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Online
resources
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Minna no Kyozai site (English version)
みんなの教材サイト（日本語版）
Japan
Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa. There are a lot of
great resources such as classroom activities, grammar notes, photo
and pictures available.
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であい
Homepage
Online
version of "であい"
material at the Japan Forum website
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Grade 6 Class 1 (English version)
6年1組（日本語版）
22 photos and captions introducing a day with Grade 6 Class 1 of
Sakura Elementary School in Tokyo. Letters and audio messages
from students are also available. Presented by the Japan Forum.
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A Day with Kentaro (English version)
けんたろうくんの一日（日本語版）
Online version of "けんたろうくん(a Japanese primary school kid)
の一日"material.
18 photos, captions, and explanations featuring a typical day in the
life of Kentaro, a third-grader in Ishikawa prefecture, and his
family. Presented by the Japan Forum.
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Multi-media "にほんごをまなぼう
(Let's learn Japanese)"
Nice pages of simple dialogues to listen to with pictures
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Konnichiwa
The resource, produced by Alberta Education, is organized into two
scenarios, each presenting linguistic and cultural content in an
animation as well as activities for additional explanation and
practice.
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インターネット日本語試験「すしテスト」
- Online Japanese "すしテスト"
You can check the level of your Japanese language skills on line
at this Japan Foundation website.
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Quizlet - Japanese
There are some good online quizzes offered on this site.
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At Home in Japan (By Jane Bachnik)
This online tutorial presents a program of practical learning that
will allow you to go through the process of becoming familiar with
Japanese culture, even before you get there.
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Drill the kanji (online self kanji quizzes)
Great online kanji quizzes with three categories (on-yomi, kun-yomi
and meaning).
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Crayola homepage
There
are more than 60 Japanese related activities available at this site.
Go to this page, register yourself and then type in "Japan" in the
Search box.
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Kids Web Japan
Heaps of great cultural resources
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Kids Craft
Lots of hand crafts. Japanese only
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Bingo Card Maker
This generator can be used to make bingo cards with the words of
your choice
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日本昔ばなし
- Old stories of Japan
Japanese
folk tales both in English and in Japanese
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Songs that Teach Japanese
A
web page of songs that teach Japanese by Carolynn Bell from the
Japanese Language Teachers Network website
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おりがみくらぶ - Origami Club
Lots of origami activities. Each origami comes with a printable
instruction and an animated instruction. Great site!
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On Demand Japanese Photo Archives (in English)
オンデマンド日本語教育用写真
(in Japanese)
Photo bank
site with many free downloadable photos categorized in subjects such
as "Daily life", "School", "Tradition" and "Food".
It
says "If you
cannot find the pictures you need, request them. You get them in
about one week for free". This site might come in handy when you
need a photo of something that you don't have!
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NihongoBC: British Columbia Teachers of Japanese
The web site of the association of Japanese teachers in British
Columbia, Canada known as NihongoBC. It is designed specifically
for teachers of Japanese in British Columbia or those interested
in Japanese education in the province, but the teaching
resources on this site would be useful for any secondary level
Japanese language education.
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Online tools
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Illustrations
for language teaching
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Free
downloadable clipart
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Kaleidoscope - Cliparts of ancient Japan
Click on the category you like.
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和風素材
Go to this page and click on any of the number in the left
frame.
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Canon Creative Park (in
six languages)
A great site with lots of
materials. Check out the Paper Crafts, and Arts pages
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Clip Art Factory
A
large number of clipart categorized by topics.
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ましうし堂
Go to
this page and click on any of the item in the left frame.
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Lead Plus Clipart
Go to this page and click on the category you like.
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染井や-素材の店
Go to
this page and click on any of the item in the left frame.
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こねこ堂-ウェブ素材
Go to
this page and click on "ウェブ素材(Graphics)"
in the top of the page, then click on any of the item you like.
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篆刻素材AOI (Japanese)
篆刻素材AOI (English)
This is handy for English speakers as it has both Japanese and
English pages.
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水の宮
A site with Japanese-inspired web materials.
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Ukiyoe - Adachi
Hanga
You can
download a large number of famous Ukiyoe works at this site. Both
Japanese and English pages are available but the picture quality is
much better in the Japanese pages. Here are some famous series. Go
to this page, scroll down, look for the following kanji and click on
them:
- Hiroshige's Tokaido 53-station series 「歌川広重 東海道五十三次」
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Hokusai's 36 Mt. Fuji scenery series 「葛飾北斎 富嶽三十六景」
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Sharaku's Kabuki actor works 「東洲斎写楽」
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Online language games
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Bits
& Pieces
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Statistical Handbook of Japan 2005
Statistical Handbook of Japan 2005 is designed to provide a clear
and coherent overview of present-day Japan through statistics. (総理府統計局
- Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications).
If you need more detailed statistical information,
click here for the Statistics Bureau's website.
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「外来語」言い換え提案
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"GairaigoiIikae
teian" (Proposal for switching katakana words into kanji words)
at the
National
Institute for Japanese Language（国立国語研究所)
website.
Go to this page and choose one of the four proposals from the
pull-down menu. Very interesting attempt.
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"顔文字図書館 (Kao-moji
Library)"
There is a large number of collection of "kao-moji" such as
(^_^) and d(⌒o⌒)b
on this webpage. They are categorized by emotions
and expressions. Click on any of the listed item and a number of "kao-moji"
for the item will appear.
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"Earthquake Survival Manual" (PDF file, 3,300KB) at the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government website.
Completely bilingual (J & E) earthquake survival manual with lots of
illustrations.
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Useful websites for Japanese
teachers in Canada
Distributors
of Japanese language education related resources (textbooks, CD-Roms,
DVDs, etc)
Alberta, Canada
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Websites of Canadian
Japanese teachers & Japanese programs
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Useful
websites for Japanese teachers in Australia
Victoria, Australia
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Websites of Victorian
Japanese teachers & Japanese programs
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あいうえおーすとらりあ
Deguchi
Yuichi sensei's homepage. Deguchi sensi teaches at primary schools
in Warrnambool area.
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エメラルド＆美作交流広場
Kawakami
Daisuke sensei's homepage, focused on the sister school relationship
between Emerald Secondary College and Mimasaka Senior High School.
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にほんごとJapanese
Art＆Cooking
Nishikawa Naoko sensei's homepage. She is teaching at Murrumbeena
Primary School.
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