Beginners

http://mkikuchi.faculty.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/index.html
A very complete set of 4 courses created by the Japanese teachers at the University
System of Georgia.

http://www.japanese-online.com
Sixteen free introductory Japanese lessons including pronunciation, vocabulary and
grammar

http://japanese.about.com/
An introduction to learning Japanese, including basic grammar explanations and
information about verbs, vocabulary, hiragana, and kanji.

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~IF2N-SZK/jcont.html
Asahi Net Basic Japanese course

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/
Japanese language and culture educational activities online for children.

http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm
A very helpful page with step by step instructions for beginners in writing

http://web.mit.edu/21f.500/www/index.html
Kana and Kanji complete materials for study at all levels

http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/index.html
Speech, listening and dictation to practise pronunciation, all levels

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Advanced
http://www.ajalt.org/e/index.html
The perfect supplement to use in conjunction with the book 'Japanese for Busy People'

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php

http://www.kanjistep.com/

http://www.kanjisite.com/
Lists and describes kanji characters from the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

http://www.webjapanese.com/
A helpful site for students at all levels that offers 22 kanji lessons, games & quizzes,
reading practice and more.

http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/subjects/japanese/sakura/
Web tasks and exercises for students at various levels that develop skills such as
character recognition, translation, grammar, etc.

http://www.coscom.co.jp/
This site offers many useful audio files for learning vocabulary along with useful
expressions, kana, grammar quizzes, etc.

http://gahoh.marinebat.com/
Provides tables for hiragana, katakana and kanji and shows how to draw them, using
'kanji request movies'.

http://www.kantango.com/index.php
Create your own word list to revise through flash cards and organise them in the best
way to suit you. Provides a quick look into new words that are being translated into
kana

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http://lang.rice.edu/hsato/yume/home/contents.html
Rice University Online Learning the Japanese Writing and Reading Systems with audio,
calligraphy and quizzes.

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm
Kanji Java Flashcard program on on-yomi and kun-yomi, using meaning tests, with
reviews and feedbacks.

http://www5.big.or.jp/~otake/hey/fude00.htm
Complete list of kanji words divided in categories and how to write them “in brush”.

http://www.moshihola.org/mm/mm_student_activities/mm_activities.html
Moshi Moshi Kana Activities A new web with japanese calendar, songs, puzzles and
writing in Hiragana and katakana.

http://www.thefoxsear.com/kana.php
Tutorials to learn reading Katakana and Hiragana.

http://faculty.virginia.edu/nihongo/kanji/vocab/vocab.html
Dynamic exercises to practise vocabulary and comprehension

Dictionaries

http://dict.pspinc.com/

Bi-directional Online Dictionary An online Japanese-English dictionary

Culture

http://japanese.about.com/od/japaneseculture/Japanese_Culture.htm

A detailed introduction to Japanese culture, with topics including everything

from Manga to Geishas

http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/culture.html
A great list of links to sites related to Japanese culture and society

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html

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A general overview of Japanese history

If you find any dead links or know any other

great websites, please e-mail Nathalie
Ticheler,
the Language Centre Coordinator, at
n.ticheler@londonmet.ac.uk

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and Nathalie Ticheler (Language Centre Learning Advisor)
March 2007