Planning the transition to JLPT N2

The idea

Try official sample questions in reading and listening, record where and why you missed answers, and choose one priority for the week. Pair longer texts with a short summary, and listen for both the main point and the speaker’s position. Schedule vocabulary and grammar review several days later, then repeat a timed task and adjust the next week. This is a suggested routine, not an official timetable.

Examples

• 先まず、今いまできることを確認かくにんします。First, I check what I can already do.
• 長ながい記事きじを読よんで、要点ようてんをまとめます。I read a long article and summarize its main point.
• ニュースを聞きいて、話はなし手ての意見いけんをメモします。I listen to the news and note the speaker’s opinion.
• 間違まちがえた表現ひょうげんを、数日後すうじつごに復習ふくしゅうします。I review expressions I got wrong after a few days.
• 毎週まいしゅう、時間じかんを計はかって読解どっかいと聴解ちょうかいを練習れんしゅうします。Every week, I practise reading and listening under timed conditions.
• 結果けっかを基もとに、来週らいしゅうの計画けいかくを調整ちょうせいします。I adjust next week’s plan based on my results.

Watch out

A high vocabulary count alone does not show that you can follow an argument or understand speech at speed. Do not neglect either reading or listening.

Try it yourself

1. 今いまできることを確認かくにん＿。（します／まとめます）

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   します

   確認します means “check”: establish a baseline before choosing a priority.

2. 長ながい記事きじの＿をまとめます。（要点／結果）

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   要点

   要点 means “main point”: a summary tests whether you understood the overall argument.

3. ＿を基もとに計画けいかくを調整ちょうせいします。（結果／記事）

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   結果

   結果 means “results”: use evidence from practice to adjust the next plan.

Use it today

Choose a diagnostic task, schedule two short reading and listening sessions and a later review, then use your results to set next week’s priority.