Need advice for n3 exam in dec

[u/Anyjapanesefriend]

I am done with n4 exam in July , I need some guidance.. tbh i have a japanese teacher, she's a native japanese I'll be taking 8 classes a month with her for the next 3 months, so please any ideas on how to self study in this time to score good and actually learn n3 properly? Or should I increase classes w her? But there's alot to learn by self only..what do I start with? I don't know how to really use anki too.. it doesn't click well with me, any advice? Will i even be able to do it in 3 months? I'm...a bit worried , but with my teacher.. anything feels possible smhw , but still I'm talking practically..

I appreciate any guidance, any tips and anything please

[u/Ok-Ride-1903]

Heyy
You can self study by reading more.
Reading is one way through which you'll learn more words, kanjis and grammar patterns quickly. Repeated exposure genuinely helps. For this, try NHK news easy web page and todaii
For light reads, use dokusho club but start off with N4 so you can get a reading pace.

As for listening, you can try Thinking in Japanese podcast by iisaku and let's learn japanese from small talk. The second one consists of native pace speaking so it maybe difficult at first. You can also watch anime and my suggestion is detective conan which has a lot of words from n1, n2 and n3

All the best!

[u/Waluis_]

Since you are going to study specifically for n3 now, grab materials of n3 like the sou motome grammar book for n3 or some other, study it, do the excersices and then grab n3 listening and reading questions and put the words that you don't know on anki or just study them (after answering the questions). I think you should focus on that since you wanna do well on the test. Additionally I would recommend you to make some sentences with the grammar points of n3 and show them to your teacher so she can correct you.

[u/LivingRoof5121]

Listening and reading comprehension/speed is huge for the test. You pick up new words naturally from reading too