NAT-TEST 2Q study plan

Read 10 short passages of 400–600 characters at a hard cap of 8 minutes each, marking every clause you had to reread.

Harvest 150 unknown words from those passages into a flashcard deck with reading, part of speech, and the original sentence.

Classify each wrong answer by cause - unknown word, misparsed grammar, or wrong question type - to find where points actually leak.

Shadow 20 short dialogues covering task comprehension (課題理解) and point comprehension (ポイント理解) for 15 minutes on five separate days.

Transcribe 8 dialogues by ear, then diff your transcript against the script and tally every mis-heard sound: long vowels, 促音, 撥音, contracted sounds.

Add 100 listening-only items - katakana loanwords, onomatopoeia, sentence adverbs - as audio-linked cards.

Read 8 medium passages of 700–900 characters in 10 minutes each, answering all questions before checking any answer.

Restate the main claim of each passage in one sentence of your own Japanese to prove you parsed it rather than guessed it.

Drill 40 grammar patterns that decide reading questions (〜わけではない, 〜に限らず, 〜ざるを得ない, 〜反面) and write one original sentence for each.

Sit a half-length timed mock - 30 minutes reading, 25 minutes listening - with no dictionary and no pausing.

Score by domain and compute accuracy per question type so you know which types are eating your time.

Re-listen to every missed audio item until you can transcribe it without replaying.

Re-drill the 120 vocabulary items missed in weeks 1–4 to 90% recall in both directions, Japanese to meaning and meaning to Japanese.

Complete 100 grammar fill-in items in 30-minute sets, writing one rule per mistake instead of just marking the right answer.

Reread the week-3 passages with no dictionary and confirm you can now parse every sentence you previously skipped.

Read 6 long passages of 1,000+ characters under a strict 12-minute cap, practising topic-sentence skimming before close reading.

Run three listening sets of 15 questions with no replay and log every score.

Practise shorthand for numbers, proper nouns, and directional instructions so notes survive the audio.

Sit one full-length timed mock under exam conditions, with no dictionary and no audio pausing.

Review every item and write the exact passage line or audio moment where the answer was decided - including for items you got right.

Build a distractor trap list: reversed causality, overgeneralization, same-word lure, half-true option.

Sit a second full-length mock two days before test day, started at the same hour as the real exam.

Re-drill only flagged material: 80 flashcards, 20 grammar rules, 10 listening clips - no new content.

Rehearse your timing plan: which question types to skip and return to, and how to preview answer choices during listening.