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I'm about to finish upper beginner level (103) at Yamasa. Next is lower intermediate level (201). Reading a lot of Japanese text is probably key to building more vocabulary and a better understanding of the language from now.
I really like the reading comprehension tasks our teacher gives us ever week. The questions give reassurance that whatever was read has actually been understood. We get to read a page-long article, and then have to answer 5~10 questions on it.
Does anyone know some Japanese reading comprehension books so I can do this outside of class? It would need some sort of quiz or test at the end of each story to be useful, I think.
The standard Mike Cash response might be 四コマ (if you laugh, you understood it), but I'm not too fond of those. Any other ideas? Non-fiction would be great.
I doubt there'll be specific books for foreigners, but I guess reading comprehension isn't an alien concept in Japanese public schools, right? There ought to be something. I just don't know where to look and what exactly to look for.
Thanks!
I really like the reading comprehension tasks our teacher gives us ever week. The questions give reassurance that whatever was read has actually been understood. We get to read a page-long article, and then have to answer 5~10 questions on it.
Does anyone know some Japanese reading comprehension books so I can do this outside of class? It would need some sort of quiz or test at the end of each story to be useful, I think.
The standard Mike Cash response might be 四コマ (if you laugh, you understood it), but I'm not too fond of those. Any other ideas? Non-fiction would be great.
I doubt there'll be specific books for foreigners, but I guess reading comprehension isn't an alien concept in Japanese public schools, right? There ought to be something. I just don't know where to look and what exactly to look for.
Thanks!