I know these books get a lot of criticisms for their use of romaji, not having much vocab and for being a bit old, but I think Mari Noda and Eleanor Harz Jorden's Japanese: The Spoken Language (Volumes 1, 2 and 3) are wonderfully thorough and effective when it comes to learning grammar used in spoken Japanese (both in the sense that you can analyze it and use it naturally) , particularly if you follow the method the whole way through but also if you use it as a grammar reference (though lessons build upon each other, so sometimes you do have to look back for explanations). The accompanying sound files can be downloaded for free at Ohio State's language lab website. Even if you don't get the books, the drills in each lesson can be useful.
As for both A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar and A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar, if you're possibly going to Japan anytime soon, wait until you get there to buy them. The first one in particular in much cheaper there.
As for both A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar and A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar, if you're possibly going to Japan anytime soon, wait until you get there to buy them. The first one in particular in much cheaper there.
Edited: 2008-01-28, 12:29 am