Hi all, my Japanese interest started about 5 years ago from now. About 2~3 years ago I attended to a Japanese course and finished Minna no Nihongo 1-2, Basic Kanji Book. Well, I was not a good Japanese learner since I also had to study university entrance exams. But I knew about 200 kanji with their stroke orders, my grammar was not also bad. After got rejected by MEXT, I dropped Japanese and haven't involved in for almost 2 years. My classmates got N3 certificate. Now I'm planning to re-start (not resume) learning Japanese.

I'm planning to review Minna no Nihongo 1-2 again, to recognize grammar and vocabulary. I know MNN is too boring but I can get over it. My anki decks are ready-to-use. Also planning to start studying Kanji immediately and Core2K.

My first goal is passing the N3. I'm not sure if MNN is enough to pass it. Maybe I should get New Kanzan Master JLPT N3?

This is my current plan. I'm waiting for your suggestions, thanks!

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Quote:My first goal is passing the N3. I'm not sure if MNN is enough to pass it. Maybe I should get New Kanzan Master JLPT N3?

If you have a definite goal of JLPT N3, you're probably better off studying from JLPT resources rather than the core deck. As you can see here the core 2k/6k doesn't cover the JLPT vocab in the most effective way:

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...7#pid65607

I believe that Minna will get you to ~N4, similarly to Genki I+II. You could supplement the grammar with either the DoBJG or a JLPT specific book.

It looks so. Which one would you prefer if you were in my shoes? DoBJG or Kanzen Master?

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donkan Wrote:It looks so. Which one would you prefer if you were in my shoes? DoBJG or Kanzen Master?

Think you'd be best waiting for someone who has used Kanzen Master

Whatever you do the DoBJG deck on here can always be used to SRS sentences/patterns.