The goal of the USJETAA Japanese Reading Group is to help advanced beginner and intermediate level students improve their reading skills. Each month, we explore a short reading and discuss its literary and cultural significance. Participants should attempt to do the reading on their own and come to the meeting with any questions. We will spend the meeting each month reading the assignment sentence by sentence to understand how the Japanese is working.
Registration is free, but we always appreciate donations to support these types of programs. Zoom link will be sent upon completing registration.
Post questions, discuss the reading, etc. in our
USJETAA Japanese Reading Group Facebook Group.
In June, we will read a piece of the essay 死について (On Death) by philosopher, literary critic, and scholar Miki Kiyoshi. Click here for the reading.
This will be a somewhat challenging reading! Our goal will be to read just the first three paragraphs together, but if you feel comfortable and want to read more, please read the fourth paragraph as well. See this Wikipedia page for some tips on reading old kana orthographyand try the Rikaichamp browser extension for help with some of the old kanji.
See times listed below or find your time zone:
- Friday, June 13 at 7:00 PM ET
- Saturday, June 14 at 8:00 AM JT
Thank you to our Reading Group Sponsors
