Hi, I was just wondering if you would reccommend reading wikipedia as a way to practice reading Japanese. Would it help with the reading section in JLPT? From what I researched wikipedia uses formal words that is only used in written. Some words I learned include および and である but wikipedia is also written in casual Japanese which I don't understand. Is that normal for written articles and why?
For example:
日本は、東アジアに位置する島国であり、東および南は太平洋、西は日本海と東シナ海、北はオホーツク海に面する。
If I were to write an article or essay or say gicr a definition, should I write them like in wikipedia? How often are words in wikipedia used in spoken Japanese?
よろしくおねがいします！
by General_Reinyarc