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Direct linkAllen, Kate; Ingulsrud, John E. – Language and Education, 2005
Sales of manga or Japanese comics dominate the publishing market in Japan. Manga cater to a wide variety of readers, ranging from children's comics to adult pornography. In this paper, we focus on adolescent readers and describe patterns of learning to read manga. The findings demonstrate the importance of belonging to a community of readers since…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedAllen, Kate; Ingulsrud, John E. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Notes that "manga"--Japanese comics--constitute the most popular kind of reading material in Japan. Discusses the skills needed to read manga. Surveys 297 Japanese college students. Suggests that many manga readers can be considered engaged readers as they are highly motivated and have developed a range of strategies to help them…
Descriptors: College Students, Comics (Publications), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
