completed Wanikani up to level 27, Bunpro N5, and basically Genki 1 (working my way thru the Tango N5 deck too)
I have scheduled a flight to take the N5 and hope to book it the day it becomes available. But I’ve had a lot of people tell me due to the WK/vocab levels I’ve been going that N4 is doable with even a decent amount of the n4 grammar points.
Having said that I’d basically be cramming Genki 2 or Bunpro the last 12 weeks to get up to speed.
My biggest concern TBH is the listening part BUT…it’s going to be an issue with N5 too.
for people who have taken both I’ve heard N5/N4 were a step below N3 in terms of how bad they are but I’d like to get some input from you guys.
if I can’t get into N5 but I can get into N4 that’ll settle it for me either way but want to get some input here.
i’m doing the N4 test for my first one of JLPT. my bigger concern is that i’ve not been in a test situation in more than 20yrs so i’m a little intimidated lol. (also i have some accessibility things I have to work out ahead of time as well)
Take some online sample tests for each and see how it goes for you.
(I passed the N5 a long time ago, and missed the N4 passing grade by 3 points a year or two ago. Both were in my pre-WK days. A lot has to do with understanding how they structure the test, rather than purely on your kanji/vocab/grammar knowledge - the test writers’ aim is to rattle and confuse you, so experience with the format of each test section as well as strategies for attacking the test will be of the greatest importance to you.)
Well I don’t know if I’d go that far, but they definitely do try to make the listening questions such that you can’t just listen for a key word or two and get the answer right.
I second the advice to try some listening practice exams on youtube if that’s your weakest area. Remember you don’t have to get 100%, in fact you can be what feels like terrible, but you do have to be able to get some of them right.