Some sections in science and social studies are relatively manageable for intermediate students.
りか (Science)しゃかい (Social Studies)
Friday, July 24, 2009
Proverbs
ことわざデータバンク
- Proverb database.
- The Japanese explanation is relatively easy to understand, compared to other similar resources.
- Hiragana reading and English translation are provided.
- Not only common proverbs, but also esoteric ones are included.
Elementary School Children's Site
Reading Tutor
リーディング チュウ太
- Tool Box has handy tools that will help you decode Japanese texts.
- Reading Materials Bank has graded texts written for non-native speakers. Early intermediate and up.
- Grammar Quiz
- Graded readers written for foreign learners
Basics Review
AJALT Learning Supplements
Reviews for Japanese for Busy People I
Has an interactive slide show that allows you to review vocabulary and related grammar.
- Numbers
- Telephone
- Counters
- Calendar
- Time
- Money
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- Family
福娘童話集：Intermediate/Advanced Reading
福娘童話集
A collection of children's stories and folk tales.
Graded by age appropriateness of native speakers. Stories for younger children are not necessarily easier for foreign learners.
Real World Kanji
A Door to the World of Kanji
- Photos of real world kanji (e.g. traffic signs, appliances)
- Lists of Japanese words with English translation.
- Transcription and pronunciation
Web Japan
Shows trends and facts. Kids section. Video. Related links.
The archive Nipponia of Web Japan contains web magazines.
Categories
- Life and Culture
- Arts & Entertainment
- Travel & History
- Nature & Geography
- Science & Techonology
- People & Work
Middle School Japanese learning site by Australian Government
The resources were funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training.
Easy and Fun!
Irasshai: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Irasshai: video courses (high school and college level)
Georgia Public Broadcasting set new instructional standards with Irasshai, which was the nations’ number one Japanese language and culture distance learning course from 1996 through 2009.
Irasshai was designed to meet the needs of high school or college students as well as the needs of adult community learners and professionals who would like to acquire Japanese language and culture skills.
The 138 Irasshai video lessons get up close and intimate with viewer learners. Dr. Tim Cook, an Emmy award-winning instructor, takes students on a personal journey to where Japanese is spoken. Sometimes it’s predictable – inside a Japanese home or a Tokyo office building. Sometimes it’s less so – a sushi bar in Atlanta, a fishing hole in the Appalachians.
The Irasshai website provides access to additional language practice for each lesson, links to cultural journeys and further personal exploration of Japan-related topics.
"Real World" Japanese
AJALT "Real World" Japanese
- Probably recorded by Japanese teachers, not professional voice actor/actresses.
- It is in no way "real" Japanese that you hear on the street. Much closer to textbook Japanese. However, it is probably easier to understand and imitate for you to actually use them.
This site was created to provide precisely those students with an array of realistic conversational situations and separated by level of Japanese mastery. It is our fervent hope that these lessons provide valuable assistance in your pursuit of Japanese fluency.
●Conversational Levels
Conversations presented herein are categorized for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of study.
●Text Presentation
In beginning and intermediate level exercises, you have an option to show or hide text that accompanies the audio. Kana and romaji text is shown in the beginning level, and kana and kanji text for the intermediate.
●Situations
In the beginning and intermediate levels, conversations are segmented into two to four scenes, which allows students the freedom to review a conversation either as independent sentences or as an entire sequence.
At the advanced, or “real world” level, conversations are presented only in their entirety, and are not separated.
●Bulletin Board
The Bulletin Board provides students with a forum for discussing ideas about Japanese conversation with other students and asking instructors for further explanation about the concepts and situations presented.
We also invite students to use the Bulletin Board as a place to offer your own ideas and comments about Japanese expressions and their usage in “real life” Japanese. Finally, students are encouraged to use the Bulletin Board for offering suggestions about the kinds of situations they would like to see introduced on the site.
Erin ga chosen: YouTube
- This is immersion learning with anime and live acting on DVD.
- The textbook itself is not all that helpful in terms of explanation, although there ARE English translation of skits and Japanese transcription (with hiragana for kanji words) of video segments. You may access the video clips on YouTube.
- Palomar students can use both the book and DVD at the lab.
- Highly recommended.
- NOTE: Try not to understand everything being said in the video.
DS Kana and some Kanji
Nintendo DS game
- Note: DS lite is region free, so you can use software from Japan on the DS machine you bought in the States.
- Software made for DSi have region codes.
- DSi games sold in Japan may not be playable depending on which country your device was bought.
- Created for Japanese children age 4 to Grade 1 . Currently 3,221 yen (original price 3,900 yen) on Amazon Japan without tax or S&H. They will not ship software outside Japan.
- Available at the game software booth in Mitsuwa for about $45.
- Covers all kana, plus 80 kanji characters.
- Lots of cute games.
- Uses handwriting recognition and voice recognition capabilities of DS.
iPhone/iPod Touch
iPhone/iPod Touch applications
- Kana (Japanese Hiragana & Katakana): for recognition only. Cute. $2.99
- Kana Flip $1.99
- iKana Touch $4.99 (with stroke order animation, sound and writing practice. No frills.)
DS Curriculum
*Please note that some characters have wrong stroke orders showing on this software.
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This can work as a vocabulary builder.
Kanji Free Resources
- Your name in Japanese : in Kanji based on the meaning of your name, not the sound.
- UPAL: Kanji Dictionary has a "handwriting" recognition tool that will allow you to practice your writing online.
- UPAL: Associative Kanji Learning : has kanji lessons to use with several different textbooks, with an access to their handwriting recognition tool. (Click on the sample kanji to practice handwriting. )The only drawback is that the font used for the stroke order is the one made for print, not for handwriting. Disregard the notches at the end of horizontal lines.
- Kanji Oh-no Ohkoku (The Kingdom of Kanji King) : to play without registration, input "guest" for ID, and "1234" for Password. Dojo, Battle, and Challenge All Questions modes.
- Kanji Land
- Stroke Order Movies
- Renshu.org
Erin ga chosen: Book and DVD
- See Language Curriculum for details about this curriculum
- To purchase, contact a special bookseller.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Field Trips in Los Angeles
Japanese American National Museum site
The site has cute kid pages.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art is supposed to have exceptional collections of Japanese Arts.
The site has cute kid pages.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art is supposed to have exceptional collections of Japanese Arts.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
United Links for Japanese Learning Web Resources
United Links for Japanese Learning Web Resources Lets you search for resources by level/category/language.
Learning Kana
Free Web Resources
Recognition Practice (in the order recommended)
Additional Recognition Practices
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