<p>I’m preparing for SAT Japanese for November at the moment.
Due to lack of resources, I only have Barrons(published in 1995) to study.
Now I want to memorize some vocabulary, and the only list I have is the Appendix…
Fortunately, I found Japanese Vocabulary Sparkchart online,
but since I live in Korea(and there is no sparknchart in Korea), I can not guarantee the arriving date.
Do you think Sparkchart is worth buying it?</p>
<p>Plus, With Sparkchart, I found a word list in pdf on google.
<a href=“Home | NSW Education Standards”>http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/pdf_doc/japanesec_vocab.pdf</a>
What do you think about this list as SAT preparation?</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Not necessary.</p>
<p>I’ll take Japanese this Nov.
And since I’m Chinese, I think it’s easier for me to learn Japanese.</p>
<p>SAT Japanese seems not very tough subject.
Have you ever taken the online test in collegeboard?
If so, you must find it is quite easy.
I mean, the difficulty is similar to JLPT N4.(N3 is most, I don’t think this test will be over N3)</p>
<p>You have to sharp your grammar skill since this is a very important part of Japanese test and the easiest part to prepare.
I recommend you to read tae Kim’s Japanese grammar guide, which I found in CC.
But remember that this guide contains slang part and I don’t think it is necessary to read them if you just want to get a good score in SAT.</p>
<p>Then, about vocabulary.
You can just use the web you post.
I have no idea whether in States or Korea there are books about Japanese tests.
In China, there are a lot of test books for Japanese and I’m sure that Chinese students love buying vocabulary books.
For me, I plan to study the vocabulary in my textbooks and accumulate in reading.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s the easiest language test.
So you don’t have to memorize a lot of vocabulary.
What you have to do is memorize the basic vocabulary and sharp your grammar skill.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>First of all, thanks for the answer! I heard that Japanese isn’t such a popular subject for SAT so I was having a hard time finding on it.</p>
<p>Another question.
Actually I already took N3 years ago, so I have a list of JLPT N3 vocabularies.
Do you think N3 Vocab list would be better than the pdf I uploaded?</p>
<p>It’s good for you to prepareN3.
But I think you’d better start with the basic words. N5 and then N4. If you have time, you can continue with N3.
I don’t know how you memorize Japanese vocabulary.
In China, there are main two ways to do it.
1 follow the sequence of かな
2 start with noun, then verb, then adj. adv…the last is borrowed words( sorry I have no idea how to translate it into English)
I prefer the second one,obviously.</p>
<p>I think that you have to memorize the basic nouns, verbs, adj, and adv, both in kanji and hiragana.
Since I’m Chinese, it’s easier for me when it comes kanji and I can guess the meaning even though I haven’t learned it.
But when it comes hiragana, I have some trouble.
I get confused that this word is noun or adj or something else.
And remember you must know the rules of conjugation. It’s very very very important. </p>
<p>The best way to strengthen your vocabulary is read, read, and read.</p>