Abstract
We have developed an Intermediate level reading textbook for the foreign librarians who study at The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute. In this textbook, we have made the following attempt; 1) We reduce sentence patterns to study, based on our previous surveys carried out on the frequency of patterns appearing in some existing reading textbooks, newspapers and magazines. This will lead to save the learners' load (in time and energy). 2) We put stress on reading activities for more effective compre-hension practice, such as comprehensive Q & A, exercise of conjunction or demonstrative pronoun, finding out keywords, summarizing from the flow-chart and close-test.
