I have been studying Japanese in university and tomorrow is the final exam of the last course (eek!). My university only offers 6 courses in total, so after this course is done, I need to continue studying on my own but I’d prefer to study with a text book. On the courses, we used the 文化 series, and now have gone through the 文化初級日本語 book entirely. I don’t want to continue with this series though, because I feel like it requires a teacher (there are only a bunch of examples for each grammar point but almost no explanations).
So, would anyone be able to recommend me an intermediate (?) Japanese text book suitable for self-study? I’ve heard about Tobira, but not sure if it is above my skill level.
I like the Tsunagu books! The second volume is probably around an intermediate level? I’m not 100% sure of what level it actually is, so apologies if it’s not what you’re looking for!
It’s useful for me because the Japanese feels very practical and there’s a lot of emphasis on speaking.
Not sure what the 文化 series is like, but if it’s anything like Genki, Tobira is intended to follow on from Genki. (And Nakama, which is what I studied.)
