It only makes sense. Or am I biased? What do you think?
I loved the first graded reader I found, despite its clumsiness. I felt like it rewired my brain, and I found that really exciting (versus my laborious attempts with drama scripts and books for native speakers, both of which involved looking up endless unfamiliar vocab and repeatedly having to stop to puzzle out syntax). If I could have found more (affordable) readers after that, I would definitely have kept going; sadly, I couldn't find many for Korean. But then, I'm at a much lower level than you, and I'm not actively studying anymore. (My motivation fell down a hole when my teacher cancelled our class some years ago.) So I'm a terrible example and probably only prove your point.
(Iirc, the "You Can Learn Chinese" podcast guys are pro-graded readers because research shows increased reading speed is good for your speaking. I guess your brain learns to process the language faster? But I can't find the episode where they said that, and I may be misremembering.)
*stares at your photos for a long time* So lovely! I think the mural is my favourite -- it's like camouflage.
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Date: 2025-04-04 09:40 am (UTC)I loved the first graded reader I found, despite its clumsiness. I felt like it rewired my brain, and I found that really exciting (versus my laborious attempts with drama scripts and books for native speakers, both of which involved looking up endless unfamiliar vocab and repeatedly having to stop to puzzle out syntax). If I could have found more (affordable) readers after that, I would definitely have kept going; sadly, I couldn't find many for Korean. But then, I'm at a much lower level than you, and I'm not actively studying anymore. (My motivation fell down a hole when my teacher cancelled our class some years ago.) So I'm a terrible example and probably only prove your point.
(Iirc, the "You Can Learn Chinese" podcast guys are pro-graded readers because research shows increased reading speed is good for your speaking. I guess your brain learns to process the language faster? But I can't find the episode where they said that, and I may be misremembering.)
*stares at your photos for a long time* So lovely! I think the mural is my favourite -- it's like camouflage.
<3 <3 <3