I was living in Japan when the Hanshin Earthquake hit. I remember we had an English teacher come out to Miyazaki and talk with us about the effects of the earthquake, the cost of rebuilding, and the challenges of communication. There were many foreigners non-Japanese living in that part of Japan and many of them […]
Entries from November 1, 2019
Lexile levels, readability tools, and other cool things
November 1, 2019 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I am putting this here and leaving it in draft form so I can find it again. I have been looking for readability checkers for Japanese for a while and just came across a few that have some real potential for L2 Japanese as well. The links are on the Yomimono Ippai website here: http://www17408ui.sakura.ne.jp/tatsum/project/Yomimono/Yomimono-ippai/howtomake.html […]
jReadibility portal
November 1, 2019 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The jReadability portal has 4 different options, 2 of which are the most important for L2 Japanese learners (and my interest). There is a video that shows you how to use the jReadability function. This video was quite helpful, so the link is here: https://youtu.be/faOGrpAjook The URL for portal is here: https://jreadability.net/en-portal.html jReadability allows you […]