Level 4 is designed for students who have had 150 hours of instruction in elementary grammar, kanji (approximately 100 characters); have a vocabulary of approximately 800 words; can converse at a very elementary level; can read and write simple or short sentences and have finished the first half of Elementary Japanese course/text.
Level 3 is designed for students who have had 300 hours of instruction in basic grammar, kanji (approximately 300 characters); have a vocabulary of approximately 1500 words; can converse in practical everyday situations; can read and write unsophisticated paragraphs and have finished Elementary Japanese course/text.
Level 2 is designed for students who have had 600 hours of instruction in advanced grammar, kanji (approximately 1000 characters); have a vocabulary of approximately 6000 words; can converse, read and write on general topics; can read and write unsophisticated paragraphs and have finished Intermediate Japanese course/text.
Level 1 is designed for students who have had 900 hours of instruction in highly advanced grammar, kanji (approximately 2000 characters); have a vocabulary of approximately 10,000 words; can function in social situations and situations at universities/research institutions.
All 4 levels contain the following three sections: 1) Vocabulary 2) Listening Comprehension 3) Reading Comprehension and Grammar.
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