みなさん、こんにちは！
お元気ですか
I’m looking for some advice/reviews for Japanese textbooks for a self studier.
I’m reaching the end of my studies at the N4 level and am looking to make the jump to N3.
I’ve done some shopping arround and have seen lots of reviews and such for many different textbooks.
I’m looking at Tobira, Quartet, Kanzen Master, and Try! N3, at the moment. I’ve deliberately left Nihongo So Matome off the list as I’ve learnt I’m not a huge fan of it, having used it for N5/N4, try is also currentlynot my top pick as im notba fan of the grammar explanations. I’m not worried about kanji and vocab, I have that sorted, I’m more interested in the grammar/reading/listening aspects.
I do want to do the JLPT N3 this year.
I’m wondering if you would reccomended any combination of these over others.
Would you recommend exclusively using JLPT prep books or prep books with an intermediate/other textbook (and if yes to another textbook which one)? (Cost isn’t a big deal)
みなさん、 ありがとうございます！
2 comments
Personally I used Tobira, try and made use of anki. Try was good for understanding the form of the test, and Tobira is a good textbook to go over grammar. Anki was great for memorizing kanji and vocab. I just passed the n3 last winter, so I bet there is better info out there. That being said I hope you do great!
When I started with Tobira, it was extremely difficult at the beginning but after a gap of 1 month I decided to go back to it and grind through slowly, when I got to the end of the last chapter my reading speed had significantly increased with a combination of Tobira and 完全マスター読解. So for me Tobira was completely worth the time and effort.
I also did 完全マスター文法 and TRY! for grammar. For listening I would suggest radiko.jp whenever you get the chance and practicing lots of listening tests on YouTube also helps.