So, another anniversary of the JLPT, another update:
Compared to last month:
Mature grammar cards: 568 (today) - 564 (April) = +4
Mature Kanji cards: 715 (today) - 715 (April) = 0
Mature vocab cards: 4,824 (today) - 4,783 (April) = +41
Total mature cards: 6,107 (today) - 6,062 (April) = +45
Compared to December 7, 2015 (the day after the exam):
Mature grammar cards: 568 (today) - 476 (12/7) = +92
Mature Kanji cards: 715 (today) - 684 (12/7) = +31
Mature vocab cards: 4,824 (today) - 4,500 (12/7) = +324
Total mature cards: 6,107 (today) - 5,660 (12/7) = +447
So outside of vocab, there wasn't much increase in anki. I think that, anki-wise, next month I'll see a larger increase in both vocabulary and grammar. Vocabulary because I recently moved from 2 new cards a day to 5 new cards a day. And grammar because I've been taking lessons at JOI again, and I think that there's a bunch of new cards in anki that simply haven't had a chance to mature yet.
Outside of anki, last month was a stellar month for Japanese for me. For reading, I reached my limit in the the Japanese Graded Reader series, and then opened up my "N3 Drill and Drill" book for reading exercises. This is the first time I opened it up, and I'm ahead of schedule. After the exam last year, I said that I'd goof off for the first half of the year, and then start looking at text books in the second half of the year. What really impresses me with this book is that while it's very hard, I do find it do-able. So something tells me that if I continue on this path, the reading section should be passable for me by December.
I've been doing slow and steady listening practice as well, mostly with shirokuma. I like this because it's dialog. Last year I prepped for the listening section mostly by doing conversation exchange, which wound up not being helpful at all.
Compared to last month:
Mature grammar cards: 568 (today) - 564 (April) = +4
Mature Kanji cards: 715 (today) - 715 (April) = 0
Mature vocab cards: 4,824 (today) - 4,783 (April) = +41
Total mature cards: 6,107 (today) - 6,062 (April) = +45
Compared to December 7, 2015 (the day after the exam):
Mature grammar cards: 568 (today) - 476 (12/7) = +92
Mature Kanji cards: 715 (today) - 684 (12/7) = +31
Mature vocab cards: 4,824 (today) - 4,500 (12/7) = +324
Total mature cards: 6,107 (today) - 5,660 (12/7) = +447
So outside of vocab, there wasn't much increase in anki. I think that, anki-wise, next month I'll see a larger increase in both vocabulary and grammar. Vocabulary because I recently moved from 2 new cards a day to 5 new cards a day. And grammar because I've been taking lessons at JOI again, and I think that there's a bunch of new cards in anki that simply haven't had a chance to mature yet.
Outside of anki, last month was a stellar month for Japanese for me. For reading, I reached my limit in the the Japanese Graded Reader series, and then opened up my "N3 Drill and Drill" book for reading exercises. This is the first time I opened it up, and I'm ahead of schedule. After the exam last year, I said that I'd goof off for the first half of the year, and then start looking at text books in the second half of the year. What really impresses me with this book is that while it's very hard, I do find it do-able. So something tells me that if I continue on this path, the reading section should be passable for me by December.
I've been doing slow and steady listening practice as well, mostly with shirokuma. I like this because it's dialog. Last year I prepped for the listening section mostly by doing conversation exchange, which wound up not being helpful at all.