Reading Practice – Japanese Graded Readers

Isacksen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:41:06 +0000

I haven`t been posting much the last few months. Things have been rather busy in my life.
I did want to write about this little gem I came across for reading practice.

My language partner gave me a set of Japanese Graded Readers for Christmas. This is the sort of book I have been looking for over the last 2 or 3 years. It has furigana for all kanji, pictures that help set the context, and a cd to follow along if you want to listen. This is sort of the Japanese version of the `I see Sam` or Dick and Jane books, but seem to be intended for second language learners.

My set came from Kinokuniya bookstore, but I looked up a few links in case this catches anyone`s interest.

Japanese Graded Readers website has some samples of the pages and audio.
The books on amazon: This is not my favorite place to buy, but probably the easiest access if you want to get your hands on them.

I looked at the website of the bookstore and you can only find them there using the Japanese title: レベル別　日本語多読　ライブラリー

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Reading Practice – Japanese Graded Readers