Japanese "reference" book suggestions

[colotzin]

Hi there... I really liked your recommendations, but I was wondering if you're an autonomous student of Japanese, and if so, what's the coursebook you'd recommend. See, I'm learning and teaching the little things I know to a group of 4 Mexican students. I do need a syllabus I can base the course on. Thanks for your help in advance.

[blankppr]

I recommend Genki I or Elementary Japanese Volume One (both are on amazon.) Genki I, I used in a classroom and really liked; it's humorous and has character - I really like Genki textbooks. Elementary Japanese I used before I had taken any classes and liked it best out of any book I used when I was teaching myself. I'm not sure which would be best, I hope it helps . =)

[getoutofmyband]

Thanks for the recommendations! I have Kodansha's elementary kanji dictionary but I think I'm going to pick up some of the books you mentioned. I think the one about particles could be really useful for me. ^^

[blankppr]

I'm glad it helped =) The particle on is really good. There's another one they have on particles too that seems good so if you go to buy it in a store and can't find the specific one I was talking about, the other kodansha one seems good too. I think it's called How to Idendify Japanese particles .. or something