I will absolutely do what I can for our students while they are in college, but I hope that they realize that “once your librarian always your librarian” and that they should stay in touch when they need something. Many do, and that is great. Some though, are shy because they have let their Japanese lapse because of life and are worried that it will be too hard to pick it up again.
Fear not! This is where the now increasing number of free graded readers will come in very handy. Start again and see how quickly you make progress.
The NPO Tadoku has been collecting information about free graded readers and compiling it here on their website: https://tadoku.org/japanese/free-books
If you scroll down to the bottom you will find even more links to books created by students and instructions that are available for free. The KC????? collection from the Japan Foundation Kansai Center is a lot of fun and includes audio clips for some of the books.
Also – linked from the Tadoku Website and clearly influenced by KC, Yomimono Ippai is a great source of tadoku readers – many written by students. http://www17408ui.sakura.ne.jp/tatsum/project/Yomimono/Yomimono-ippai/index.html
Is this site still maintained? I see an entry posted from 2 years ago….hahaha Does anyone answer? Then I’ll ask my question
If so thank you
It is, although you are right, it has gone by the wayside this past year. Feel free to ask your question and I will see if I can answer it.