Also Try Awesome Library in Japanese (Requires Japanese font.) Lesson Plans Japanese Culture (Liskowsky) Provides a lesson on Japanese culture, a trip to Japan. 4-00 Japanese I and II (ESD101.net - STEP Star Network) Provides over two dozen activities and lessons. 3-02 Japanese I and II (ESD101.net - STEP Star Network) Provides over two dozen activities and lessons. 3-02 Japanese Lesson Plans (Dancer) Provides lessons and resources for learning Japanese. 6-99 Lists Japanese Resources (AOL - Academic Assistance Center) 4-00 Japanese Resources (iLoveLanguages - Chambers) Provides lessons, dictionaries, translation guides, news, and literature. 1-02 Japanese Search Engine (MSN) Provides Web searches in Japanese. 6-00 Materials Japanese Translator (Yahoo) Translates Web pages to and from Japanese, using downloaded software. 6-00 Japanese-English Dictionary (Breen - Peterson) Translates English words into Japanese and gives alternative contexts. Does not require Japanese fonts to be downloaded. 6-00 Japanese-English Dictionary (Free Dictionary) Translates English words into Japanese and translates Japanese words into English. Does not use Japanese fonts. 6-00 Language Translators (YourDictionary.com) Translates text and Web sites. 6-02 Multilingual Text-to-Speech Engines (Microsoft) Provides free programs that convert online text to speech in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, and British English. The free voice engines vary in their quality. Some are not very good. For instance, the Korean voice does not seem to recognize the Korean fonts. The Spanish voice, however, reads text written in Spanish in an understandable way. Requires software to connect the voice programs with a browser. Such a program is available for free here. 9-02 News News in Japanese (LanguageBox.com) Provides news in Japanese. Includes Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi, and Kyoto Shimbun from Japan, as well as CNN from the USA. 8-00 Purchase Resources Japanese Books Search (Amazon.co.jp) Provides searches in Japanese. Requires the Japanese font. 6-02

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