Hey ho,

I'm starting my study for the grammar on JLPT 2 and I'm trying to find a text book with explanations *in English*, not just in Japanese. Does anyone know of such a book? I don't want to spend all my time cross referencing a 100% Japanese book with my English grammar dictionary, it seems like lot of wasted time.

If anyone can help, please do!

Thanks, Craig
(Nagano-ken)

The Level 2 JLPT exam requires very good reading skills.
To be honest, you SHOULD be studying for the JLPT Level 2 in Japanese.
And I'm pretty most that the Level 2 books only use those
kanji that caj appear on the exam.

So I think it's just better to tough it out.
Finish RTK1 and then go through the level 2 books.

That's all there is to it.

Yep. Drop the crutch that is English and learn to understand grammar explanations in Japanese. At level 2, you should be able to do that.

craigvanaman Wrote:I'm starting my study for the grammar on JLPT 2 and I'm trying to find a text book with explanations *in English*, not just in Japanese. Does anyone know of such a book? I don't want to spend all my time cross referencing a 100% Japanese book with my English grammar dictionary, it seems like lot of wasted time.

While I tend to agree with the two above, a textbook that has a fair bit of "level 2" grammar in it is 'An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese'.

I scraped through the JLPT 2 in December and to be honest didn't own that much of the grammar at all. I spent more time working on reading comprehension. That's where the marks are.

Grammar-wise I find it much easier to "get it" when I've come across it somewhere, be it in something I read or hear. Then when I do actually study a grammar pattern it seems much clearer. Me not trying to give advice, but talking from me own situation, when I read textbooks with English explanations, it seems all good at the time but I soon forget. Whereas studying Japanese in Japanese (for the parts that I can understand anyway) sticks much better.

What I also do, while going through my Unicom 文法編 book, is search for grammar bites that I half know rather than doing it in order.

Good luck with the test!

Thanks guys, that helps clear some things up. I think, if I can get one more text book with some English in it, I can get myself up to a level of learning Japanese in Japanese. I'll take a look for the textbook recommended above.

Thanks!