01-28-2005, 09:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2005, 09:41 AM by ParaParaJMo.)
http://www.animex.com/resources/japanese101/index.cfm
This is a good start. Their forums also have a thread that teaches the hiragana and katakana. I used to know some good sites, but they're all shut down sadly. Most of the sites I know of are mostly for those who are studying for the Japanese Proficiency Test and you have to know Japanese to begin with.
But to be honest (as I should have been to begin with), I say it's not best to learn Japanese from a website. I learned that the hardway when I tried teaching myself Chinese a couple of years ago and when I finally started taking it in a real classroom setting, I was thrown off guard because I did not how to use the tone systems and how to really pronounciate words.
My cousin did tried to take JPN101 through his community college on the internet and said it was hard for him. I just say do what really works, just register at your local community college if it is offered. He had pronounciation troubles and could not get first hand help on how to write hiragana.
Anyway, these are the best sites I can find
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/links/
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/
This is a good start. Their forums also have a thread that teaches the hiragana and katakana. I used to know some good sites, but they're all shut down sadly. Most of the sites I know of are mostly for those who are studying for the Japanese Proficiency Test and you have to know Japanese to begin with.
But to be honest (as I should have been to begin with), I say it's not best to learn Japanese from a website. I learned that the hardway when I tried teaching myself Chinese a couple of years ago and when I finally started taking it in a real classroom setting, I was thrown off guard because I did not how to use the tone systems and how to really pronounciate words.
My cousin did tried to take JPN101 through his community college on the internet and said it was hard for him. I just say do what really works, just register at your local community college if it is offered. He had pronounciation troubles and could not get first hand help on how to write hiragana.
Anyway, these are the best sites I can find
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/links/
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/