What is Tadoku?
What is tadoku?
'Ta’ means ‘a lot’, and ‘doku’ means ‘to read’. But no. You don’t read a lot of difficult books. You start reading a lot of extremely easy books that you can really enjoy.
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Easy books are good for understanding.
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You understand well so you read more.
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Reading becomes a fun thing to do.
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So you read even more.
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Your Japanese gets better and better.
That’s tadoku!
https://tadoku.org/en/l-about
Four Golden Rules - How to do Tadoku
1. Start from scratch. Read easy books you can enjoy without translating. That way, you will understand better and so you will read more.
2. Don’t use your dictionary. Don’t use your dictionary when you come across words you don’t know. Guess the meaning from the pictures and/or the story.
3. Skip over difficult words, phrases and passages. If guessing doesn’t work, skip over that word, phrase or passage and 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.
https://tadoku.org/en/l-method
Tadoku eBook Collections
| Tadoku Level | Vocabulary | Story Length |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 350 | ～400 |
| 1 | 350 | 400～1500 |
| 2 | 500 | 1500～3000 |
| 3 | 800 | 2500～6000 |
| 4 | 1300 | 5000～15000 |
| 5 | 2000 | 8000～25000 |
We have two different series of graded readers available thru Maruzen eBook Library:
- Nihongo tadoku bukkusu (にほんご多読ブックス) - audio available
- Yomu yomu bunko (にほんごよむよむ文庫) - audio available
Note: The books only allow 1 user access at a time - so please log out by clicking
"閲覧終了" when you are finished reading.
