The BEST Grammar Site http://www.guidetoja......rames.html
The problem with conventional textbooks is that they often have the following goals. They want readers to be able to use functional and polite Japanese as quickly as possible. They don’t want to scare readers away with terrifying Japanese script and Chinese characters.
They want to teach you how to say English phrases in Japanese.
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Japanese Pod 101 http://www.japanesepod101.com/
Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com.
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Katakana Intro http://www.omniglot.......takana.htm
The katakana syllabary was derived from abbreviated Chinese characters used by Buddhist monks to indicate the correct pronunciations of Chinese texts in the 9th century.
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Katakana Primer http://www.joyo96.org/Katakana.html
This page provides a brief history and reason for the creation of the Katakana script in the Japanese language.....
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First Katakana Lesson http://www.joyo96.org/96K/Lesson_1.html
These lessons have been adapted from the book Reading Japanese, written by Eleanor Harz Jorden and Hamako Ito Chaplin, original Copyright © 1976 by Yale University.
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Katakana Syllabary http://www.jref.com/......kana.shtml
Katakana, ( literally: "fragmentary kana") is a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are hiragana, kanji and romaji).
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Fast Paced Kana Matching http://www.sf.airnet......game1.html
A fast paced online game where the player matches katakana letters to hiragana letters. Difficulty increases as the game is played. It's timed as well.
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Hitsujun-kun Katakana http://www.human.gr......./katakana/
Click and Learn.
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Katakana Steps http://www.kanjistep......index.html
At kanjistep.com you can find information about the Japanese language, culture and other Japan related topics. Our goal is to help students of Japanese to master the language and build a...
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My Katakana Lessons http://www.myjapanes......uizServlet
Extensive Japanese Learning site for beginners to advanced. Over 100 quizes in Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana. Kanji Flash Cards.
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Kana Javascript Flashcards http://www.zompist.com/flash.html
This is a page for learning hiragana, one of the Japanese syllabaries. You'll need Javascript to run it. (You probably have it already.)
The basic idea is to go through the deck randomly (by pressing Next card), until you can recognize all the kana.
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Genki Kanji Flashcards http://www.genki-onl......index.html
For each question, you will be asked to choose from three alternatives (translations, pronunciations, conjugations, and so forth). With a correct answer, you will be shown a new question, until you have answered all the questions of a problem set correctly. Both the order in which questions are asked and the order of the alternatives are randomized.
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Katakana Chart http://link.lanic.ut......rt.pdf.pdf
Katakana chart with all the characters for easy reference.
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Fundamentals http://www.geocities....../japanese/
The purpose of this course is to give the student a fundamental understanding of the Japanese language and to be able to converse on a limited level with someone in the Japanese language. There is no prerequisite for this course.
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Sakura Exercises http://www.arts.mona....../home.html
This site is intended for use by beginning level students of Japanese at Berwick Campus of Monash University in Australia. However, it is also available for general use.
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Japanese is Possible http://maktos.jimmyseal.net/jip.html
Your home for Japanese language, culture, video games, and anime.
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Quick & Dirty Japanese http://www.csse.mona......adgtj.html
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese is a canonical classic of the Internet community. Posted years ago on the sci.lang.japan newsgroup, this guide appears in a multitude of pages written by folks such as myself, devoted to the learning of the Japanese language.
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Fujiko's Jouyou http://www.terra.es/......dex_en.htm
Page to learn and practice Kana and Kanji. Contains lists, tests and browsable pages of all Kana, Jouyou and Jinmeiyou Kanji.
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Dream Kana http://www.dreambreed.com/
DreamBreed.com makes the freeware Windows software DreamBirthday, Multidistribution and DreamKana.
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WebLab's Links http://pweb.sophia.a......lab-j.html
Select an Option Conversation Dictionaries Grammar Kana And Kanji Listening Pronunciation Quizzes Reading
Various Skills Vocabulary Writing Resources
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