I’ve been putting in about 4–5 hours a day since the end of August . And I've been studying for 準2級 (Pre-2) Kanken for the past 6 months. In the last month I started taking mock exams, but I feel like I’m not making any real headway.
Right now I can usually get around 140 points, which is the passing line, but I want to score higher so I can feel more secure. I’ve built up an Anki deck with about 2,000 questions, and I go through them regularly.
The frustrating part is that even when I scored my highest—143 points on a mock test earlier this month—I ended up doing worse on the same mock test just now. It feels like I’m stuck or even going backwards. I just want to cry from frustration.
For anyone who’s taken Kanken (especially Pre-2) or a Japanese test how did you push past this plateau? Did you change up your study methods, focus on weak areas, or just keep grinding until things “clicked”? Any tips or strategies would be really appreciated.
I've been really trying to focus on the sections I am most weakest in. But it just feels so impossible. The test is on October 19th.
by AdUnfair558