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| Po-ru Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 173 posts - 235 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Spanish, Norwegian, Mandarin, French | Message 1 of 5 26 July 2011 at 2:19am | IP Logged |
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I just completed AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE and am now looking for a
more advanced book to start working through. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for something with good audio, good explanations, and not boring material. On the other hand, I was wondering if anyone knew any particular sites or web resources dedicated to higher level Japanese language. I have just been using LINGQ and watching some animes and such but I am wondering if there is a site with more in-depth and usable resources. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| galindo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5208 days ago 142 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Portuguese | Message 2 of 5 27 July 2011 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
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If you are already at a high level (and you've listed Japanese as a language you speak, so I think you are), then you really shouldn't need to work through yet another textbook or course. Instead, I think the following ideas might help you:
1. Invest in an electronic dictionary. I bought one as an import through Amazon, and it's extremely helpful and convenient to be able to look up a word whenever I need to. 2. Read a lot of books. It might be easier if you choose some light novels, or maybe some books aimed at middle/high schoolers. You could try an author like Mori Eto (森 絵都), since her books are aimed at a young audience and are not difficult to read. If you can't afford to buy lots of books, you could try looking for them online. You mentioned you watch anime, and lots of anime is based on light novels, so you could try reading the books that a series you like is based on. It's easy to find things like light novels and manga, but for normal books you will probably have to spend some money. 3. For increased audio exposure, you could try Japanese audio books, or maybe audio dramas/drama cds. You could also try listening to online radio or podcasts. Keep watching anime. Sorry that I didn't actually answer your question, but I honestly think that you don't need a special resource aimed at high-level students. I think you're already at the point where your biggest resource should be native-level Japanese material, supplemented with a grammar book/dictionary. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| starrye Senior Member United States Joined 5095 days ago 172 posts - 280 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 5 27 July 2011 at 3:36pm | IP Logged |
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These aren't "text books" per se, but you may find them useful for getting you started with native texts. I have all of these and I think they are aimed at intermediate level, and these should help you break into native material if you are not at that point already...
From the "Power Japanese Series": Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You Japanese Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionary Basic Connections: Making Your Japanese Flow Also, for getting you started reading: Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text, Giles Murray (Author) Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers, Michael Emmerich (Editor), Reiko Matsunaga (Narrator) Reading Japanese with a Smile: Nine Stories from a Japanese Weekly Magazine for Intermediate Learners, Tom Gally (Author) This site has a number of parallel texts online you can practice on: http://mastarpj.nict.go.jp/~mutiyama/align/index.html Other than that, try reading through some manga aimed at teens. These are useful because it's pretty easy to find English translations of a popular series, so you can read them side by side. Plus they have illustrations, of course, which helps with figuring out the story. Edited by starrye on 27 July 2011 at 3:55pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Po-ru Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 173 posts - 235 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Spanish, Norwegian, Mandarin, French | Message 4 of 5 28 July 2011 at 10:12pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks guys. I think I will try some of those recommendations! I will certainly try it.
I just like texts because they have in-depth grammar explanations, advanced listening tools, and stuff like that. I am actually working through READ REAL JAPANESE ESSAYS right now and am quite liking it. Thanks for all the help and I hope to be headed in the right direction and making my Japanese even better. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6950 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 5 of 5 30 July 2011 at 4:15am | IP Logged |
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starrye stole all of my suggestions :) Great list!
As for the 3 books in the "Power Japanese" series, two of them might be a little below your level (I think they are more for lower intermediate students). But I consider Making Sense of Japanese to be a MUST for any Japanese student!! It's definitely one of the resources that improved my understanding of Japanese the most, especially with regards to "wa" and "ga". Another one I love is A Student's Guide to Japanese Grammar by Naoimi Hanaoka McGloin. It explains the difference between words with similar meanings, like のに vs. くせ に, したら vs. すると vs. すれば, and things like that. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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