When to advance to a higher educational level is a big issue for anyone who has begun the one-million-word extensive reading. In fact, the timing of this move is a big concern not only for starters, but also for those who have read over one million words, even two or three million words. Instructional details can be found in this chapter. Here, I will touch upon what I call 'champuru reading,' named after Okinawa's cuisine mixing many ingredients; this is beneficial for deciding both when to advance and when to stop moving up.

(A)これは同時にいくつかのレベルを混ぜて読むことを言います。 For example, if you are mainly reading level 2 books, then you are to read concurrently books of lower levels such as 0 or 1, and also higher levels of 3 or above. Therefore I also call it 'uneven parallel reading.'

Unless your brain is confused by reading different level books, there are some advantages to this. First, even more advanced readers can learn quite a few points from lower level texts. (B)Also, since the most basic several hundred words are frequently used in daily speech, they can be reused when readers engage in conversations and email.