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These resources are organized into:
ATJO Resources
Teaching & Advocacy Materials
Event-Holding Organizations
Guides & Online Tools (including links of interest to Japanese students, too)
ATJO Resources
ATJO Resources
日本語関連マテリアルシェア
J-Material Sharing
日本語関連マテリアルシェア
J-Material Sharing
This is a Google Spreadsheet of members’ Japanese-related materials to lend or give away. Click the tabs along the bottom of the spreadsheet window frame to change what category of material (kana, books, DVDS, etc.) to view. If you have materials of your own to add, please indicate in the proper column whether you want to lend them or give them away.
Tutor Bank
Tutor Bank
To find a Japanese tutor or to advertise yourself as one:
Teaching & Advocacy Materials
Teaching & Advocacy Materials
AATJ Resources
AATJ Resources
(includes past AATJ webinar archive)
まるごと E-book
まるごと E-book
国際交流基金の「まるごと」がE-bookになりました 。購入リンクまた詳細はまるごとサイトへ。
Beginning Japanese for Professionals
Beginning Japanese for Professionals
A free online textbook for those learning Japanese in order to live and work in Japan
ひきだす にほんご
ひきだす にほんご
The "Activate Your Japanese! Content Library" – videos and materials for Japanese language-learning.
みんなの教材サイト
みんなの教材サイト
Website on which Japanese-language teachers from around the world can register to create teaching materials for their students. You can browse the materials without registering, but if you register, you will have access to even more materials. Their pre-made Classroom Activities may prove helpful.
Japan Foundation Materials
Japan Foundation Materials
The Japan Foundation's learning materials page links to several websites, apps, and e-textbooks, including "Erin's Challenge", which includes printable kana charts, lesson skits in both video and manga form, culture videos with quizzes, and more!
NHK Easy Japanese
NHK Easy Japanese
Once you pick your native language, there are two series:
New Version: Video episodes that include skits, grammar and cultural information, and kanji of the day.
2015 Version: Japanese dialogs with manga-styled characters, scripts in romaji, kana, and English. It starts fairly simple. The "Download Lesson" button is a single page explaining language used in the script. There’s also a quiz on the right hand menu.
NHK News Web Easy
NHK News Web Easy
Japanese articles good for IB-level reading exercises. Students can use Rikaikun in the browser to help their understanding.
Rikaikun
Rikaikun
A Chrome Browser Extension. (Students need to "add" or "get" the extension.) When students read online in Chrome, Rikaikun shows kanji reading & meaning, and vocabulary. It does not translate sentences, so students must still practice their Japanese.
Poster: "Why Learn Japanese?"
Poster: "Why Learn Japanese?"
Every year, information is updated by J-LEARN Senior Advisor, Ambassador John Malott. There is a lot of great information and nice ways to promote the importance of learning Japanese.
Why Learn Japanese 2021 8.5x11in color
Poster: Japanese National Honor Society
Poster: Japanese National Honor Society
Please see this poster on how to start a chapter at your school.
Articles on Culture & Learning Methods
Articles on Culture & Learning Methods
Matcha
Matcha
Japanese Cultural articles. The language can be changed from a menu at the bottom of the page.
Tofugu
Tofugu
Blog about Japanese Culture, Japanese language, and reviews of Japanese language-learning tools.
Unmissable Japan
Unmissable Japan
Website about notable places and events encountered when traveling Japan: underground and undersea passages, a comic market, active volcanoes, costumed festivals, ancient shrines, and more.
Web Japan
Web Japan
Website on Japan: facts, fun and new trends, traditional and pop culture, science and technology, food, travel, and lifestyle. The Kids Web Japan tab provides fun content that helps children learn about Japan.
Event-Holding Organizations
Event-Holding Organizations
J-Learn
J-Learn
Website for the Junior Japan Bowl, a virtual quiz game competition for elementary and middle-school students
Japan Bowl
Japan Bowl
Website for the Japan Bowl, a quiz game competition for high-school students
Japan Society
Japan Society
Organization connecting Japanese arts, culture, business, and society with audiences in New York and around the world via online courses and workshops, webinars, and virtual events. Note that any in-person events are in New York.
PSU Center for Japanese Studies
PSU Center for Japanese Studies
A calendar for the current month of Japanese-related seminars and events, many virtual.
Portland Japanese American Community Events
Portland Japanese American Community Events
Japanese cultural events around Portland, OR.
Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden
Cultural and artistic exhibits, demonstrations, and performances held at the Portland Japanese Garden. There are also cultural outreach programs, like Haiku Alive, whose materials can be downloaded and activities added to your classroom.
Guides & Online Tools
Guides & Online Tools
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