#genki textbook
Here are 5 essential textbooks to learn the Japanese language from beginner to intermediate level.
STARTING FROM SCRATCH: THE GENKI TEXTBOOK SERIES
The Genki textbooks are renowned for being some of the most accessible beginners textbooks for learning Japanese. They’re well laid out into different chapters, provide vocabulary and Kanji, and you can also acquire workbooks with CD’s that allow you to self-study.
The 23 lessons of Genki introduce students to a wide range of elementary grammar points, nearly 300 kanji, and over 1000 vocabulary terms, which makes this a fantastic starter textbook for learning Japanese.
EASY TEXTBOOK KANJI METHOD: LOOK AND LEARN
This accompanying Kanji book to the Genki textbooks is a great, simple method to learn Kanji through illustrations and mnemonics - little stories that help keep them in your brain. I find this method really successful compared to boring repetition-based Kanji textbooks that exist elsewhere.
The various indexes at the end of the book allow learners to easily look up a particular kanji or kanji vocabulary. The book contains 512 kanji, as well as 3,500 essential vocabulary for beginner and intermediate learners. The book includes all kanji in levels 3 and 4 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), as well as all kanji in the Genki textbooks.
MOVING ON TO INTERMEDIATE: TOBIRA
When you’ve conquered the Genki textbook series (both I and II), it’s the perfect time to move on to Tobira. Tobira bridges the gap between Genki and advanced Japanese. Although the lessons are intense, with up to 100 vocabulary per chapter, the structure, layout and contents of the book are much more interactive than those in the Genki textbooks - simply because you have more knowledge to work with! The accompanying Kanji book is also brilliant to improve your Kanji recognition.
Tobira will make you realise you can finally read some intermediate Japanese, which Genki doesn’t push you to do.
GRAMMAR: DICTIONARIES OF JAPANESE GRAMMAR
This set of grammar textbooks is known to be the most comprehensive and useful set around. The catch comes with the price - over £100 for the set (a cheaper alternative is listed below).
These dictionaries explain grammar points in terms of how to use them, the differences between one grammar point and other similar ones, and provides many examples in Japanese. A great review of the series can be found on Tofugu, here.
GRAMMAR: WHEN AND HOW? DONNA TOKI DŌ TSUKAU
A cheaper alternative to the grammar textbook series above, the Donna Toki textbook categories grammar points alphabetically, but also includes what JLPT level they would be found in. For this reason, it’s great for learners who are studying for the JLPT.
You can use this supplementary to your main textbooks for more example sentences and explanations. It also includes Chinese and Korean translations.
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