Useful Links for practising hiragana & katakana

[Recommended website and apps]

• http://10ct.co.jp/e_learning_new/system/

This website is created by Meiji University, Tokyo, which is one of the universities where our students spend their year abroad. You can get some basic information about hiragana & katakana, and learn them.

• Kana Bimoji http://tell.cla.purdue.edu/hatasa/bimoji/kanabimoji.html

This is a mobile app to practise hiragana and katakana. It gives you a score when

writing down a character

If you want to test yourself:

• hiragana

http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/js/hiragana1.htm http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/js/hiragana2.htm http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/js/hiragana3.htm

• katakana http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/js/katakana1.htm http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/js/katakana2.htm http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/js/katakana3.htm

If you want to practise hiragana & katakana tables:

• hiragana Drag-n-Drop http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/hiragana-timer.html

• katakana Drag-n-Drop http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/katakana-timer.html

If you want to practise listening & writing:

• hiragana http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/hiragana2.html

• katakana http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/katakana2.html

If you want to practise hiragana words with fun:

• Sushi a la carte • On the Tokyo Yamanote Line http://www.accessjapanese.com/game.html

Quiz where you can test your hiragana reading skills (you also can get to learn the name of different sorts of sushi in Japanese!).