どうしたらほうがいいかな。。。

[blodeuedd]

People who have studied, are studying, or will study Japanese, I seek your counsel!

My goal this year is to pass level 2 of the JLPT, and I'm in the market for a Japanese textbook, intermediate level (I'm floating somewhere between JLPT levels 3 and 2 now, though I know that's rather vague as it's a pretty big gap). I've already got books specifically for kanji, as well as flashcards, but that's not helping my grammar much. And shockingly, it would seem that watching silly prettboy doramas is not the fastest way to learn proper Japanese grammar! D:

Have you any titles to recommend? Any titles to warn me away from? :D

ETA: I should have specified that while I do have a specific goal, test-wise, I also just want to keep learning Japanese in general and this is my attempt at giving myself some structure upon which to build. XD

Comments

[kurayamihimitsu.livejournal.com]

http://www.3anet.co.jp/search/result2.php?categ_j7=1
I have the level 3 one of these books... and I really like it.. So maybe see about getting the level 2 ones? <3

[blodeuedd.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll take a look. ^_^

[tayles.livejournal.com]

Heh. People tell me I always sound quite colloquial with what little Japanese I do speak. My defense is that most of it's learned from anime/dramas/musicals/music, and as a result I sound like a fifteen year old boy having a slanging match with his mates XD;;;;;;;;;;;;

Good luck with the studying!

[blodeuedd.livejournal.com]

I sound too formal a lot of time. XD In my defense, when I was studying in Canada, the class was for diplomats, so it was all business/diplomatic language we were learning. The dramas are good for regular, casual speech, but I can figure that out on my own, and I haven't really progressed since I've come to Japan, which is shameful. But that's my own lazy fault. :P

[later-uk.livejournal.com]

I'm between levels or textbook levels at least too.

It's way annoying, coz if I buy a new textbook I usually already know half of it, but it's all random. Like I'll know chapter 1-5, then chapter 10 but not chapters 6-9. Which means I am kinda screwed for the moment.

I'm gonna be in the market for Japanese classes come April.