate in Hiragana, Katakana and 250 kanji and know at least 1000 words which are broadly related to school life and life for young people.  Most of the kanji I’ve seen tested in past papers has been the ‘simpler’ ones in section 1.  Dictionaries are not allowed. Your  skills are examined over these four papers:

1 -  Listening and Responding (45 minutes)
You should hear about 50 questions read fairly slowly twice over.

2 - This is the oral part.

3 -  Reading and Responding (55 minutes)
Includes  questions to test if students can read kana and kanji words, also reading comprehension and vocabulary.

4 - Writing
Usually four questions, which include: taking notes, comprehension and writing a short essay (about 160 letters).

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