Yay, the main thread is here! I’m looking forward to this. I’m a newbie, just started learning Japanese 2 months ago and therefore will shoot for N5. I’m currenty working through Genki and will finish Chapter 5 this weekend.
I am from Germany and have never taken a JLPT before. I have taken proficency tests for the English language though (which is not remotely the same as Japanese but gives me a base understanding of how a proficency test works in general).
My basic study plan looks like this:
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Grammar: Finishing a Genki Chapter every 7-10 days (depends on my work shedule)
→ I’m supplementing with the Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar and Youtube grammar videos
→ I’m doing daily reviews on BunPro for the grammar points I learned in Genki - Kanji: WaniKani, currently leveling up every 8-9 days though due to work getting busy I might go for 9-10 days
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Vocab: currently learning Genki and WaniKani vocab is enough for me
→ I will supplement my studies with N5 vocab before the mock test - Listening: I’m working with the listening exercises on Genki as well listening exercises online.
- Reading: Well… I’m not good enough for anything substential… I bought some manga but I only understand parts of Yotsubato. I shall work on reading more when I have a base understanding of grammar.
I don’t really have a timed plan, until last Monday I was in homeoffice due to the lockdown and worked like… maybe two days a week… thanks to that I could blast through the early WaniKani levels. Since Monday I’ve been back on my regular fulltime job and will just study in my lunchbreak and after work.