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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/SleetTheFox on 2023-11-25 16:37:20.

Hello!

I’ve been learning Japanese for a while primarily using flash cards, online readers, and DuoLingo, and I feel like I’ve reached the point where the latter is starting to plateau in its ability to teach me anything other than vocabulary. So I wanted a new source to regularly introduce new vocabulary and grammar to add into my regimen. I looked at the wiki and I suspect the Tobira textbooks are probably where I want to be, but because my proficiencies are weird, I was hoping for some more specific recommendations. If Tobira is right, should I also skip the first book or would that still provide something for me?

1.) Online tests place me at roughly the N3 level, but I don’t trust this much because some of my skills are below or above (plus, yaknow, online tests).

2.) I can read better than I can write, speak, and listen. Speaking/listening is where I think I need the most help; a textbook with associated audio lessons would be fantastic.

3.) I can read NHK’s Easy Japanese news with a little help.

4.) My kanji vocabulary is probably my strongest proficiency, around the N2 level, so I don’t necessarily need a resource with strong kanji teaching because I’m assuming most textbooks that can teach me vocabulary/grammar will teach kanji I already know but the ones that are at my kanji level will be too advanced for me otherwise.

TL;DR: Is Tobira a good resource for my level? If so, should I start with the first book or skip to the second?