LANG 5800: Japanese Extensive Reading Guide  

 Dr. Rika Saito

This guide lists some of the collection of graded readers for the extensive Japanese reading program by level. 

• These books are kept in Waldo Library, on the first floor with the CELCIS (easy readers for people learning English) books. From the entrance, take the first right. They are on the serpentine shelves.
• These books cannot be checked out. 

Image from : http://tadoku.org/news/2016/06/29/3321

What is tadoku?  Ta’  means ‘a lot’, and ‘doku’ means ‘to read’ But you don’t read a lot of difficult books. You start reading a lot of extremely easy books that you can really enjoy.

1. Easy books are good for understanding.

2. You understand well so you read more.

3. Reading becomes a fun thing to do.

4. So you read even more.

5. Your Japanese gets better and better.

That’s tadoku!

-http://tadoku.org/en/l-about

1. Start from scratch. Read easy books you can enjoy without translating. That way, you will understand better and will read more

2. Don’t use your dictionary. Guess the meaning from the pictures and/or the story.

3. Skip over difficult words, phrases and passages. If guessing doesn’t work, go on reading. You can often enjoy the book without understanding every small detail.

4. When the going gets tough, quit the book and pick up another. The going gets tough when the book is not suitable for your level or your interest. Simply throw the book away and start reading something else.

-http://tadoku.org/en/l-about