Additional Resources
On the Japanese Studies site:
Asian
Scripts and Computers
How to view Asian scripts
on the Web and enable word-processing in Asian scripts on your computer.
Japanese Dictionaries
Information about paper, electronic and on-line dictionaries.
Sakura
The Sakura on-line Japanese materials (suitable for beginners) are available at the following url:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/subjects/japanese/sakura/
The Sakura site is freely accessible and does not require a login name or password.
Genkouyoushi:
On the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics site:
Resources for Undergraduate Students
Collection of resources and information relevant to all undergraduate students in the School.
On the Faculty of Arts site:
Japanese
Studies Centre
Teaches and conducts research
about Japan
Melbourne
Centre for Japanese Language Education
Information,
resources, scholarships and professional development for teachers
of Japanese.
On the Monash University site:
Asian
Studies Research Library
The library has an
extensive collection of materials related to Japanese Studies.
Other useful resources:
Monash
Japan Club
Runs a variety of activities for
students of Japanese, and Japanese students.
Kantango
Allows you to make your own kanji cards - great for
learning kanji
Jim
Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary
World famous online dictionary, developed by Jim Breen of Monash University
Kanji Alive
A free, web-based tool to help beginning and intermediate level Japanese language learners to read and write kanji.
Anki
This program is designed to help you remember facts (such as words and phrases in a foreign language) as easily, quickly and efficiently as possible.
Sakura
The Sakura on-line Japanese materials (suitable for beginners) are available at the following url:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/subjects/japanese/sakura/
The Sakura site is freely accessible and does not require a login name or password.