There's no lack of input in my routine, I just don't want to commit to something extremely long like a visual novel for now. Dark Souls 3 and the English version of Root Double come out this month, so tackling a Japanese visual novel in addition to these 2 is a little too much.
That being said, I've already studied linguistics (Krashen included) and acquired a foreign language (English), so I know what I'm doing.
Think about it this way - when you learn new words, you need to see several examples to build up confidence and understand the nuance properly, right? That's comprehensible input. The same happens with grammar structures - seeing several examples and trying to understand these sentences helps you internalize the nuance.
The reason for srsing sentences is simple. It's easy to forget a lot of what I read if I just skim through a textbook without reviewing the sentences, so it wouldn't help me much that. What I do is, first I go over the grammar explanation once, which isn't as much "formal instruction" as it is making sure I don't get the wrong nuance. That's not different from what you suggested. Then, reviewing the sentences in Anki is my initial/temporary input, which allows me to interpret things without having to think much. It's a memory thing, just like words - if you don't see a new word often enough, you eventually forget it. So instead, I srs these useful sentences so that I manage internalize them reasonably well and eventually suspend them.
You may think this is "learning", but upon seeing several of these new structures in Tobira I noticed that I didn't have to think about most of them. This makes input more comprehensible in general, which means less thinking, even more input, and less mental strain.
Tl;dr: Like I said before, I'm not looking for exercises. I just want to know which book would most help me understand the nuance of these grammar points while providing a handful of solid examples (sentences) for contrast.
That being said, I've already studied linguistics (Krashen included) and acquired a foreign language (English), so I know what I'm doing.
Think about it this way - when you learn new words, you need to see several examples to build up confidence and understand the nuance properly, right? That's comprehensible input. The same happens with grammar structures - seeing several examples and trying to understand these sentences helps you internalize the nuance.
The reason for srsing sentences is simple. It's easy to forget a lot of what I read if I just skim through a textbook without reviewing the sentences, so it wouldn't help me much that. What I do is, first I go over the grammar explanation once, which isn't as much "formal instruction" as it is making sure I don't get the wrong nuance. That's not different from what you suggested. Then, reviewing the sentences in Anki is my initial/temporary input, which allows me to interpret things without having to think much. It's a memory thing, just like words - if you don't see a new word often enough, you eventually forget it. So instead, I srs these useful sentences so that I manage internalize them reasonably well and eventually suspend them.
You may think this is "learning", but upon seeing several of these new structures in Tobira I noticed that I didn't have to think about most of them. This makes input more comprehensible in general, which means less thinking, even more input, and less mental strain.
Tl;dr: Like I said before, I'm not looking for exercises. I just want to know which book would most help me understand the nuance of these grammar points while providing a handful of solid examples (sentences) for contrast.
Edited: 2016-04-08, 12:56 pm