Posts filed under 'Japanese/Beginner'
Language resources (Japanese)
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Includes audio, video, and lessons, chat, forums, and grammar, vocabulary, and kanji.
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From a Japanese student’s point of view. Includes recommended texts.
Add comment November 24, 2009
Language resources (English, Japanese)
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n this site you will find such things as the Japanese alphabet (including Hiragana and Katakana) as well as Kanji, Japanese grammar, Japanese sentence structure, and common Japanese phrases. What sets us apart from other “learn how to speak Japanese” sites is that we teach you how to conjugate Japanese verbs and how to build your own Japanese sentences – things critical to becoming fluent in the Japanese language.
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Practice reading English with these ESL short stories from American folklore, retold by S.E. Schlosser. Some short stories have an ESL listening component.
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ESL Reading: free ELT learning materials for English language students & teachers.
Add comment November 20, 2009
Language resources (English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)
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Learn French, German, Italian, Spanish, English / EFL via Twitter.
1 comment September 11, 2009
Language resources (Japanese, Mandarin)
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Learn English, the free and easy web site for EFL/ESL learners, students and teachers.
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This website is aimed at providing people who want to learn Mandarin with the online resources they need. If you want to learn Chinese online, then we offer you a useful and highly customizable Chinese-English dictionary, Learn Chinese (a free Chinese course) , a Chinese writing tutorial and a set of useful mp3 Chinese lessons. Includes podcasts from chinesepod.com
Add comment September 3, 2009
Language resources (English, Hebrew, Japanese)
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This site is about how you can learn Japanese without taking classes, by having fun and doing things you enjoy—watching movies, playing video games, reading comic books. Includes links to dictionaries and other Japanese websites.
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Whether you’re a student with unlimited free time or a full-time employee with a family, the information contained within this site should be of help to you in learning Japanese.
Add comment September 2, 2009
Top 10 online resources for learning Japanese
This article was taken from Tofugu.com
#10: Twitter
#9: Livestation
#8: Yamasa’s Japanese Dictionary (Kanji Stroke Order)
#7: Podcasts on iTunes
#6: Rikaichan
#5: Jisho.org
#4: jGram
#3: iKnow!
#2: Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese
#1: Lang-8
If you’re studying Japanese or have studied Japanese before, what other great resources do you use / have you used in the past? Please do share with us either here or in our Facebook discussion board! 
Add comment August 26, 2009
Language resources (all languages including Swahili)
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Detailed online course including audio and student text. Developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain. This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. This site is not affiliated in any way with any government entity; it is an independent, non-profit effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages. Courses here are made available through the private efforts of individuals who are donating their time and resources to provide quality materials for language learning.
Add comment August 17, 2009
Language resources (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai, Urdu)
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Livemocha’s self-study lessons develop reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Access
* Free Courses in 25 different languages
* Over 160 hours of lessons for each
* Helpful tips from native speakers
* Focus on conversation skills -
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.
Add comment August 14, 2009
Language resources (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai)
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Free mp3 audio and mp4 video files to help you speak, read, write and learn Indonesian. The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Indonesia, travelers to Indonesia, those doing business in Indonesia, and those who are simply learning the language. New lessons are added often.
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Welcome to Langhub.com! Your source for mp3 audio and mp4 video files for learners of the Thai language. The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Thailand, travelers to Thailand, those doing business in Thailand, and those who are simply learning the language. New lessons are added often.
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Includes survival Thai Phrases and Pronunciation Guide with audio.
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Includes lessons on vocab, grammar, and pronunciation.
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CSLPOD is a PODCAST which aims at helping people learn and improve their levels of the Chinese language. It offers regular, free and high quality Chinese courses at three levels: beginners, average, and advanced. For the beginners and the averages, it explains in detail the grammar usages encountered in the texts which are read by Chinese natives at a slow speed for upgrading your listening comprehension. For the advanced learners, all the texts are read at the normal speed. The contents of the texts spotlight the latest hot topics or hot news in China.
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FREE tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations by Goethe-Verlag
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This is the continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to speak Chinese with some fluency on basic conversational topics, achieve a basic level of reading competence within simplified and traditional characters learned plus common compounds, and be able to write short compositions.
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This downloadable course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they began streamlined I, had some background in the language, whether it be comprehension with limited speaking ability or quite fluent speaking ability. The focus of the course is on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading in both complex and simplified characters, and on writing.
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This downloadable course at Utah State University provides an understanding of basic principles of Chinese speaking and written language. The focus in Chinese 1010 is on pronunciation and simple Chinese character writing.
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One Sentence A Day, with pinyin and English translation.
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Mandarin classes from Beginner – Advanced levels. Includes pronunciation guide, and homework, and practice tests.
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A fantastic site to for reading and learning Mandarin (Annotated readings for beginners, intermediate & advanced levels)
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Learn Italian with these podcasts.
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Learn French with these podcasts.
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Learn German from these podcasts.
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Learn Japanese with these podcasts.
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Learn Spanish with these podcasts
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Learn Mandarin with these podcasts!
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Learn English with these podcasts.
Add comment August 13, 2009
Language resources (English, Hebrew, & Japanese)
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Learning the Hebrew language can be both fun and exciting. By simply studying the pages to follow for just a few minutes a day you will soon be reading Hebrew and be building a small vocabulary of Hebrew words and phrases.
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English language activities, exercises, tests, and games for all levels.
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# Free Japanese Language Lessons
# Learn via Podcasts and Videos
Add comment July 14, 2009
