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Links for Japanese language education resources |
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Online teaching resources |
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Online tools |
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Online interactive learning resources
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Online learning games |
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ICT resources |
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Miscellaneous |
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Online teaching resources |
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Minna no Kyozai - The
Japan Foundation - Japanese Language Institute, Urawa
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みんなの教材サイト
- 国際交流基金日本語国際センター（日本語） |
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"The site provides grammatical explanations, sample
sentences and classroom activities as well as materials such
as photographs and pictures, all necessary for producing
teaching materials. It also provides navigational guides for
those who are not experienced in using computers and for
those who are making teaching materials for the first time."
- From "First-time Users" page |
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If you are not
familiar with this site, you might want to click on
"First-time Users" to take a navigational tour. |
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"Teaching Resources" page - The Japan Foundation, Sydney |
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You can download
many wonderful practical teaching resources developed by the
Language Section of the Japan Foundation, Sydney. Resources
include Activity Resources, Flash Cards, Audio-Visual
Resources, Sensei’s Pages, and Japanese Plays. |
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インターネット日本語試験「すしテスト」- The Japan Foundation |
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You can check
the level of your Japanese language skills on line at this
Japan Foundation website. |
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Deai
であい : The Lives of Seven Japanese
High School Students - The Japan Forum
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"Developed
primarily to assist secondary school students outside Japan
who are studying Japanese as a foreign language, "Deai: The
Lives of Seven Japanese High School Students" illuminates
the personalities and daily lives of seven Japanese high
school students through photographs and text. As language
learners get to know these seven young people, they will
become better acquainted with the culture that forms the
backdrop of the lives of the seven students in Japan. They
will also encounter many topics directly relevant to
language learning and acquire lots of useful information to
assist them in their efforts to communicate in Japanese. The
site also offers a wealth of information useful for teachers
in planning classes and classroom activities."
- From "What's Deai" page |
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If you are not
familiar with this resource, you might want to click on "Deai
Website Tour" to take the tour and get to know the resource better. |
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Grade
6 Class 1 : The Lives of Japanese Elementary School Students
- The Japan Forum (English) |
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6年1組：日本の小学生生活 - The Japan Forum（日本語） |
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"22 photos and
captions introducing a day with Grade 6 Class 1 of Sakura
Elementary School in Tokyo. Letters and audio messages from
students are also available."
- From "Grade 6 Class 1" page |
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A Day
with Kentaro : The Lives of Japanese Elementary School
Students - The Japan Forum (English) |
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けんたろうくんの一日：日本の小学生生活 - The Japan Forum（日本語） |
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"18 photos,
captions, and explanations featuring a typical day in the
life of Kentaro, a third-grader in Ishikawa prefecture, and
his family." - From "A
Day with Kentaro" page |
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Web
Japan |
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"The site
provides highly reliable information on Japan across many
different genres including culture, sightseeing, society,
history and nature. The content is provided primarily in
English, but a portion of the site is multilingual. Web
Japan is sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA) and operated by a Japanese non government
organization." - From
"About This Site"
The site consists of the following: Trends in Japan,
Nipponia, Kids Web Japan, Japan Video Topics, Japan Fact
Sheet, Regions & Cities, Japan Links |
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Classroom Materials Created in Japan - AATJ Resources to
Share website |
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A variety of
multimedia resources designed for classroom use in grades
K-12, Including PowerPoint, digital video, interviews, still
photography, and the resources of the Internet. These files
are ready to be downloaded for use in classrooms.
From "Resources to Share " page |
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JLTN
Quarterly Classroom Materials Supplements website |
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You can download
a couple of good resources from this website.
"Summer Vacation Unit" by Hiroko Nagai
"Songs that Teach Japanese" by Carolynn Bell
"Class Climate: Creating an Empowered and Supportive Language
Learning Community" by Pamela Delfosse |
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At
Home in Japan : What no one tells you (by Jane Bachnik) |
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".......
Becoming at home in another culture requires a different
kind of learning than you find in textbooks. It involves
becoming familiar with your surroundings, so that you can
find your way around, speak and function appropriately,
(take the train, go shopping, use the phone, etc.). It also
means learning how to build and sustain relationships. Our
goal in this tutorial is to present a program of practical
learning that will allow you to go through the process of
becoming familiar with Japanese culture, even before you get
there." - From the
introduction page |
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On
Demand Japanese Photo Archives (English) |
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オンデマンド日本語教育用写真 (日本語) |
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Photo bank site with many free downloadable photos
categorized in subjects such as "Daily life", "School",
"Tradition" and "Food". It says "If you cannot find the
pictures you need, request them. You get them in about one
week for free". This site might come in handy when you need
a photo of something that you don't have! |
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UVic's
Language Teaching Clipart Library |
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This library consists of about 3000 images which will be
useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary. |
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Clip
Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language Instruction |
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語学教育用クリップアート |
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Go to this
page and scroll down to the bottom. There is a list of
categories such as
動詞(verbs), 形容詞(adjs.)
and
名詞(nouns).
Click on the category you are looking for.
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"Course Resources" page, Nihongo BC
website |
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It has a large
number of great resources contributed by the BC teachers of
Japanese. You have to be a member of Nihongo BC to download
them. |
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Burnaby Mountain Secondary School
バーナビーマウンテン高校の日本語プログラム |
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Burnaby Mountain
Secondary School Japanese Program website by Sachiko
Renovich sensei. There are great teaching/learning materials
offered on the "Resources" page. |
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Online tools & dictionaries |
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Rikai
(Japanese - English) |
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Rikai
(English - Japanese) |
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Great online
tool |
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Reading Tutor |
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Great online
tool |
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英辞郎 on
the Web - ALC website |
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Online E-J & J-E
dictionary with huge number of entries and many example
sentences compiled by professional translators. You can make
kanji reading appear by clicking "読みかな
On" switch. |
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Yahoo!
Japan 辞書 |
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You can search
from 854,000 entries out of J-J, E-J, J-E and thesaurus
dictionaries. |
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Kanji
Furigana (Hiragana) for Japanese Learners |
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Add furigana
reading on kanji on any Japanese webpage |
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English-Japanese Picture Dictionary |
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Good one for
primary, but in romaji |
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Online interactive learning resources |
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Quia
Shared Japanese Activities - Quia website |
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There are many
online interactive activities available here. You can search
by keywords and activity type. |
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Multi-media "こんにちは Konnichiwa" - Alberta Education |
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This is a
web-based multi-media resource with many interactive
activities developed by Alberta Education. |
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Multi-media "にほんごをまなぼう (Let's learn Japanese)" - 日本語指導教材研究会 |
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Simple dialogues
in various school situations and topics. You can switch
between Japanese and English by clicking the question mark
on each page. |
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Japanese-Kanji.com |
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Flashcard
program to review and drill kanji..... This program can help
you get a sense of how much you already know, brush up on
your Japanese, and prepare for a test......You can drill
yourself on sets of 60 cards, after customizing the
appearance of the cards depending on the focus of your
study." - From the "Introduction" page |
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Online learning games |
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Hiragana Challenge |
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Katakana Challenge |
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Great kana recognition games by Purdue University in the US. |
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HIragana Practice Game |
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Katakana Practice Game |
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Great kana recognition games by Andrea Shea sensei at
California State University, Sacramento |
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Hiragana Concentration & Katakana Concentration |
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Kana
concentration games (かな神経衰弱ゲーム) at the Nihongo Mem" website |
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ICT resources |
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PC
Tips for Teachers and Students of Japanese Language -
Nihongo Memo website |
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Useful computer tips for teachers and students of Japanese
language. Topics include: |
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- Installing
Global IME
- Lost the Global IME Language bar?
- Using Global IME
- Learning how to type Japanese
- Useful short-cut keys
- Furigana (rubi)
- Tategaki - vertical text
- Instructions for free Kyokasho-tai font download
- Other free font download
- Solving "Mojibake" problems |
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Instructions For Creating Web Pages/Web Sites Using MS Word |
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Click "Web Page Instructions" in the left menu column and
follow the instructions there to create your own website of
your Japanese program. |
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Game
Maker Software - Victoria Department of education &
Training, Australia |
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Game Makers are downloadable step-by-step
"templates" that
allow students and teachers to create interactive language
tasks and games using their own text, pictures or voice
recordings. Game Makers are easy to use and are suitable for
all skill levels. Games can be created in ANY LANGUAGE that
your computer supports. When complete, games can be saved as
either a webpage or as a program file. They can be copied to
a disc, memory stick or onto another computer or network to
share with others. - From
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Miscellaneous |
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日本昔ばなし
- Old stories of Japan |
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A collection of
Japanese folk tales both in English and in Japanese.
Japanese traditional children's songs are also available on
this website. |
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おりがみくらぶ - Origami Club |
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Lots of origami
activities. Each origami comes with a printable instruction
and an animated instruction. Click one of the flags to
switch language. |
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Kids
Craft |
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Lots of
hand crafts. Japanese only |
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ネットで年中行事
Annual Events on the Internet - Nihongo Memo website |
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Check out Japanese traditional annual events on the
Internet! You will see links to some nice web pages both in
Japanese and English that are specially chosen for Teachers
and students of Japanese language. |
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