Overview
What this cohort is about
What this cohort is about
A 4-week intensive course designed to prepare students for the JLPT N3 exam. Covers listening, grammar, reading, vocabulary, and kanji with weekly mock questions and practice tests.
4-week intensive JLPT preparation
- Weekly live sessions with an expert JLPT instructor
- Mock questions and practice tests every week
- Key vocabulary and kanji preparation
- Downloadable vocabulary decks and materials
What makes N3 difficult
The gap between N4 and the JLPT N3 exam is larger than the gap between any other two levels, and most beginner textbooks stop before they cover N3 content. Grammar points now differ by nuance, so you have to choose between ように and ために, or between はず, べき and わけ. The challenge comes from understanding the context and knowing which one is correct at that given moment.
Keigo appears for the first time, along with causative and causative-passive forms. Reading passages are long enough that you can run out of time even when you understand them. The speed for listening audio gets much closer to natural speed and may use contractions or words that do not appear in most textbooks.
How this course helps
The tough areas in the JLPT N3 exam each get their own dedicated teaching time.
You work on the grammar points that look similar side by side so you learn to separate them, while keigo and the causative forms are taught with the sentence patterns that appear most often on the exam. You learn how to scan an information-retrieval question and what to do with a passage when you do not know every word in order to complete them in time.
Listening practice uses near natural-speed audio with contractions from week one to get you accustomed to how the audio clips in the exam will sound like.
4-week intensive JLPT preparation
Weekly live sessions with an expert JLPT instructor
Mock questions and practice tests every week
Key vocabulary and kanji preparation
Downloadable vocabulary decks and materials
Teacher to be confirmed before course start
Curriculum
What we cover each week
Weekly curriculum
Week 1
Week 1: Listening Foundations
Focus: N3 Listening Foundations
This week we build confidence with the N3 listening section through lots of practice questions. We also prepare key vocabulary for conversational and short-passage audio.
Week 2
Week 2: Grammar Patterns & Reading Comprehension
Focus: N3 Grammar & Reading
We cover the most common N3 grammar patterns and practice reading intermediate passages with comprehension questions.
Week 3
Week 3: Vocabulary & Kanji
Focus: N3 Vocabulary & Kanji
This week focuses on the core N3 vocabulary and intermediate kanji needed for the exam, with mock questions for reinforcement.
Week 4
Week 4: Mock Exam & Review
Focus: N3 Mock Exam & Final Review
We sit a full N3 mock exam under timed conditions and review the key vocabulary and grammar points to sharpen performance.
Your teacher
Hanayoku Instructor
JLPT Instructor
The teachers who teach this course may vary depending on the circumstances, and will be confirmed before the course starts.
Pricing
Join the next cohort
One-time payment
$100.00
Regular: $120.00
Early bird ends Oct. 2, 2026
10 spots left
- ✓ 4 weekly live sessions
- ✓ Mock questions & practice tests
- ✓ Key vocabulary & kanji prep
- ✓ Weekly lesson plan access
- ✓ Teacher to be confirmed
Course schedule
69 days left until the first lesson
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