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N3 · IntermediateMedium passagePassage #684
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私わたしが勤つとめている中学校ちゅうがっこうでは5年ねん前まえに「朝あさの読どく書しょ」を始はじめました。毎まい朝あさ、授じゅ業ぎょう前まえに教きょう室しつで生せい徒とも教きょう師しも全ぜん員いんがそれぞれ読どく書しょをします。

「朝あさの読どく書しょ」は、30年ねんぐらい前まえに、ある高こう校こうで始はじまりました。たった10分ふん間かんの活かつ動どうですが、これを続つづけているうちに、遅ち刻こくや授じゅ業ぎょう中ちゅうのおしゃべりが減へり、成せい績せきやクラブ活かつ動どうに対たいする姿し勢せいにも効こう果かが現あらわれてきたそうです。そして「朝あさの読どく書しょ」は、次し第だいに全ぜん国こくの小中学校しょうちゅうがっこう、高こう校こうに広ひろがっていきました。

生せい徒とが嫌いやがらずに積極的せっきょくてきに参さん加かするのは、やり方かたに工く夫ふうがあるからです。生せい徒とだけでなく教きょう師しも一緒いっしょに毎まい日にちやる。自じ分ぶんで好すきな本ほんを選えらぶ。読どく書しょ後のちに、意い見けんを交こう換かんしたり、感かん想そう文ぶんを書かいたりしない。静しずかに本ほんを読よむだけです。

私わたしの学校がっこうでも「朝あさの読どく書しょ」の効こう果かが現あらわれています。生せい徒とは集しゅう中ちゅうして学がく習しゅうするようになりました。また、漫まん画がしか読よまなかった生せい徒とが小しょう説せつ好すきになったり、テレビばかり見みていた生せい徒とが新しん聞ぶんを読よむようになったりしました。

たった10分ふん間かんの活かつ動どうではありますが、その効こう果かの大おおきさに驚おどろいています。

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  1. 1「朝の読書」は、毎朝何をするのか。
  2. 2やり方に工夫があるのは、例えばどんなことか。
  3. 3この文章によると、「私」の学校では、「朝の読書」の効果として、例えばどのようなものがあったか。

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Vocabulary18 words
  • 読書どくしょ
    • ·reading (books)
    N3
  • 教師きょうし
    • ·teacher; instructor
    N3
  • 全員ぜんいん
    • ·all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
    N3
  • 活動かつどう
    • ·activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation
    • ·moving picture
    N3
  • 遅刻ちこく
    • ·lateness; tardiness; arriving late
    N3
  • おしゃべり
    • ·chattering; talk; idle talk; chat; chitchat; gossip
    • ·chatty; talkative; chatterbox; blabbermouth
    N3
  • 減るへるAs it appears here: 減り
    • ·to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
    N3
  • 成績せいせき
    • ·results; record; grades; marks
    N3
  • 効果こうか
    • ·effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result
    • ·effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
    N3
  • 現れるあらわれるAs it appears here: 現れて
    • ·to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise
    • ·to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
    N3
  • 全国ぜんこく
    • ·the whole country
    N3
  • 広がるひろがるAs it appears here: 広がって
    • ·to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
    N3
  • 積極的せっきょくてき
    • ·positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
    N3
  • 参加さんか
    • ·participation; joining; entry
    N3
  • 交換こうかん
    • ·exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques)
    N3
  • 集中しゅうちゅう
    • ·concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention
    • ·concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; convergence; focus (of a debate, questions, etc.)
    • ·within a collection of works
    N3
  • 学習がくしゅう
    • ·learning; study
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
Other levels44 words
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 勤めるつとめるAs it appears here: 勤めて
    • ·to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to serve (as)
    • ·to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to serve out (e.g. an apprenticeship)
    • ·to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
    • ·to pratice (Buddhist teachings); to study (Buddhism)
    N5
  • 前まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • 朝あさ
    • ·morning
    • ·breakfast
    N5
  • 毎朝まいあさ
    • ·every morning
    N5
  • 授業じゅぎょう
    • ·lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
    N5
  • 教室きょうしつ
    • ·classroom; lecture room
    • ·department (in a university)
    • ·class; lessons; course
    • ·school (for a particular discipline); teaching establishment
    N5
  • 生徒せいと
    • ·pupil; student; schoolchild
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: します
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 始まるはじまるAs it appears here: 始まりました
    • ·to begin; to start; to commence
    • ·to happen (again); to begin (anew)
    • ·to date (from); to originate (in)
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • する
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 毎日まいにち
    • ·every day; daily
    N5
  • 好きすき
    • ·liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
    • ·liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
    • ·faddism; eccentricity
    • ·as one likes; as it suits one
    • ·lecherous; lustful; salacious
    N5
  • 本ほん
    • ·book; volume; script
    • ·this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
    • ·main; head; principal
    • ·real; genuine; regular; proper
    • ·counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
    • ·counter for films, TV shows, etc.
    • ·counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
    • ·counter for goals, home runs, etc.
    • ·counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したり
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書いたり
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しない
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 読むよむ
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • 学校がっこう
    • ·school
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: して
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なりました
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • また
    • ·again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
    • ·also; too; as well; likewise
    • ·on the other hand; while
    • ·and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore
    • ·or; otherwise
    • ·really; how; (what, why) on earth
    • ·some time (in the future)
    • ·indirect
    N5
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読まなかった
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なったり
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見て
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    N5
  • 新聞しんぶん
    • ·newspaper
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しました
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あります
    • ·to be; to exist; to live
    • ·to have
    • ·to be located
    • ·to be equipped with
    • ·to happen; to come about
    • ·to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 中学校ちゅうがっこう
    • ·junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
    N4
  • 始めるはじめるAs it appears here: 始めました
    • ·to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
    • ·to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
    • ·to start ...; to begin to ...
    N4
  • 高校こうこう
    • ·senior high school; high school
    N4
  • 続けるつづけるAs it appears here: 続けて
    • ·to continue; to keep up; to keep on
    • ·to continue ...; to keep on ...
    N4
  • うち
    • ·inside; within
    • ·while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
    • ·among; amongst; (out) of; between
    • ·in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)
    • ·within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
    • ·we; our company; our organization
    • ·one's home; one's family
    • ·my spouse; my husband; my wife
    • ·signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
    • ·I; me
    • ·imperial palace grounds
    • ·emperor
    N4
  • 選ぶえらぶ
    • ·to choose; to select; to pick (out)
    N4
  • 意見いけん
    • ·opinion; view; comment
    • ·scolding; reprimand; rebuke; admonition; cautioning; warning
    N4
  • 漫画まんが
    • ·cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
    N4
  • 小説しょうせつ
    • ·novel; story; (work of) fiction
    N4
  • 驚くおどろくAs it appears here: 驚いて
    • ·to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked
    • ·to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
    N4
  • 姿勢しせい
    • ·posture; pose; position; stance; carriage (of the body)
    • ·attitude; approach; stance
    N2
  • 嫌がるいやがるAs it appears here: 嫌がら
    • ·to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
    N2
  • 工夫くふう
    • ·devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out
    • ·device; design; idea; plan; invention
    • ·dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
    N2
  • やる
    • ·to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
    • ·to send; to dispatch; to despatch
    • ·to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
    • ·to make (a vehicle) go faster
    • ·to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
    • ·to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
    • ·to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
    • ·to ease (one's mind)
    • ·to harm; to injure; to kill
    • ·to have sex; to fuck; to bang
    • ·to live; to get by; to get along
    • ·to do ... completely
    • ·to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
    • ·to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to
    • ·to make active efforts to ...
    • ·to suffer from (an illness); to experience (a medical condition); to be afflicted with
    N1
Grammar5 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • うちにN3

    Do something within a window, before the current state changes — 'while / before (it becomes otherwise)'.

    たった10分間の活動ですが、これを続けているうちに、遅刻や授業中のおしゃべりが減り、成績やクラブ活動に対する姿勢にも効果が現れてきたそうです。

    Although it is an activity lasting only ten minutes, as it continued, tardiness and chatting during class reportedly decreased, and positive effects also appeared in students’ grades and attitudes toward club activities.

  • に対してN3

    Marks the target or object an action is directed at, or sets up a contrast between two things, 'toward / with regard to / in contrast to'.

    たった10分間の活動ですが、これを続けているうちに、遅刻や授業中のおしゃべりが減り、成績やクラブ活動に対する姿勢にも効果が現れてきたそうです。

    Although it is an activity lasting only ten minutes, as it continued, tardiness and chatting during class reportedly decreased, and positive effects also appeared in students’ grades and attitudes toward club activities.

  • ずにN3

    Marks doing one thing without doing another; a more formal equivalent of 〜ないで — 'without …ing'.

    生徒が嫌がらずに積極的に参加するのは、やり方に工夫があるからです。

    Students participate willingly and actively because the program has been carefully designed.

  • 的（てき）N3

    A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

    生徒が嫌がらずに積極的に参加するのは、やり方に工夫があるからです。

    Students participate willingly and actively because the program has been carefully designed.

  • だけでなくN3

    Correlative adding a further item beyond the one stated — 'not only ... (but also)'.

    生徒だけでなく教師も一緒に毎日やる。

    Not only the students but the teachers also do it together every day.

Other levels17 patterns
  • 次第にN2

    Adverb describing a slow, incremental change — 'gradually, little by little'.

    そして「朝の読書」は、次第に全国の小中学校、高校に広がっていきました。

    “Morning Reading” then gradually spread to elementary, junior high, and high schools throughout the country.

  • 続ける（つづける）N4

    Attaches to a verb stem to mean keep doing / continue doing the action ('keep ~ing').

    たった10分間の活動ですが、これを続けているうちに、遅刻や授業中のおしゃべりが減り、成績やクラブ活動に対する姿勢にも効果が現れてきたそうです。

    Although it is an activity lasting only ten minutes, as it continued, tardiness and chatting during class reportedly decreased, and positive effects also appeared in students’ grades and attitudes toward club activities.

  • 〜てくるN4

    Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

    たった10分間の活動ですが、これを続けているうちに、遅刻や授業中のおしゃべりが減り、成績やクラブ活動に対する姿勢にも効果が現れてきたそうです。

    Although it is an activity lasting only ten minutes, as it continued, tardiness and chatting during class reportedly decreased, and positive effects also appeared in students’ grades and attitudes toward club activities.

  • 〜ていくN4

    Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.

    そして「朝の読書」は、次第に全国の小中学校、高校に広がっていきました。

    “Morning Reading” then gradually spread to elementary, junior high, and high schools throughout the country.

  • 方（かた）N4

    Attaches to a verb's masu-stem to name the manner or method of doing it, "way of / how to".

    生徒が嫌がらずに積極的に参加するのは、やり方に工夫があるからです。

    Students participate willingly and actively because the program has been carefully designed.

  • ようになるN42 times in this passage

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    生徒は集中して学習するようになりました。

    The students have become more focused on their studies.

  • ばかりN4

    Limits or emphasizes a thing — 'only / nothing but' — or after a past-tense verb means 'just (finished) doing.'

    また、漫画しか読まなかった生徒が小説好きになったり、テレビばかり見ていた生徒が新聞を読むようになったりしました。

    In addition, some students who used to read only manga have come to enjoy novels, while others who used to do nothing but watch television have started reading newspapers.

  • 〜ていたN4

    The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.

    また、漫画しか読まなかった生徒が小説好きになったり、テレビばかり見ていた生徒が新聞を読むようになったりしました。

    In addition, some students who used to read only manga have come to enjoy novels, while others who used to do nothing but watch television have started reading newspapers.

  • 〜さN4

    Suffix that turns an adjective into a noun naming its degree or quality — '-ness' (e.g. 高さ 'height', 重さ 'weight').

    たった10分間の活動ではありますが、その効果の大きさに驚いています。

    Although it is only a ten-minute activity, I am amazed by how great its effects are.

  • 〜ているN53 times in this passage

    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    私が勤めている中学校では5年前に「朝の読書」を始めました。

    The junior high school where I work started “Morning Reading” five years ago.

  • 前に（まえに）N53 times in this passage

    Marks that something happens before an action or in front of a place — "before (doing) / in front of."

    私が勤めている中学校では5年前に「朝の読書」を始めました。

    The junior high school where I work started “Morning Reading” five years ago.

  • だ / ですN54 times in this passage

    The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

    たった10分間の活動ですが、これを続けているうちに、遅刻や授業中のおしゃべりが減り、成績やクラブ活動に対する姿勢にも効果が現れてきたそうです。

    Although it is an activity lasting only ten minutes, as it continued, tardiness and chatting during class reportedly decreased, and positive effects also appeared in students’ grades and attitudes toward club activities.

  • そしてN5

    Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.

    そして「朝の読書」は、次第に全国の小中学校、高校に広がっていきました。

    “Morning Reading” then gradually spread to elementary, junior high, and high schools throughout the country.

  • がありますN5

    States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".

    生徒が嫌がらずに積極的に参加するのは、やり方に工夫があるからです。

    Students participate willingly and actively because the program has been carefully designed.

  • 一緒に（いっしょに）N5

    Indicates doing something jointly with someone or something else — "together (with)".

    生徒だけでなく教師も一緒に毎日やる。

    Not only the students but the teachers also do it together every day.

  • 〜たり〜たりN54 times in this passage

    Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.

    読書後に、意見を交換したり、感想文を書いたりしない。

    After reading, they do not exchange opinions or write book reports.

  • だけN5

    Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.

    静かに本を読むだけです。

    They simply read quietly.

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