(2016-03-12, 3:55 pm)CureDolly Wrote: I know this isn't what Risu-san is talking about, but a professional level I would argue that "bad writing" tends to be better than good writing for learning purposes.
I say at a professional level - ie published authors - because they won't be full of really bad grammar and such. But good writers often use a large vocabulary and use language in clever and innovative ways. "Bad" writers tend to use cliches, repeat similar phrases often and employ a more everyday vocabulary. All of this makes them better for learning everyday Japanese unless one is really quite advanced.
Just a thought. A little off-topic though. Sorry!
I totally agree with this! When I first started out learning I started reading a couple Visual Novels which were super badly written. Even I as a beginner could tell how bad it was! The writing was so stale and boring that I lost motivation to read.
Later I made the jump to LNs which were much harder in terms of vocabulary, grammar and basically everything but the writing was so much smoother, so much more engaging and compelling and good that I found myself reading more and more despite having to look words up every other sentence!
Reading is like SRS. Reading something difficult is like doing a hard grammar deck, except that the intervals stay the same. When you read stuff that's well written, your brain familiarises itself with grammar structures that your brain might find hard, conquering frontier after frontier!
Reading under your level helps you refresh and review your understanding of the fundamental grammar too.
All in all -- reading does wonders for language learning
