{"id":1081,"date":"2022-03-03T15:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T06:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/?page_id=1081"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T09:20:07","slug":"reading-corner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/reading-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 86.1314%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 51.7454%\">\n<ul>\n<li>TOEFL \/ TOEIC \/ English Proficiency Test Preparation Questions<\/li>\n<li>Introductory books on academic fields (medical care, humanities, science, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Novels, Western comic books, Japanese comics<\/li>\n<li>Extensive reading &#8220;Graded Readers&#8221; (novels separated by reading level)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.2122%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/Bookshelf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1082\" src=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/Bookshelf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/Bookshelf.png 597w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/Bookshelf-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 194px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 194px\" bgcolor=\"#1499dd\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 194px\"><strong>Recommended usage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the short introductory texts from the EL website and find a book that interests you<\/li>\n<li>Select a book that looks &#8220;interesting&#8221; rather than &#8220;easy&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Ask the teachers and the receptionist in the lounge for recommended books and genres<\/li>\n<li>If you want to borrow a book for class, talk to your teacher.<\/li>\n<li>Check the Opac for books you might like:<a href=\"https:\/\/el-hirosaki.librarika.com\/\"> https:\/\/el-hirosaki.librarika.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 87.0665%;height: 397px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 397px\">\n<td style=\"height: 397px;width: 277.627px\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#fadd0f\"><strong>Extensive Reading Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose what you want to read and have fun<\/li>\n<li>Ignore words you don&#8217;t understand<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t like the book, choose a different one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/Sanae.png\"><span style=\"color: #4a474b\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44\" src=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/Sanae.png\" alt=\"Sanae Katagiri\" width=\"186\" height=\"193\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 397px;width: 374.375px\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Examples for activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a vocabulary \/ phrase journal<\/li>\n<li>Write a reading journal<\/li>\n<li>Track WPM (Words per minute)\n<ul>\n<li>Regularly use a timer to measure your speed reading a page or a paragraph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Read and compare Japanese and Western manga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 277.627px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 374.375px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOEFL \/ TOEIC \/ English Proficiency Test Preparation Questions Introductory books on academic fields (medical care, humanities, science, etc.) Novels, Western comic books, Japanese comics Extensive reading &#8220;Graded Readers&#8221; (novels separated by reading level) &nbsp; Recommended usage Read the short introductory texts from the EL website and find a book that interests you Select a book that looks &#8220;interesting&#8221; rather than &#8220;easy&#8221; Ask the teachers and the receptionist in the lounge for recommended books and genres If you want to borrow a book for class, talk to your teacher. Check the Opac for books you might like: https:\/\/el-hirosaki.librarika.com\/ &nbsp; &nbsp; Extensive Reading Tips Choose what you want to read and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/reading-corner\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","nodate","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1081\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}