Japanese - Students - Resource Links

Resource Links
Students, we have organized our links into 2 main sections. Sort the reviews by either FEATURED or STUDENT. When you first come to the page, you are viewing all of our reviews. Sort them by choosing which kind of review you would like to see.

Explore Japan - Dragon Scale: 3/4

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb

Student Rated: 3 Dragons- “Good Site! It has almost everything you need to learn!”

Suggested Grades: Kg-6
This site has:
Pictures, Videos, language learning games.

“I liked it because it was fun! You learn about Japan and not even realize it! "
----AWL 7th grade-Maiya E.

“I liked it because it had more than one game that helped you learn about Japan and the Japanese language! "
----AWL 7th grade-Kiyami C.

Study Stack

http://www.studystack.com/category-42

Find data to study or add your own data. Study and play with data online as flashcards, hangman game, crossword puzzle, matching, word search, or word scramble. Study anytime/anywhere by printing data or exporting flash cards to your cell phone, PDA, or iPod.

Katakana Quiz - Dragon Scale: 2/4

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/int/study/gakusyu/katakana2.html

Student Rated: 2 Dragons-“ OK site! It will help you learn but it’s missing something.”

Suggested Grades: 2-adults
This site has:
Pictures, Sound Effects/Music, Language learning games.

“The reason I liked it was that it helps you practice your Japanese, but it does start to get boring because it always looks the same. If I could change it I would change it up a bit add more interesting pictures and maybe use other people’s voices”
----AWL 7th grade-Kiyami C.

Japanese Online - Dragon Scale: 1/4

http://www.japanese-online.com

Student Rated: 1 Dragon! “Not a site for K-8 students, but would be helpful for older learners”something.

Suggested Grades: HS-Adults
This site has:
Pictures

“I disliked this site because it is boring. It does not have all the fun activities some of the other sites have ”
----AWL 7th grade-Maiya E.

Kids Yahoo - Dragon Scale: 2/4

http://kids.yahoo.com.jp/

Student Rated: 2 Dragons-“ OK site! It will help you learn but it’s missing something.”

Suggested Grades:3-adults
This site has:
Pictures, Words spoken in the language, learning language games.

“The site is mainly in Japanese. I was excited to see that I knew enough Japanese to get around the site. I liked the games because of the translation piece and it was challenging but not so hard that you can’t learn it ”
----AWL 7th grade-Keneisha B

Panwapa

http://www.panwapa.com

The experience begins on Panwapa Island, a floating island that travels the oceans of the world, where you will enter the virtual Panwapa community and meet Muppet characters such as “Athena the Owl” and “Azibo the Monster.” Travel around the world and visit with Panwapa kids from other countries, watch interactive movies, learn words in other languages, and collect Panwapa Cards by going on international treasure hunts. The website is available in five languages —Arabic, English, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.