[deckeraa]

I think that the comic books worked well because they provided extra context with the illustrations. And, as you point out, the text is directly tied to the illustration in each panel. With that extra context, the texts became more comprehensible, so you were able to learn more advanced and interesting sentences earlier.

Some other examples of high-context sources: - TV shows in the target language (subtitles may be helpful) - stories that one is already familiar with (in my case, I was already really familiar with the plot of the Vulgate). - stories that aren't familiar, but where you can read the same plot repeated in several sources. For Latin, John Piazza's Narratioines Faciles de Historia Romanorum does this well https://archive.org/details/piazza-john-narrationes-faciles-... . For living languages, probably looking in a kid's library section for books all on a similar topic would be good. - Talking with someone in the language, since they'll give you real-time context.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

>> I think that the comic books worked well because they provided extra context with the illustrations. And, as you point out, the text is directly tied to the illustration in each panel. With that extra context, the texts became more comprehensible, so you were able to learn more advanced and interesting sentences earlier.

Absolutely!