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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:26 am
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Here are a list of recommended textbooks, dictionaries, etc. for beginner, lower intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced levels. If you have any suggestions, feel free to post after!
Though a couple of these books can be downloaded through the internet, please refrain from asking in this thread. Try Googling yourself! sweatdrop
Beginner (JLPT N5, N4) Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I (Comprehensive textbook) This is easily hands down the best elementary Japanese textbook out there (also recently updated with new content). It teaches you all the fundamental basics and comes with a workbook.
Minna no Nihongo, Book 1 (Comprehensive Textbook) I've never actually used this one, but heard some good-decent things about it.
Basic Kanji Book, Vol. 1, 2 (Kanji workbook) Put together, covers the basic 500 kanji, very helpful.
Lower Intermediate (JLPT N4, N3) Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II (Comprehensive textbook) Starts to cover more intermediate expressions ie. passive, causative and also formal and polite ways of speaing.
An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (Revised Edition) (Comprehensive textbook) Personally, I hated this textbook though it has very nice readings, vocab lists and exercises, but has poor layout for kanji and grammar. Not bad for self-study.
Intermediate Kanji Book (Kanji 1000 Plus) (Kanji workbook) Starts to focus on more intermediate kanji and uses simple Japanese for explanations more than English.
Kanji Look & Learn (Kanji textbook) If you like learning by mnemonics, this is highly recommended for people learning kanji. Covers 512 kanji.
Upper Intermediate (JLPT N3, N2) Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese Learning Through Content and Multimedia Most of this textbook is in Japanese, and it has very nice layouts for vocab, interesting and relevant readings, and explains grammar rather well. Also has a seperate Kanji textbook (TOBIRA: Power Up Your KANJI: 800 Basic KANJI as a Gateway to Advanced Japanese) which covers 800 kanji covered up to the old Level 2 of the JLPT.
Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced Haven't used this one before, but it's used by a couple universities so it must not be bad?
Advanced (JLPT N2, N1) 中・上級者のための速読の日本語 (Speed Reading Japanese for the Intermediate/Advanced Levels) It teaches you to read Japanese faster with intermediate to advanced texts.
--tired for now, will update more later--
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:27 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:58 am
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 5:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:50 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:21 am
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:25 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:30 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:11 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:24 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:26 pm
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