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Hello August again. Exactly a year ago, I started learning N2. 365 days have already flown by since then, so I wanted to talk a little bit more about my experience learning N2. Hopefully it might be helpful to those starting out. When I started N2, I still wasn’t super confident in my N3 ability,… Continue reading JLPT N2 One Year Study Anniversary
Ease of Use It is very straightforward. Content There are 30 practice tests that are supposed to be 10 min each. There are 2 3min mini practice tests between every 5 regular tests. Structure 1st part - choose word hiragana for from the kanji.2nd part - choose the right kanji for the hiragana.3rd part -… Continue reading 日本語パワードリルN2 文字 / 語彙 (Nihongo Power Drill N2 Vocabulary) Textbook Review
Ease of Use: It is pretty simple. Content: There are 30 practice tests that are supposed to be 10 min each. There are 2 3min mini practice tests between every 5 regular tests. Structure: The first part is fill-in-the-blank sentence with the correct grammar. The second part is arrange parts the sentences correctly. The third… Continue reading 日本語パワードリル N2 文法 (Nihongo Power Drill N2 Grammar) Textbook Review
Ease of Use: It is relatively straightforward until the end. You read the grammar rules/tips and answer the questions. These can either be multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, complete the sentence, starred word in a sentence, etc. Content: The content is extremely detailed and thorough, and will take a very long time to finish. I spent 4-5 months… Continue reading 新完全マスターN２文法 (Shin Kanzen Master N2 Grammar) Textbook Review
Ease of Use: I think it’s pretty self-explanatory. It comes with a red sheet to cover up the words in red, but honestly I’m not sure what’s the point like on the first pages of each section. Content: I thought it was alright. The passages are pretty difficult and lot of passages relate to some… Continue reading 一回で合格N2読解 (Pass in One Try N2 Reading) Textbook Review
My main resources I am using to study for the JLPT N2 are the 新完全マスター N2 series. I am using the 文法 (grammar), 語彙 (vocabulary), and 読解 (reading) textbooks. I have also used the N3 読解 last year. These are very dense textbooks and not easy to get through, but I feel that the information… Continue reading N2 Studies: 新完全マスター (Shin Kanzen Master) Textbooks
Ease of Use: So easy Content: Alright - I thought the grammar explanations are lacking sometimes (as many people pointed out). However, I like that the book provides a simpler way of saying the grammar point using previously learned grammar. I know some people prefer longer explanations, but the lack of words on the page… Continue reading 日本語総まとめ N3 文法 Textbook Review (Nihongo Sou-matome N3 Grammar)
I know many people use these vocabulary books already, but if you don’t know about them, then this is for you. They have N4-N5, N2, and N1 versions as well. Ease of Use: Easy. It comes with a red sheet to cover the terms, but personally I don’t really use it because I remember faster… Continue reading N3単語2000 Book Review (2000 Essential Vocabulary for the JLPT N3)
Ease of Use: Definitely confusing at first since I’ve never used this series before, but I got the hang of it after the first section. Content: Very good. There are a lot of passages and a variety of topics. I heard the passages were dry, but honestly they were fine to me. Plus these are… Continue reading Shin Kanzen Master N3 Dokkai (Reading) Textbook Review
Ease of Use: easy, pretty self-explanatory. Content: Very difficult IF you forget vocab/kanji easily, but a good way to test your vocab knowledge. Structure: It is broken into 30 tests/units and a two page 3 min review on katakana, keigo, idioms, set phrases, etc. after every 5 units. For each test: *Part 1: guess the… Continue reading Nihongo Power Drill: N3 Moji / Goi (日本語パワードリル: N3 文字 / 語彙) Textbook Review
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