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| Online Resources There are heaps and heaps of online Japanese study sites out there. A quick Google search will find many. The following sites have free materials, and come recommended by ALTs. General Sabotenwebfs huge collection of Japanese language sites on the web (some links broken): http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html The Japanese Page http://www.thejapanesepage.com Grammar, vocab, JLPT resources, kanji-a-day emails. Meguro Language Center http://mlcjapanese.co.jp/ A great website with lots of free grammar, vocabulary, and JLPT resources. Grammar/Conversation Pera Pera Penguin http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/ Conversation lesson column from the Daily Yomiuri, downloadable for free. Japanese Online http://www.japanese-online.com/ Good story-based lessons. Can provide online webcam lessons with a tutor. Nihongo o Narau http://www.learn-japanese.info/ Very good overall study sight. Continually being expanded. Nagoya University Grammar Drills http://mercury.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/webcmj/ Grammar and expression collection http://www.jgram.org Listening Cornell University Language Center Listening Links http://lrc.cornell.edu/medialib/ja/yk3 University of Victoria, British Columbia Listening Exercises http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/japanese/listen/ Stanford University Listening Exercises http://www.stanford.edu/class/japanese1/listening.htm Yomiuri News Stream (for Windows Media Player and Real Player) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/ Vocabulary Language Guide http://www.languageguide.org/nihongo/ Vocabulary resource with voice commentary. Scroll over the words/pictures to hear the correct pronunciation. Also has kana writing practice. Kantango http://www.kantango.com Make your own online word lists, flash cards and written tests. Kanji, Kana and Reading Teach yourself Japanese http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/ A handy site with excellent explanations and sound files to help pronunciation. Main focus is kana and vocabulary, though also has grammar explanations. Kanji Site http://kanjisite.com/ A great site for studying kanji, especially if you aim to take the JLPT. Includes level 3 and 4 kanji tests and preparation. Kanji Step http://www.kanjistep.com/ Study resources, including tests and sound files. Kanji a Day http://www.kanji-a-day.com Daily kanji, listings, JLPT information, etc. If you register, it will remember your level, and choose appropriate kanji for you. Online Java Kanji Game http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm Rikai.com http://www.rikai.com/ Interposes itself between your browser and the text, gives you the reading and meaning of kanji when you move your mouse over them. Aozora Bunko http://www.aozora.gr.jp Collection of out-of-copyright Japanese literature. Dictionaries Pop Jisyo http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx A web-based pop-up dictionary: move your mouse over a kanji online and the translation will appear. The Japanese Slang Jisho http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/jslang/jibiki.htm Great site for learning common Japanese slang. Banbutsu Dai-Jiten Encyclopedia http://www.itjp.org/dic/frame.html Move your mouse over the links on the left for English category names): Software Jetset Japan http://www.jetsetjapan.com/infozone-lang-downl.shtml http://www.jetsetjapan.com/infozone-comput-down.shtml A website for JETs, the first page features downloadable language study software, including kana and kanji programs. The second page includes software downloads that enable your computer to read and type Japanese fonts. |