The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) has an amazing online language learning resource called the NFLF Learning Portal. It contains instructional modules in over 30 languages.
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Category: Study Stuff
General study tips and observations based on personal experience.
Playlist: Japanese Sign Language – Kana
I made this playlist for those new to Japanese Sign Language. These three videos will teach you how to sign the kana (指文字).
Let me know if you’d be interested in more custom playlists!
Study for the 漢字検定 Online. For Free!
I’m alive! And surprised I haven’t written about this amazing Japanese resource before. One of my super long-term goals in Japanese is to pass the highest level of the 漢字検定. Having a site like this that has a lot of study problems is really nice, even if you don’t plan on taking the 漢字検定.
Building Intuition and Listening Skills in a Foreign Language with Transcription
For the purposes of this post, I will define transcription simply as the act of writing down text given the audio. I’ve been doing it for a while now and I think there are several advantages to incorporating transcription into your study regimen.
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【日本語】TV For Kanji Geeks
Despite everything I heard in my early stages of learning Japanese, kanji is my favorite part of learning the language.
Recently inspired by someone I look up to as a language learner and translator, I’ve been even more intense about my Kanji studies.
I recommend the following TV shows for picking up some Kanji-related stuff you probably don’t know.
【中文】Awesome Page to Practice Tones
This is just a short post linking to a page I use daily in my practice of Chinese tones.