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[sonofthor]

Can anyone recommend a good Japanese langauge textbook for self study? I'm currently taking an intro class using the Yookoso! book by Tohsaku, which leaves a lot to be desired. I know kana/hiragana and will study Kanji using Remember the Kanji by Heisig. I just need a book for everything else. Thanks!

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[theanphibian]

There's a book called Intermediate Japanese that i used in classes while in Japan, and I thought it was far better than Genki. The problem would be that it was for the most part of a 3rd year japanese study level. The first few chapters, however, are not near that level, and I've heard they might also have a beginers book, but i haven't heard any good reviews of it.

[sonofthor]

Hmm... that's gonna be a toughie. Looking on Amazon, a couple of matches came up for Intermediate Japanese. I'll check them out and see if any of them lead me a good beginner's book. Thanks!

[gaburieru_]

you'll want to be finished with the second volume of genki before you pick that one up. i'm in third-year japanese right now and that's the text we're using in my class.

[sonofthor]

Gotchya. Thanks! :-)

[catsluvdmb]

Yeah, that book is actually supposed to be the third book in the Genki series. I'm not sure if theanphibian realizes that ;)