Are JLPT vocab taught in the same order as it is taught in japanese schools?


I'm wondering if it is true that words in JLPT5 are taught first in japanese
schools, then JLPT4, then JLPT3, 2, 1.

Or is that in japanese schools they have another order altogether such that it
may be possible for them to learn a JLPT1 vocab before they learn a JLPT5
vocab?




The order of learning words and kanji for Japanese schools and JLPT are
completely uncorrelated.

Which is to say that the JLPT doesn't attempt to emulate learning as Japanese
people do. So while there is some overlap in the sense that both groups
generally follow a principle of going more simple to more complex, what a non-
native learning Japanese will find simple and what a Japanese student will
find simple can be different.

For a comparison, you can look at this [list of JLPT
kanji](http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/jlpt5/kanji/), and [this list of Japanese
first grade kanji](http://japanese.about.com/library/blkodgrade1.htm). Both
contain about 80 characters, but you can note some differences.

`語【ご】(language)`, `電【でん】(electricity)`, and `話【わ】(talk)`, are on the JLPT list
and not the Japanese grade one.

`森【もり】(forest)`, `林【はやし】(woods)`, and `犬【いぬ】(dog)` are on the Japanese grade
one but not the JLPT list.

I know your question is directly about vocab and not kanji, but it was a
little easier to locate and look through lists of kanji, and if the kanji the
two groups are learning are different, you can be sure the words they use
those kanji for are different too.




The order of learning words and kanji for Japanese schools and JLPT are
completely uncorrelated.

Which is to say that the JLPT doesn't attempt to emulate learning as Japanese
people do. So while there is some overlap in the sense that both groups
generally follow a principle of going more simple to more complex, what a non-
native learning Japanese will find simple and what a Japanese student will
find simple can be different.

For a comparison, you can look at this [list of JLPT
kanji](http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/jlpt5/kanji/), and [this list of Japanese
first grade kanji](http://japanese.about.com/library/blkodgrade1.htm). Both
contain about 80 characters, but you can note some differences.

`語【ご】(language)`, `電【でん】(electricity)`, and `話【わ】(talk)`, are on the JLPT list
and not the Japanese grade one.

`森【もり】(forest)`, `林【はやし】(woods)`, and `犬【いぬ】(dog)` are on the Japanese grade
one but not the JLPT list.

I know your question is directly about vocab and not kanji, but it was a
little easier to locate and look through lists of kanji, and if the kanji the
two groups are learning are different, you can be sure the words they use
those kanji for are different too.

