Which Japanese language school?

[Atullo]

I am planning on coming to Japan for three months this April, during which I will take a JLPT N2 prep course plus a regular group class course. The visit will culminate with me taking the JLPT N2 exam in July.

I am deciding between two schools: Shibuya Gaigo Gakuin and Naganuma School.

From what little info I managed to gather I got the impression that Shibuya Gaigo is a more leisurely school while Naganuma is more intense. Can anyone please corroborate these impressions?

Which school will prepare me the most for the JLPT N2?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Edit: Sorry for the spelling error in the headline.

 

[nekojita]

I don't have any personal knowledge of either, but here's an older thread on this forum about Naganuma (does sound quite intense, but if you can keep up with it I think that's good):
https://jref.com/forum/japan-practical-2/naganuma-language-school-thread-48435/#.Uyl1q4_8m14
Review - The Naganuma Language School | Japan Forum

It depends a bit on what your immediate aim is, and what your current level is (i.e. if you took the N2 tomorrow, is there any chance you'd pass, even if it was ぎりぎり?). If you definitely need to pass the N2 within a certain time frame (e.g. you need it for admission to a course or similar), then you can focus just on "JLPT N2 Japanese" to close that gap between what you currently know and what is tested - but this may mean ignoring other areas where things are not tested - speaking/writing.

However, in my view that's a little bit of a shame as one of the good things about having access to teachers/tutors is having educated feedback on your speaking/writing. A more rounded course, plus a little bit of JLPT prep (some past-paper practice and knowledge of the question format) would be better for your language learning in the long term.