Sweetpea said: Nope. In fact, I find that my vocabulary and reading skills have gone down. Since there isn't as much to read, and a lot of things are shown rather than described, you just aren't encountering as much vocabulary and grammar as you would be otherwise. Of course, I'm coming from a very high reading level. If you're coming from a lower one and have trouble reading in the first place, then I can see where manga would make a good bridge and help with comprehension. My thoughts exactly. |
Felicitous said: Sweetpea said: Nope. In fact, I find that my vocabulary and reading skills have gone down. Since there isn't as much to read, and a lot of things are shown rather than described, you just aren't encountering as much vocabulary and grammar as you would be otherwise. Of course, I'm coming from a very high reading level. If you're coming from a lower one and have trouble reading in the first place, then I can see where manga would make a good bridge and help with comprehension. My thoughts exactly. Mine also :p Reading in English has helped me out a lot already, since English isn't my first language - but reading books is just so much more helpful.. I read a lot around 2 years ago since I had an easy access to English books and now I don't anymore:/.. It's much more expensive and I need to order every single book that I want to read. It sucks, really.. |
| Yeah it does... |
| The act of reading improves ones reading comprehension. Manga might be an "easy" read and the gains may be small but the act of reading alone is enough to cause improvement. It's really helpful to people that don't like reading books that area all text outside of a school setting. Reading manga for recreation will give them something to actively read when not in school. |
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| In a way, it does. |
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| I've learned that reading anything improves your comprehension. But its just if you read for fun you wont increase your analysing skills. So reading manga still does enhance your reading comprehension but slower than a novel therefore you dont really notice it. |
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| In the pages of a book anyone can be a great explorer or become their dream. The power of education and daydreaming creates the innovators of the future. - Do you think this quote can apply to manga ? sort of but not really I mean think about it. Reading any book helps you improve your reading skils for the SAT/ACT or whatever state exam your taking whereas manga probably uses relly low vocabulary and little grammar so it doesnt really benefit us. |
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| ^almost all books have low grammar, this isn't the dictionary, but there are manga like that too (not that English is highly sophisticated and complicated thou) There are manga that teaches a variety of things http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1438515 and the daydreaming aspect is still there since it's a drawing and you have to imagine the rest. |
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| it certainly does if english isn't your first language it's basically how i learned english tbh |
Sweetpea said: Nope. In fact, I find that my vocabulary and reading skills have gone down. Since there isn't as much to read, and a lot of things are shown rather than described, you just aren't encountering as much vocabulary and grammar as you would be otherwise. Of course, I'm coming from a very high reading level. If you're coming from a lower one and have trouble reading in the first place, then I can see where manga would make a good bridge and help with comprehension. This is the only acceptable answer if you're reading manga in your native language. |
| If reading in japanese and not being japanese yourself, yes to increse your reading comprehension of that foreign language, it works. Starts with simple shounen and gradually go toward complex seinen and you should see the results. Then switch to novels after a while. That's what I did so it definitely works. If you're talking about english amateur translation though, then no. Amateur translations not only have poor vocabulary compared to the japanese version (often translating several different words with the same one for example) and often are full of grammar mistakes as well (when they aren't google translated...). |
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| I'm not sure. I feel like I have less of an attention span because of manga compared to reading novels. It's all about stimulating your imagination anyway. |
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| yea little by little, but still I'm pretty suck with my grammar. |
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Snoopy89 said: I've been reading a ton of manga lately and wonder if there are any benefits from reading so much? I've been looking up articles but have been able to find much. Do you think your reading comprehension for reading novels or textbooks have improved? What are your opinions? In general, reading anything is important. Reading more tends to increase your reading speed. This is a pretty important thing people take for granted and can only be acheived through practice. Comprehension is a different matter though. |
| No. Some manga are unprofessionally translated. Sometimes, I find a lot of errors. I highly suggest reading novels 😁 |
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| I think reading just about anything improves your comprehension. As long as you continue to grow and read more and more complex things. |
| Reading manga helped me a lot in learning English. |
| Yes, helps me learn new words and remember some kanji. As for English specially fan translated ones, well, those are the ones that convinced me to shift over to Japanese ones. |
| depends on the genre. if it's romance set in hs or modern then nah. but if it's historical then yes, the vocab that is.) |
| Generally, no. Though may depend on what you read and your present level. If you're reading something like shounen or shoujo (meant for preteens, teens, younger audiences etc.) then probably not that much if you're older, but if it's seinen or something with more difficult vocabulary and syntax then I think it would help you keep on your feet a bit more. Same thing with books, in a way. However, I have to note that anime and manga has a lot less text than novels, so it decreases your attention/patience towards words too. Sorry, but manga is essentially picture books. For older audiences. Translated for easy reading. (ie. "aforementioned" vs "mentioned before" --> simplified) Though when I was younger (elementary-middle school), anime/manga definitely boosted up my reading speed and comprehension - I was waaaay ahead of kids my age despite never reading books. This was back in the days when I didn't even know what "troublesome" meant, for example - thanks Shikamaru! :) Rarely come across words I don't know now though, now that I'm older. |
| Basically this Anime_Name said: The act of reading improves ones reading comprehension. Manga might be an "easy" read and the gains may be small but the act of reading alone is enough to cause improvement. It's really helpful to people that don't like reading books that area all text outside of a school setting. Reading manga for recreation will give them something to actively read when not in school. LuckyMango said: I've learned that reading anything improves your comprehension. But its just if you read for fun you wont increase your analysing skills. So reading manga still does enhance your reading comprehension but slower than a novel therefore you dont really notice it. And: When you read enough manga, both official and unofficial translations, you can actually identify grammar error. This an ability that indicates your reading level is getting better or it's just high enough to see mistakes. |
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| yeah, but light novels do a better job since they are in book format rather than a comic. |
| Yes. At least for me it has. I am a super fast reader and I only read comics. I can read a volume of manga in 30-40 minutes. OF course a part of that is just looking at visuals |
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