i got the Textbooks and Workbooks but i don’t understand them.
i am teaching myself and don’t have a study partner.
However the books r divided into Conversation & Grammar and Reading & Writing, each having different topics from lesson 1-12 but they still belong together.
How am i supposed to know when to do what?
When am i supposed to work with the workbook?
How do i know when to go to reading & writing and what to do there?
i seriously don’t understand the book i need help
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There’s a “How to use this book” section in both Genki 1 and its workbook as a preface. It explains how the authors intended the books to be used.
Work yourself through from beginning to end. The workbook offers additional exercises.
[TokiniAndy](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA_RcUI8km1NMhiEebcbqdlcHv_2ngbO2) on YT has videos on Genki 1 and 2 to follow along if you need further explanations on the sections.
First focus on the Genki textbook. The conversations usually contains the grammar you study for the chapter. What I do is go to the grammar first and then go to the reading part and identify the grammar points there. After you study the grammar, you can go into the reading and writing portion with the writing portion having Kanji if I remember correctly.
As for the workbook, in the textbook you can study Genki 1 Chapter 8 then after that go to the corresponding Workbook at Genki Workbook 1 Chapter 8. You use the workbook to practice what you’ve learned on the textbook.
As a self-learner, you’re going to be the one who has to decide how you will use Genki because different people have different ways of learning.
I hope this answers your question.
Which edition do you have? The 3rd edition workbook has reference numbers to grammar points. For example, page 63 of the workbook, Describing Two Activities, corresponds to Chapter 6 Grammar 3 (pages 151 and 152) of the textbook.
My general advice:
1) Study hiragana and basic greetings.
2) Move on to chapter 1. Study vocabulary first, then move on to the dialogue and grammar. Do 1 grammar point daily, and then the corresponding textbook exercises. Then the workbook exercises. Chapter 3 should take 11 days if you go point-by-point with a day each for the dialogue/vocab and kanji, the 8 grammar points, the review, and finally the reading at the back of the book.
3) When finished with the review exercises and free-answer questions in the workbook, don’t forget to move on to the reading and writing section.
4) If a chapter has kanji, study kanji with vocab. You should use flashcards to review the kanji and vocab daily until you finish a chapter.
If you go through it in order then it explains the lessons and then gives you exercises to go through based on the lessons. It’s okay to skip the ones that require a partner, but you can also just play pretend and say them out loud, write them, or even just think them