ひらがな を れんしゅうしよう！ Let's Practice Hiragana!

ひらがな　は　４６もじあります。
There are 46 letters in Hiragana.

There are many site where you can practice Hiragana.
Explore and pick the one that fits your own learning style.

1. Make flash cards! (Old fashion way)

2. Write as many times until you remember! (Another great old fashion way)

3. Go to the following website and practice.

You can check the stroke order and pronunciation of each hiragana on this site.
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/site/hiragana/hiragana.html

These are a quick recognition quiz sites:
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/site/js/hiragana1.htm（あ〜そ）
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/site/js/hiragana2.htm（た〜ほ）
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/site/js/hiragana3.htm（ま〜ん）

This site helps you learn any language by setting up your goal. You can practice your target language any time as long as you have internet access. We will use this in class one day and you can start practicing Hiragana on your own pace.

http://smart.fm/home

やくにたつリンク Useful Links

やくにたつリンクをあつめました。みなさんも行ってみてください。

I collected the useful links on the portaportal site, online bookmark for you to learn or find out anything related Japanese language and its culture.
Please check it out!

http://my.portaportal.com/
Guest access code: kayoko

エリンがちょうせん Erin ga choosen

Erin is a high school girl from United Kingdom (in Japanese it is "igirisu" -- イギリス).
She came to Japan as a high school exchange student. As she attends high school in Japan, she learns a lot of different things. Please visit "Erin ga choosen" website, and learn Japanese, culture, a life of Japanese high school students. You can also earn extra points by answering the review questions.

Please take the following steps.
1. Go to https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/lesson01/basic/index.html

Watch the Basic skit. While watching the skit, you can click on "English" box to see the English translation.

2. Then, click on the tab "Review questions"
or go to: https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/lesson01/basic/question.html

3. Try to answer each question. Questions are all based on the skit. You have to watch the basic skit very carefully, in order to complete the questions to received extra points.

Ganbatte kudasai! 　がんばってください。

きょうのしつもん The Question(s) of the Day (Week 1)

Day 1. What do you think you know about Greetings in Japanese?
Day 2. What questions do you wonder about Greetings in Japanese?
Day 3. How will you find the answers to your questions on anything about Japan or Japanese (language and cultures)?
Day 4. What have you learned from Greetings in Japanese?
Day 5. Was the Greetings in Japanese different from Greetings in English (i.e. American way) after all?

Please either write your answer in your journal or post your answer on this blog.

When you post your answer on the blog, please remember to write the question that you are going to answer. That would help the readers to understand what you are talking about.

Thank you!

こんにちは

このブログは．．．
１．みなさんへのれんらく
２．みなさんのコメントをのせる
ことをもくてきとしています。

まいにち、「きょうのしつもん」をのせます。コメントをかいてください。

The purpose of this blog is...
1. Post announcement(s).
2. You can post your comment(s).

I post "Question(s) of the Day" weekly. Please post your answer or any comment on Japanese language or/and culture that you feel like to share with everyone in the class.

Thank you!