I'm looking into buying a novel/textbook made for advanced beginners level / lower intermediate. Such as Breaking into Japanese literature, Reading japanese with a smile etc. that has parallel text in English included as well as vocab lists and such.
I searched and found out that BIJL is quite bad choice for a beginner since there is some outdated stuff in there. Reading Japanese with a smile looks good but the texts do seem quite short and I do not necessarily need grammar explanations since I have my dictionaries of Japanese grammar with me.
That said some longer texts with modern take on the language would be most preferred, of course parallel text in English is a huge plus too. If the difficulty increases along the way that would be great too.
Can you offer any recommendations for me?
I searched and found out that BIJL is quite bad choice for a beginner since there is some outdated stuff in there. Reading Japanese with a smile looks good but the texts do seem quite short and I do not necessarily need grammar explanations since I have my dictionaries of Japanese grammar with me.
That said some longer texts with modern take on the language would be most preferred, of course parallel text in English is a huge plus too. If the difficulty increases along the way that would be great too.
Can you offer any recommendations for me?