I’ve been at a language school here in Japan for the last 14 months, have currently finished: つなぐ日本語 Book 1&2, いつかどこか, and できる日本語. I finished out my language school at level 5 of 8. Not that good, but could be worse.
I can write and have memorized a little over 1000 individual kanji, and about 5’000 individual words I can write and read. I’ve also passed the JLPT N3, and plan on doing the N2 this summer or winter.
I’ve also finished the 6k Core deck with a 95% mature rate.
I currently live with my non-English speaking Japanese wife, am practically immersed all the time when we’re together.
My issue is I can’t read for shit. Literally. I can speak for hours on end, but when I read there’s so many nuances. I feel like at this point I need to study so much more, but I’m unsure where to go from here. I literally sit down and one light novel page can take me as long as 20-30 minutes to get through.
So I guess I’m looking for advice:
Should I continue to study from textbooks before immersing further? Or should i just read from native content until I get 日本語上手?
If I should study more, can I be given textbook recommendations?
Thank you in advance to any and everyone who replies 🙇🏻♂️
by PinkPrincessPol