List with many Japanese websites

Beginners http://mkikuchi.faculty.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/index.html A very complete set of 4 courses created by the Japanese teachers at the University System of Georgia. http://www.japanese-online.com Sixteen free introductory Japanese lessons including pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar http://japanese.about.com/ An introduction to learning Japanese, including basic grammar explanations and information about verbs, vocabulary, hiragana, and kanji. http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~IF2N-SZK/jcont.html Asahi Net Basic Japanese course http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/ Japanese language and culture educational activities online for children. http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm A very helpful page with step by step instructions for beginners in writing http://web.mit.edu/21f.500/www/index.html Kana and Kanji complete materials for study at all levels http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/index.html Speech, listening and dictation to practise pronunciation, all levels

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Advanced http://www.ajalt.org/e/index.html The perfect supplement to use in conjunction with the book 'Japanese for Busy People' http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php http://www.kanjistep.com/ http://www.kanjisite.com/ Lists and describes kanji characters from the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. http://www.webjapanese.com/ A helpful site for students at all levels that offers 22 kanji lessons, games & quizzes, reading practice and more. http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/subjects/japanese/sakura/ Web tasks and exercises for students at various levels that develop skills such as character recognition, translation, grammar, etc. http://www.coscom.co.jp/ This site offers many useful audio files for learning vocabulary along with useful expressions, kana, grammar quizzes, etc.

http://gahoh.marinebat.com/ Provides tables for hiragana, katakana and kanji and shows how to draw them, using 'kanji request movies'. http://www.kantango.com/index.php Create your own word list to revise through flash cards and organise them in the best way to suit you. Provides a quick look into new words that are being translated into kana

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http://lang.rice.edu/hsato/yume/home/contents.html Rice University Online Learning the Japanese Writing and Reading Systems with audio, calligraphy and quizzes. http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm Kanji Java Flashcard program on on-yomi and kun-yomi, using meaning tests, with reviews and feedbacks. http://www5.big.or.jp/~otake/hey/fude00.htm Complete list of kanji words divided in categories and how to write them “in brush”. http://www.moshihola.org/mm/mm_student_activities/mm_activities.html Moshi Moshi Kana Activities A new web with japanese calendar, songs, puzzles and writing in Hiragana and katakana. http://www.thefoxsear.com/kana.php Tutorials to learn reading Katakana and Hiragana. http://faculty.virginia.edu/nihongo/kanji/vocab/vocab.html Dynamic exercises to practise vocabulary and comprehension Dictionaries http://dict.pspinc.com/ Bi-directional Online Dictionary An online Japanese-English dictionary

Culture http://japanese.about.com/od/japaneseculture/Japanese_Culture.htm

A detailed introduction to Japanese culture, with topics including everything from Manga to Geishas http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/culture.html A great list of links to sites related to Japanese culture and society

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html

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A general overview of Japanese history

If you find any dead links or know any other great websites, please e-mail Nathalie Ticheler, the Language Centre Coordinator, at [email protected]

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