Hey everyone.
So in December 2 years ago I passed the N4 test. To be honest I didn't pass by much but I was proud of it. Mostly my listening side was terrible. Since then I've been doing routine studies. Maybe 15 hours a week, but this doesn't include random things I'll say to people, think out loud in Japanese, reading and writing random things I see on hellotalk and so on.
Thing is, I've noticed myself getting noticeably better compared to that time, but I still don't think I'm past the N4 level yet. I still feel like I'm learning N4 things. At an average of 15 hours a week, does it really take this long to get past N4? Several years. I feel I can't break the wall into N3 regardless of how much new stuff I learn.
by Link2212