Canada-Japan Society of Toronto

Japan in Canada

Japanese Language Learning

This could probably be under "Canada in Japan" or "Japan" just as easily, but I'm learning Japanese in Canada, so here it stays.
OTTAWA JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL
JSA Japanese Speech Awards
Deadline at end of April to enter a 5 minute cassette tape entry. Contact 416 396 2269 Kairinsha Canada for more information. For non-native Japanese speakers who have not lived in Japan.
Ni-Ka Online - Japanese in 10 Minutes
Japanese Language Information - Main Index
Japanese Language Information - Learning Japanese
Excellent new site. Some still underconstruction. Lots for Japanese learners, etc.
LANGUAGE RESOURCES
Japan Links including Japanese Language Learning
U of Kentucky. List not great, but the background wallpaper hiragana is super.
The Classroom
Dictionaries
Japanese Language Information - On-line Dictionaries
Search the Kanji any which way you want. Looks extremely user friendly and well laid out.
TkJdic: Kanji Dictionary
Not for the technically challenged. You're on your own here.
Jeffrey's Japanese/English Dictionary Gateway
OneLook Dictionaries
Only Japanese related dictionary is in the Sports category: Kempo Japanese Martial Arts dictionary.
The Human-Languages Page
All kinds of world language resources.
The Human-Languages Page: Japan
Good Japanese language learning links.
The CMB Translator's Home Page
Japanese Langugage and Linguistics
Language Connect Home Page
Language Links: Select Japan...
Sasuga Japanese Bookstore
Great store, reputable.
Stuarts (mac) Webpages (for learning Japanese, teaching English, Mac Japanese tips)
Graphically impressive, good language learning tips.
DynEd International
English/Japanese language learning cd's.
Dynamic Japanese
DialectWeb-Dialect Group Language Learning Center
Gitco's web site. Heavy Mangajin advertisers of Canon Word Tank, Zaurus PDA, and software. Looks good.
Sushi Vocabulary from Tokyo Food Page
Romaji listing to English translation. Won't help you off a written menu, but you'll be able to say what you would like...
Japanese Language and Culture: Ohio U. Dept of Linguistics
The Japanese Tutor
Missouri site, very impressive. Try it if you're English speaking and starting to learn Japanese.
Japanese-English Interpreter .
Kanji of the Day (Gopher) - ******Watch list
Not accesible Feb. 16
Kanji's Japanese Home Page: Kanji Haitani
Memphis USA personal site emphasizing Japanese language learning and Japanese links. Very nice.
Life Science Dictionary Project
JAPAN DARUMA-Language Study & Translation
Lets Learn: Japanese/General Topics - Quality site
Anyone's Japanese - Language Learning - "J and N"
Japanese LESSONS
Absolutely learn Japanese-Online
Looks good, and free for personal use.
Japanese lesson
Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation Homepage
The Japanese Tutor
Japanese Language LESSON O
Hiragana, Katakana, basic phrases in hiragana, all with interactive voice. Looks good to have on line.
Japanese-Online
Free.
J & N English Club - New Zealand/Japanese Site
Language exchange and teaching. Many great links. Good effort, and not too commercial.
DialectWeb-Dialect Group LLC [Keywords: Japan, Japanese, Japanese Software]
Reputable direct marketer of Japanese related learning aids, software, tools, etc.
U of T: JLLC: What is Japanese Language Learning Centre
Nihongo Circle: Learn Japanese!
Southern Ontario's only reliable source for imported Japanese books and language learning materials. Tiger Takahashi in Waterloo, now on the www.
DialectWeb: Language Learning Resources to Buy: Japan, Japanese, Japanese Software, Canon Wordtank, Nihongo, GITCO, Multilingual Computing, Mangajin
JapanBizTech - Language Center
Simple business travel phrases for English speakers in Japan. English-romaji.
AsiaWest Software Inc.- Kanji Works
AsiaWest Software - Kanji-philes' Site
AsiaWest Software - KanjiWorks Kanji of the Day Page
The Apropos Software to Learn Kanji
Konnichiwa Software from New Zealand
Think Japanese CD's (Audio Lingual PC Training)
Triple Play: CD Japanese Language Learning with Speech Recognition (Tutor)
Do NihonGo/Fundamental Japanese Course: MAC Software for Sale
Japanese Language Information
VIRGINIA DISTANCE LEARNING: Japanese
VIRGINIA DISTANCE LEARNING: General Info
Alternative sci.lang.japan FAQ
Alternative sci.lang.japan FAQ's: WWW Japanese Language Learning Sites
Wow, what a great resource for the English speaking student of Japanese.
Alternative sci.lang.japan: Japan Language Sites
Books about Japanese Languange: alternative sci.lang.japan FAQ books page
Not just a list, but detailed info AND a review. For anybody searching for that one elusive book that will make them fluent...
InTransNet Services Japanese Information Page
Bilingual, classy site out out BC. Lots of info and links of interest to Japanese visiting or living in Canada.
Japanese Language Learning Links: Alt sci.lang.japan FAQ's great listing
Japanese Learning Resources: by Hisami Saito
Japanese language proficiency test page
Noryoku Shiken/Japanese Proficiency Exam
Japanese Proficiency Books - Recommended Resources
Kanji Testing
Soka University, Japan: The Institute of the Japanese Language
Preparatory to taking university courses...
IES Language Foundation: Learn Japanese over Internet
Travelers' Japanese with Voice
Japanese-Online Software: Pacific Software Publishing
Beginner lessons on line, with sound if you can hear .wav files. Uses romaji/English.
JP NET Home Page
Japanese <-> English Dictionary Server
Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary
Online Japanese Dictionary
Japan Links: C. Jensen (JLTC)
Middlebury College Japanese School Homepage
Summer intensive Japanese for 9 wks for 6 k$ US, in Vermont.
aiueo's Japanese Language School
ISOFT - Home of Japanese software
MIT Japanese Program Kana and Kanji Study Material
MIT Japanese Program Reading/Writing Exercises
Lesson 3 kanji Memory Tips - Sample
MIT WWW-based Japanese Language Curriculum Materials
Hypertext materials and articles
The Japanese Language
University Japanese Curricula from JP NET (MIT)
Learning Japanese Where It Is Spoken
Japanese Language School of Philadelphia
Self Access Language Learning Centre
The Language Laboratory of Japan
Brigham Young U: Japanese Section Course Descriptions
Brigham Young U: Japanese Section
Bibliography of Research on the Acquisition of Japanes as a Second/Foreign Language
If you want to learn ABOUT learning Japanese, and not bother actually ever learning it...
FUN JAPANESE (a sample, then you pay)
Learn a few phrases with idiotic English phonetic approximations, and forever mispronounce them. Not sure this is a good thing to promote.
Stanford U: Summer Intensive Japanese Program
Welcome to the Technical Japanese Program!
J-WORLD.Japan.Japanese Language.Introduction
J-WORLD: Japan, music and compuJapanese Language

Newest Language Links Below... (sorry, not yet proofed for duplicates above)

The Japanese Tutor
Travelers' Japanese with Voice
JNet Magazine: Japanese Language from Australia
John's World O'Fun (includes Japan language study info)
Japanese-Online Free Lesson Material
Courtesy Pacific Software Publishing.
Japan, Japanese, Japanism : HASHI / Chopsticks
Japanese Writing Tutor
CCI Japanese Educational Language Software
Shodouka Launchpad: Japanese text viewing online
Do NihonGo/Fundamental Japanese Course
Mac software, for sale.
Yamada Language Guides - 115 languages
Try the Japanese.
Saying 'Moo' in different languages
Names for Japanese
Grammer and naming conventions in English.
Alternative sci.lang.japan FAQ's Japanese language proficiency test page
Beginner Home Page:japanese
Byte of Japanese
Dialect List in Japan (English) by Kazuhide Yamamoto
EASY WEB JAPANESE
JAPONES para hispanohablantes / JAPANESE for Spanish Speakers
Japanese Language
Japanese Language EJ Dictionary
Japanese Text Initiative (U of Virginia)
Japanese-Online
Joyo 96 - Japanese Kanji Study
MIT Japanese Program Reading/Writing Exercises
Man'yoshu Best 100
The Japanese Language (MIT)
The Japanese Tutor: index
Hiragana Tutor
Usa-Chan teaches Kana

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