How to Pass the JLPT N2 | Self-Study Tips

[@talesontables]

wooow you had a good score! congrats!

[@Mariamomo_]

Congratulations, that's amazing 🎉💕 Thank you for all the tips!

[@neomence6479]

Thank you for the great review and tips 🎉 congrats and wish you the best for the rest of your language learning journey 🎀

[@palomatokio]

i could listen to you for hours, your order of ideas is so interesting. in my opinion you didnt prepared for the test because of desition fatigue.

[@1_multilungual_t]

Congratulations!!!!!!!🎉❤

[@Biscuittwo]

This is so well made, thank you!

[@抹茶フラペチーノ]

わぁ〜凄い！ 私は読解がとても苦手です😢そんなにできるの羨ましいです

[@DrivetoThrive5779]

I just want to pass JLPT N2 while you’re working it’s hard to practice daily

[@polynotte]

It can get super difficult but what’s important is to not give up. Even 10 minutes at night every day can make a difference. ファイト！

[@user-cf3jy7wk2s]

Thanks for the nice informative video! ❤ But I have a question I am currently studying for the n1 which I will take next year , I feel like 言語知識 is not a problem and my reading is ok with more practice I am sure that I can pass easily, but do you have any specific advice for the listening? Especially when you have to take notes like when I took a practice test I literally failed doing these 2 things at the same time😂💔 (listening while taking notes)

[@SomedayKorean]

As a fellow procrastinator and a champion at trying to learn languages for as free as possible, I relate to you very much right now haha. That grading system sounds confusing. It might technically be more accurate, but I like knowing exactly what my score means. Oh, I got a 90 on the TOPIK reading or listening section? That means I got 45/50 questions. The only scoring system I've seen that is more confusing is the new-fangled TOPIK speaking exam, which has literally no explanation of where the score comes from lol. I knew that your Japanese was eons better than mine, but wow! N2 is seriously awesome (even if there's no output).

[@polynotte]

It hurt to buy my first novels and textbooks. They feel like some treasure that I must cherish 💀. It’s the reason why I’ve been hesitating so long on taking iTalki lessons, I am still not used to spending money on hobbies. It must be so hard to grade speaking sections. I always wonder how it’s done for the CEFR exams, it must be difficult to regulate. Especially since the grading has to take place live and you have hundreds of candidates to go through. That being said, I feel like they are always pretty lenient and for a new exam like the TOPIK one, it would probably be pretty easy to pass in the first couple of years. And my Japanese is much worse now, don’t worry 😅 The lockdown just brought out the best in me I suppose

[@SomedayKorean]

@@polynotte yessss I've been considering taking italki lessons for literally YEARS but I keep thinking that surely if I just get out more and speak to people my speaking could improve for free lol

[@polynotte]

Knowing very well I will not put in the effort to talk to anyone 😭

[@aminenounou5370]

I'm studying JLPT N2 grammar, etc., and I saw that I need to know thousands of words for the JLPT N2, but how I can learn them all? I tried to study lists who were published by other people, to make flashcards, but it takes too much time. In other terms, is there a method to learn them all and review them to not forget them? Thank you😄( really interesting and inspiring video, by the way!) ( and so satisfying to see you writing during all the video too!)

[@ahabrawgaming1289]

Learn kanji using vocabulary it makes it easier plus you learn like 2 or 4 kanjis in one phrase. also get to know N3 grammar before moving to N2

[@aminenounou5370]

@@ahabrawgaming1289 Thank you for your advice!

[@joreneelanguages]

(belated) congrats! 😆

[@polynotte]

Thank you! ❤️

[@maryrosecabiling571]

Thank you so much❤

[@rickyalantino1503]

Congratulations,,its made me more ganbatte

[@polynotte]

Thanks! I'm so glad it was helpful

[@awirotana9552]

I have been studied Japanese for 10 years and never passed N2 even if I am a purchaser in Japanese factory and my boss is Japanese too. The lastest result this year, I passed only listening part.😅.My boss always push me to go to take the JLPT.Maybe I am too lazy😂

[@ahabrawgaming1289]

Youre studying it wrong I guess

[@awirotana9552]

@@ahabrawgaming1289 Hahaha

[@nixolett]

I just found your channel and like it very much! And my name is Niki. ;-)

[@polynotte]

Thank you very much! And hi from a fellow Nikki :) How long have you learning Japanese?

[@nixolett]

@@polynotte Almost for 4 years, but with hiatuses.

[@polynotte]

Cool, any particular reason or is it just for the fun?

[@nixolett]

@@polynotte Jusf for fun, or...mazochism. 😅

[@polynotte]

Both maybe 😂

[@jamesking796]

What you wrote in this video ? Words and definition??

[@user-cf3jy7wk2s]

What does answering patterns mean?

[@susmabaniya225]

Please give me tips for reading section

[@user-ti9rj3jc7e]

can you please tell me what kind of books you read please

[@polynotte]

Honestly, I don’t really read that many books in japanese. I was getting through le petit prince in japanese and I’ve gotten through part of Sherlock Holmes but apart from that I don’t read proper books. I much prefer to read news articles and other shorter bits of writing.

[@user-ti9rj3jc7e]

@@polynotte i seee thank you ❤️

[@user-fb7zj5vj2g]

あなたの書く文字はとてもかわいいです！

[@yutota5875]

Can I ask you, how many words you actually need to know to pass n2? How many words you learn per day? 👉👈

[@polynotte]

You need to know around 6000 words for the N2. I don’t know what level you are at now but if you are comfortably at an N3 level you only need around 2000 more words to reach an N2 level. At my peak when I was most serious, I was learning around 20 new words a day and I was reviewing all of my other words on Anki. Now this is quite a lot and I didn’t keep that up for a very long time it was just over several months before the exam. This ended up taking over an hour every single day and it was quite exhausting, and it was one of the main reasons why I ended up burning out and not enjoying Japanese anymore so I wouldn’t really recommend going that hard unless you really feel like you need to, or you want to. That being said, I did end up getting 60 out of 60 in the vocabulary section so I suppose it worked well for me. Of course you don’t need to get a perfect score in the vocabulary section. You only really need to pass so you don’t really need to do that much and I’m sure you’ll be fine.

[@yutota5875]

@polynotte Thank you so much for such a comprehensive answer. And thank you for sharing your experience, because I always tried to understand how much to study per day to be effective for the exam. You are very nice ^^

[@_hanabi_8.17.3.7]

preparing for n2 this july 2024 praying and a lot of studying by myself

[@Sheila-from-MCGI]

Did you memorize the stroke order of each kanji?

[@OkiBoyAdventures]

She probably did. But the thing with kanji is there’s patterns. Once you learn the first 50-100 kanji the rest become easier since you essentially just start combining them.

[@siddhantarana6586]

@@OkiBoyAdventuresnot 50-100 but at lest 700-800ie level of n3