The Self-Access Centre - Japanese - External Language Resources
BBC Languages | |
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| A Guide to Japanese | - 10 facts, 20 key phrases and the alphabet |
| Alphabets | - Why Japanese has three different alphabets and how they are combined. |
| Essential phrases | - Imagine you arrive at the airport, equipped with a print-out of your Internet booking for your stay at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn |
| Essential phrases | - 15 essential phrases in Japanese |
| Facts | - What you need to know about Japanese, including one inappropriate word. |
| Japanese Challenge | - Imagine you arrive at the airport, equipped with a print-out of your Internet booking for your stay at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn |
Culture | |
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| Language Atlas | - This website provides fact files and language tasters |
| The Japan Foundation | - Japan*s principal agent for cultural relations between Japan and overseas countries |
Dictionaries | |
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| Bab.la | - Bab.la language portal offers you dictionary translations, language quizzes & games, vocabulary lessons for learning and much more. bab.la is interactive: You can enter your own translation, create your own language test or your own vocabulary flashcards |
| Kanji Dictionary | - Very thorough dictionary with sound |
| Word Reference | - A very useful online dictionary |
Learning | |
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| Bridge to Japan | - Bridge to Japan is maintained in the U.K. by the Japan Library Group, with the aim of facilitating access to Web-based sources of information about Japan. |
| Digital Dialects | - Interactive games for learning the Japanese language |
| GLOSS | - Global Language Online Support System is a database of interactive language lessons from the Defense Language Institute. Lessons contain authentic audio and video texts, activities, glossaries, and links for further information on the topics. |
| Japanese Phrases for Travellers | - Hundreds of simple phrases and pronunciation guides |
| Japanese podcast lessons | - Weekly Japanese lessons from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK |
| JOSHU | - JOSHU (Japanese Online Self-Help Utility) means *assistan*, or *tutor* in Japanese, which is what this website attempts to be to anyone interested in learning the Japanese language. Developed by University of Texas |
| Nihongo o Narau - Learn Japanese | - Complete and free Japanese online course |
| Visualising Grammar | - This website provides links to 66 Flash animations of various grammatical structures in Japanese and 12 downloadable appendices. |
Magazines | |
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| NewsWeek Japan | |
| Nucba | |
| Seishun | |
Newspapers | |
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| Asahi | |
| Asahi English | - One of Japan*s leading newspapers, with English language content. |
| Japan Times Online | |
| Mainichi | |
| Yomiuri | |
Radio Stations | |
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| J-wave | |
| NHK | |
| Radio Osaka | |
| STV | |
| TBC | |
| Tokyo FM | |
Search Engines | |
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| AltaVista in Japanese | |
| Biglobe | |
| Excite in Japanese | |
| Goo | |
| Google in Japanese | |
| Interconnect | |
| Lycos in Japanese | |
| MSN in Japanese | |
| Yahoo in Japanese | |
TV channels | |
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| Asahi TV | |
| Fuji TV | |
| NHK | |
| nTV | |
| TV Tokyo | |
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