Websites for Japanese Learners
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all websites can be used for free and without subscribtion (thats why japanese101 isnt included)
-> apps for japanese learners (soon)
study guides (N5-N1)
includes grammar, kanji, vocabular, adjective, verb and other lists for orientation when studying
free JLPT practice tests
automatic verb conjugator
verb database
kanji database & kanji tester
over 180,000 example sentences with sound
japanese-english dictionary (with stroke order!)
pratice games & interactive lessons (Kanji Mahjong etc.)
learning resources (japanese novel, textbook, magazine, movie recommendations)
fast and smart japanese-english dictionary
draw and radical function apart from keyboard search
searching by topic and categories by adding #[topic/category]
JLPT levels, sentences, particles, counters, names included
world map quiz in japanese
divided into continents and north, east, south and west
free JLPT N5-N1 reading and listening tests
free JLPT N5-N1 vocabulary, kanji and grammar lists + tests
Shiritori (しりとり) is a popular japanese word game and is ideal to exercise vocabulary for japanese learners. 2 or more players take turns saying a word that starts with the last kana of the previous word. The game ends when someone answers with a word ending with -n (ん) because there are no words starting with ん.
it is up to the players whether all forms of a hiragana (kana and its diacritics; は,ば and ぱ etc.) are allowed or not (e.g やぎ -> きよう).
example: りんご (apple) -> ごりら (ゴリラ) (gorilla) -> らーめん (ラーメン) (ramen). The last person who said ramen loses because the word ends with -n (ん). Instead the person could have saidらま (ラマ) (llama) (e.g).
Do you like reading books? Can you suggest books that are easy to read in Spanish for beginners, or some movies?
Hi, of course! I hope some of these recommendations are helpful!
Books:
• Spanish Short Stories For Beginners by Lingo Mastery
• Short Stories In Spanish For Beginners & Spanish Short Stories For Beginners 2 by Olly Richards
• Easy Spanish Reader by William T. Tardy. This book is separated into three sections and the readings in each are followed by comprehension activities.
*All three of the previously mentioned books can be downloaded for free on https://z-lib.org
• This organization’s website has a few great picture books in Spanish that you can download for free. https://www.heifer.org/what-you-can-do/get-involved/schools/home-school-activities/books-and-reading-resources.html
• This website has a handful of great pdfs https://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-books-for-beginners/
Movies:
• El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) This is available on Netflix and I’d suggest watching movies with subtitles. If you’re able to, there’s a chrome extension you can download called Language Learning with Nextflix where you can have subtitles in both your native & target language
• I also suggest watching any movie you’re familiar with like if you love Disney movies you should find the Spanish version of them
Sorry I don’t have any true movie recs yet! If anyone has any other resources they know of, feel free to add them :)
Hey so I have made a google drive with a bunch of books in it. Right now it is view only, but you should be able to download the books onto your computer. All I ask is don’t “link to” your own google drive cuz then i think it actually moves stuff and I spent a long time setting this up. Thanks.
Link to Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BTXUPcCniydI1CIT90oNJ75naQVcIDcz?usp=sharing
Link to suggestion list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iABw52vkkJAmTkCX-n6KnL3_dBpooI0gYaT9qdit6vg/edit?usp=sharing
click here for my new video! i’m sharing some language learning study tips that i use to self-study languages at home, featuring apps, websites, podcasts and books that i really enjoy using!! hopefully this will be helpful and inspire some of you :) if you enjoy my videos, please leave a like/sub, that would be so appreciated!!
‘Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes.
Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.
The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.’
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1982)
I thought I’d share some DBT books that I’ve found in case anyone finds them useful! Click here for a small Drive folder of 8 books (will add more if I can find more or if anyone has recommendations!)
If you don’t know what DBT is: DBT stands for dialectical behavior therapy and was initially developed to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD), but has also been used for other mental illnesses. Personally, I’ve used DBT for anorexia, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and OCD with therapists, so I know it’s at least used for those disorders. DBT was first developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychologist who has BPD herself, which I think is interesting and important since in my experience, it can be difficult to find clinicians who can actually relate to the experience of having a mental illness. One of the best things about DBT in my opinion is that you can do it yourself! My personal experience in DBT has mostly been as a patient in formal hospitalization or partial hospitalization settings, but it’s very adaptable, so I think it’s great if you are unable to access therapy or other resources.
There are four basic modules of DBT: mindfulness, which is based on accepting one’s present situation without judgement; distress tolerance, which focuses on developing skills to get through intense emotions or crises without resorting to self-destructive behavior; emotional regulation, which emphasizes recognizing and adjusting emotions; and interpersonal effectiveness, which focuses on communication skills with others. Personally, I find distress tolerance and emotional regulation the most helpful, but everyone’s different!
Guys please check out this google drive folder full of amazing PDFs that sociologist anon set up, there is so much good reading in here
There’s stuff on black feminism, disability, transgender history, sex & consent, and so many other things, it’s genuinely just so much holy shit please just look at it