The 15 chapters of this book correspond with the 15 chapters in the main textbook, covering the same topics, but there are 10-15 pages of special exercises per chapter to give you the opportunity to fully practice and improve your grammar. There are three sections in each chapter: the foundation, application, and expansion. The foundation section aims to solidify your basic understanding of the grammatical structures and word forms. The application section requires you to produce longer sentences to answer the questions, and in the expansion section, you are required to write a short essay about a set topic. If you are willing to put the work in, this book will really push you to improve your grammar in a rewarding way. The Tobira Gateway books are perfect for intermediate-level students looking to get over the language learning plateau.
I'm a self-learner wondering how the grammar power book is studied in relation to the main book. Do you study them alongside one another? Like for example do you do chapter 1 in the main and then chapter 1 in the grammar book? Do they complement each other like this?
Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese- Grammar Power, Exercises for Mastery is a supplementary grammar book to the main textbook: Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese Textbook- Learning Through Content and Multimedia a series mainly targeted for those who have completed the beginners level and they are seeking consolidate the intermediate level and by doing so, get ready for approach the high level of Japanese language (JLPT 2 and 1).
The book contains a wide variety of exercises to practice the grammar of all the 15 units that compound the main textbook. For this reason, this material must be used along with the main textbook, because it contains all the necessary explanations.
textbooks are a great resource for a few reasons. It gives you a concrete focus, and consolidates all grammar points into reading passages, questions, and writing scenarios. It helps you also know where you are at. Also when using Bunpro, Tobira, Genki, Minna are referenced with page numbers for some of the grammar points, and you can visit your text book to get a better understanding. I think textbooks help, especially if you know your level, are you going by jlpt? genk1/minna1 is n5, genki 2/minna2 is n4 and tobira or aiaij is n3 I would think. Then going into n2 and n1 probably would have to rely on shinkan zen master, and news articles/novels to practice new words and grammar points.
This is one of the most extensive and comprehensive textbooks for intermediate learners. It is an all-in-one textbook that has all the major components of the JLPT: reading, vocabulary, grammar and listening, with subsections for all the components. Every chapter contains day-to-day conversations and reading passages that are based on Japanese culture which helps you to better understand the situations presented. Practice exercises are included at the end of every chapter.
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