Hello, everyone.

This is my first time to write a post here but i do study Japanese and i finished the Minna no nihonogo 1&2 and studying from An integrated approach to intermediate Japanese lesson 9 at the moment.

I also study from Anki deck 10k .. unfortunately i only knew about it short time ago and my cards up to 1500.
my target supposed to be minimum the JLPT N2.   

My problem is : i want to ask if there is some text book after AIATIJ with something bring my level to N2.
and how many hours the JLPT N2 books may consume as you expect to finish it? 

I also have another problem which is i'm studying alone and sometime i do feel that i'm gonna go crazy, so if anyone around my level, please let's study together in a competition.
 
thanks for reading and waiting for some advices.

(2016-06-17, 12:48 am)ahmedkamel011@hotmail.com Wrote:

Hello, everyone.

This is my first time to write a post here but i do study Japanese and i finished the Minna no nihonogo 1&2 and studying from An integrated approach to intermediate Japanese lesson 9 at the moment.

I also study from Anki deck 10k .. unfortunately i only knew about it short time ago and my cards up to 1500.
my target supposed to be minimum the JLPT N2.   

My problem is : i want to ask if there is some text book after AIATIJ with something bring my level to N2.
and how many hours the JLPT N2 books may consume as you expect to finish it? 

I also have another problem which is i'm studying alone and sometime i do feel that i'm gonna go crazy, so if anyone around my level, please let's study together in a competition.
 
thanks for reading and waiting for some advices.

There's really no textbooks after that level that I know of. At that point you just need to start tackling some real reading. There are some useful materials though,

https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanes...1568365292
https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanes...1568364148
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Graded-R...ed+readers

Don't neglect a little listening practice as well. 'Read Real Japanese' comes with companion audio, which helps, but you can also practice with http://www.erin.ne.jp/

If you want more material to study or reference, A Dictionary of (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) Japanese is a good set of books that covers pretty much everything. They're not laid out in lessons, but rather in alphabetical order (based on romaji of the Japanese expressions being indexed), which makes them more suited to reference than to studying as texts. Still there are people that read them cover to cover.
https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Basic-...4789004546

(2016-06-17, 1:01 am)SomeCallMeChris Wrote:

(2016-06-17, 12:48 am)ahmedkamel011@hotmail.com Wrote:

Hello, everyone.

This is my first time to write a post here but i do study Japanese and i finished the Minna no nihonogo 1&2 and studying from An integrated approach to intermediate Japanese lesson 9 at the moment.

I also study from Anki deck 10k .. unfortunately i only knew about it short time ago and my cards up to 1500.
my target supposed to be minimum the JLPT N2.   

My problem is : i want to ask if there is some text book after AIATIJ with something bring my level to N2.
and how many hours the JLPT N2 books may consume as you expect to finish it? 

I also have another problem which is i'm studying alone and sometime i do feel that i'm gonna go crazy, so if anyone around my level, please let's study together in a competition.
 
thanks for reading and waiting for some advices.

There's really no textbooks after that level that I know of. At that point you just need to start tackling some real reading. There are some useful materials though,

https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanes...1568365292
https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanes...1568364148
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Graded-R...ed+readers

Don't neglect a little listening practice as well. 'Read Real Japanese' comes with companion audio, which helps, but you can also practice with http://www.erin.ne.jp/

If you want more material to study or reference, A Dictionary of (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) Japanese is a good set of books that covers pretty much everything. They're not laid out in lessons, but rather in alphabetical order (based on romaji of the Japanese expressions being indexed), which makes them more suited to reference than to studying as texts. Still there are people that read them cover to cover.
https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Basic-...4789004546

I have started to read those books long time ago "real real Japanese "and  it's very interesting.  i will continue reading it online. 
and for the Grammar this, i think i saw this dictionary at the Japan foundation library and i found it complicated somehow. 
what do you think about Tobira text book?

(2016-06-17, 1:24 am)ahmedkamel011@hotmail.com Wrote: I have started to read those books long time ago "real real Japanese "and  it's very interesting.  i will continue reading it online. 
and for the Grammar this, i think i saw this dictionary at the Japan foundation library and i found it complicated somehow. 
what do you think about Tobira text book?

I didn't use Tobira, but my impression is that it's at about the same level as Integrated Approach. You can give it a try if you like, but really, I think after you've completed a beginner and an intermediate text it's certainly time to start engaging with native materials. Read Real Japanese and the Japanese Readers help smooth the transition from textbooks to the wild world of real native Japanese but sooner or later you have to dive in.

(2016-06-17, 1:30 am)SomeCallMeChris Wrote: I didn't use Tobira, but my impression is that it's at about the same level as Integrated Approach. You can give it a try if you like, but really, I think after you've completed a beginner and an intermediate text it's certainly time to start engaging with native materials. Read Real Japanese and the Japanese Readers help smooth the transition from textbooks to the wild world of real native Japanese but sooner or later you have to dive in.

Thanks for your help, i found some of it online. 
i will keep digging for the rest. if you got to know other ways to learn grammar from text books, message me please ^_^.

If you're looking for more grammar, you can look at getting the Kanzen Master grammar books.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4883195651/

If you're looking for alternative to the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar series, I've heard these are good:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4874241549/ (Japanese version)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Handbook-Japane...874246788/ (English version)

(Yesterday, 7:26 am)uchuu Wrote: If you're looking for more grammar, you can look at getting the Kanzen Master grammar books.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4883195651/

If you're looking for alternative to the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar series, I've heard these are good:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4874241549/ (Japanese version)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Handbook-Japane...874246788/ (English version)

I will start will Kanzen master ^_^
Thanks for your advice.