EXAM QUICK REFERENCE
This subject tests not how much grammar you know but whether you can process academic Japanese under time pressure. The twelve chapters follow the syllabus's four sections: the reading chapters match the drills now open, while the listening-reading, listening, and writing chapters are marked as official scope with their banks still in preparation.
Written from the four sections of JASSO's Japanese syllabus. The current bank leads with reading; the listening-reading, listening, and writing chapters describe official scope while their drills are added in later batches.
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QUICK REFERENCE
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講義の構成
Lecture-style audio moves through topic, background, argument, example, and conclusion.
Catch the topic in the opening lines.
Listen for the cue that the argument is starting.
Save attention for the conclusion.
Knowing the shape lets you predict where information lands, so a missed patch does not cost your bearings.
展開を示す表現
Phrases like まず, 次に, 最後に, and ここで重要なのは announce what comes next.
Memorize ten common signposting phrases.
Ready your pen the moment you hear one.
Flag the announced point in your notes.
What follows 重要なのは or 注目したいのは is almost certainly the tested point — raise your attention there.
専門語の処理
Technical terms in a lecture are nearly always explained on the spot, so prior knowledge is not required.
Write the unknown word down as sound.
Keep listening for the explanation that follows.
Understand via the explanation rather than the term.
Do not stop on an unknown word; the very next sentence is usually its definition.
例示の聞き取り
What follows たとえば is an example; the example rarely is the answer but it marks where the claim sits.
On hearing たとえば, fix the claim just stated.
Note just one keyword from the example.
Concentrate on the summary after the example.
Ease off slightly during the example and save concentration for the summary that follows it.
結論部分への集中
The final thirty seconds often contain the answer outright and deserve your peak attention.
Stop writing when you hear the summing-up cue.
Listen to the last few sentences with full attention.
Match against the options and answer at once.
Even if the first half was lost, do not abandon the second — the conclusion usually restates the whole.
聞き逃しからの復帰
Missing something is inevitable; whether you rejoin the thread within seconds decides the item.
Let the missed portion go immediately.
Relocate yourself at the next signpost.
Infer the gap backwards from the conclusion.
Dwelling on the gap costs everything after it — the single largest source of lost listening marks.
