Online Resources

Special links for Spring 2015:

THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND THE HIRAGANA SHEETS FOR THE HIRAGANA HOMEWORK: http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf  REMEMBER THAT THE HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY SHOULD BE DONE SO THAT YOU CAN TURN IT IN ON TUESDAY.

HIRAGANA SITES (THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE POWERPOINT:

• http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWR1Ziynt8g
• http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/hiragana.html
• http://www.startgames.ws/game/hiragana.html
• http://www.easyjapanese.org/memory.html
• http://www.manythings.org/q/kana.php?u=hiragana
• http://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese/Hiragana.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrXHizFaol0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLeOmCB_q-k
• http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/hiragana_drill/index.html#introduction

Also, if you want to learn a bunch of Chinese characters in a brief time, read this online book:

http://www.ufv.ca/molafiles/Read%20Japanese%20Today.pdf

Additional online helps:

Hiragana practice sheets http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf

Textbook practice and homework quiz site? http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072408154/student_view0/index.html

NEW–Link to a great way to learn kanji:?http://www.hot.ee/surramurra1234567890/raamat.pdf

Japanese word processor–FREE!  http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/extras/jwpce/

NEW AND REALLY SUPER DRILL PROGRAMS http://japanese-lesson.com/

NEW LIST OF LINKS TO JAPANESE STUDY http://www.manythings.org/japanese/

Visualized Japanese grammar–a really good site for the serious student: http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm

Hiragana song http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/hiraganasong.htm

Hiragana Flash Cards Online–http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/self.en.html

Japanese-English Dictionary Online–http://jisho.org/

Kanji flash cards online–http://www.studyjapanese.org/component/option,com_fc_trainer/Itemid,37/

kanji quiz http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Eik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm

kanji in words http://www.manythings.org/kanji/q/

kanji in sentences http://www.dartmouth.edu/~damell/Japanese/exercise.html

vocabulary quizzes (romaji) http://iteslj.org/v/j/ck-animals.html

English grammar (in order to study another language, you must know your own language): http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html

Good page on grammatical particles (romaji) http://www.timwerx.net/language/particles.htm

There are many other study aids online–let me know if you find one that you enjoy.

Japanese Universities with Programs for Foreigners

Tokyo Christian University: http://acts.tci.ac.jp/eai/