Japanese

Resources for Japanese Find out who collaborates here!


 * || **General Interactive** || **文法 / Grammar** ||  ||
 * **Just for Fun** ||  || **聞くこと / Listening Practice** || **ニュース / General News** ||
 * **ビデオ / General Video** || **読書 / General Reading** || **研究 / Research** || **Role-Playing Games** ||
 * **Teacher Resources** || **雑談 / Text and Voice Chat** ||  || **用語 / Vocabulary** ||
 * **Writing and Composition/Rhetoric** || **Comprehensive Sites** || **Sites Students Can Contribute to (authentic production)** ||  ||


 * ~ **文法 / Grammar ** ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Quia ** Has online interactive quizzes written by teachers for grammar, vocabulary, culture and more. http://www.quia.com/shared/japanese/ ||


 * **聞くこと / Listening Practice ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Japancasting- podcasts for learning Japanese** advanced level http://epnweb.org/report.php?request_id=160&openpod=10#anchor10 ||
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Japanese Pod 101** Podcasts for basic level Japanese http://www.japanesepod101.com/ ||
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**The Japanese Page** Basic lessons including downloadable audio http://www.thejapanesepage.com/ ||


 * **ビデオ / General Video ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Yappr** Like YouTube but for Japanese learners http://jp.yappr.com/welcome/Welcome.action ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Internet Archive Non English videos ** collection of the Internet Archive which makes media available to public for free. Click on "Japanese" to find videos http://www.archive.org/details/foreignlanguagevideos ||


 * ~ Role-playing Games ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FASCO (Crimson Room, Viridian Room, Blue Room and White Chamber) ** http://www.fasco-csc.com/index_e.php ||


 * ~ **Teacher Resources ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Goethe Vocabulary Tests** site is not interactive, offers tests and answer sheets but can generate the tests with any two language combinations (e.g. Spanish - Japanese) http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/index1.htm ||


 * ~ **雑談 / Text and Voice Chat ** ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">UniLang Language Community ** website with free courses in various languages (including Japanese) (source language English) with online exercises and chat and forums http://www.unilang.org/ ||


 * ~ **用語** **/ Vocabulary ** ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Study Stack Japanese ** Web 2.0 application in which you can use the activities already there or you can create a new one! http://www.studystack.com/Japanese ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Quia ** Has online interactive quizzes written by teachers for grammar, vocabulary, culture and more. http://www.quia.com/shared/japanese/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All Dict ** Online collaborative dictionary project Students can help! http://www.dicts.info/ ||


 * ~ **Writing and Composition/Rhetoric ** ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Kanji Site ** Lists and describes kanji characters from the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Kanji characters are presented with their pronunciations and sample words/sentences using the character. http://www.kanjisite.com/ ||

[|http://www.japanese-online.com] ||
 * ~ Comprehensive Sites ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Japanese Online ** Un stio muy útil para estudiantes de Japonés. Desde 1996, los sitios japoneses han proporcionado servicios gratuitos de aprendizaje para personas que quieren aprender éste idioma.Éste servicio después se expandió para matemáticas japonesas y servicio popular de foro/ boletín:
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Quia ** Has online interactive quizzes written by teachers for grammar, vocabulary, culture and more. http://www.quia.com/shared/japanese/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Language Guide.org ** site dedicated to beginner-intermediate vocabulary, grammar and reading lessons. It is a collaborative site, meaning students can participate adding content. http://www.languageguide.org/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Japanese Page ** Basic lessons including downloadable audio http://www.thejapanesepage.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Japanese Online ** offers 16 lessons free http://www.japanese-online.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">UniLang Language Community ** website with free courses in various languages (including Japanese) (source language English) with online exercises and chat and forums http://www.unilang.org/ ||


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 * ~ Sites Students Can Contribute to (authentic production) ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All Dict ** Online collaborative dictionary project Students can help! http://www.dicts.info/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nibipedia ** a site created and run by two guys in a garage (much the way Microsoft started). The purpose of this site is to link educationally-valuable video (mostly from YouTube) with relevant Wikipedia articles and/or related videos. Students can add "nibs" (links to other videos or articles) http://nibipedia.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Voice Thread ** Here you can upload images or videos for others to comment on. The main page is at http://voicethread.com/ One example of a good school activity is at a thread called "What Could It Mean?" at http://voicethread.com/share/48359 ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikispaces ** This site is a wiki created at Wikispaces. All tools are online. Use of wikispaces' basic functions is free. Students can collaboratively create entire websites about topics that are lacking on the Web. http://www.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wiktionary ** companion project to Wikipedia. Online multilingual dictionaries that anyone can edit. http://wiktionary.org/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Life ** The fastest growing Multi User Virtual Environment (MUVE) on the Web, a 3D virtual world that you can explore in the guise of your chosen avatar. Students can create spaces and objects here. [|http://www.secondlife.com]. ||
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 * ~ Sites Students Can Contribute to (authentic production) ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All Dict ** Online collaborative dictionary project Students can help! http://www.dicts.info/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nibipedia ** a site created and run by two guys in a garage (much the way Microsoft started). The purpose of this site is to link educationally-valuable video (mostly from YouTube) with relevant Wikipedia articles and/or related videos. Students can add "nibs" (links to other videos or articles) http://nibipedia.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Voice Thread ** Here you can upload images or videos for others to comment on. The main page is at http://voicethread.com/ One example of a good school activity is at a thread called "What Could It Mean?" at http://voicethread.com/share/48359 ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikispaces ** This site is a wiki created at Wikispaces. All tools are online. Use of wikispaces' basic functions is free. Students can collaboratively create entire websites about topics that are lacking on the Web. http://www.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wiktionary ** companion project to Wikipedia. Online multilingual dictionaries that anyone can edit. http://wiktionary.org/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Life ** The fastest growing Multi User Virtual Environment (MUVE) on the Web, a 3D virtual world that you can explore in the guise of your chosen avatar. Students can create spaces and objects here. [|http://www.secondlife.com]. ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Voice Thread ** Here you can upload images or videos for others to comment on. The main page is at http://voicethread.com/ One example of a good school activity is at a thread called "What Could It Mean?" at http://voicethread.com/share/48359 ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikispaces ** This site is a wiki created at Wikispaces. All tools are online. Use of wikispaces' basic functions is free. Students can collaboratively create entire websites about topics that are lacking on the Web. http://www.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wiktionary ** companion project to Wikipedia. Online multilingual dictionaries that anyone can edit. http://wiktionary.org/ ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Life ** The fastest growing Multi User Virtual Environment (MUVE) on the Web, a 3D virtual world that you can explore in the guise of your chosen avatar. Students can create spaces and objects here. [|http://www.secondlife.com]. ||

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 * **Name (how you wish to be known here)** || **Contact Info (optional)** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Leigh Thelmadatter || leigh@itesm.mx / osamadre@hotmail.com ||