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Phase 1 Overview

Period: May–July 2025

🔹 JLPT Focus: N5 – N4​

🔹 Speaking Focus: Survival conversation​

🔹 Core Materials:​

TypeResource
📘 Grammar & ConversationMinna no Nihongo I & II + Grammar Notes + Workbooks
🧠 Grammar PracticeBunpro (N5 & N4 path)
🧠 VocabularyAnki (JLPT N5/N4 Tango decks)
🔤 KanjiWaniKani or Anki "JLPT N5–N4 Kanji"
🎧 ListeningComprehensible Japanese, Nihongo no Mori, JapanesePod101 (N5–N4 playlists)
🗣 SpeakingShadowing: Let's Speak Japanese vol 1, conversation partner (HelloTalk, iTalki)
🧪 ReadingGraded Readers (N5–N4), Minna dialogues

Study Plan​

Weeks 1-4: Basic Grammar and Greetings​

  • Minna no Nihongo I (Lessons 1-6)
  • Basic greetings and self-introduction
  • 10 new vocabulary words and 5 kanji daily

Weeks 5-8: Expanding Basic Sentence Patterns​

  • Minna no Nihongo I (Lessons 7-12)
  • Daily conversation patterns
  • Daily grammar practice with Bunpro

Weeks 9-12: Mastering Basic Conversations​

  • Minna no Nihongo I (Lessons 13-18)
  • Begin shadowing practice
  • Find conversation partners on HelloTalk

Weeks 13-16: Transitioning to N4 Level​

  • Minna no Nihongo II (Lessons 19-24)
  • N5 mock test
  • Practice reading simple Japanese articles