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Rosetta Stone Language Learning

• Japanese Level I and II
  With over 8000 real-life images and phrases in 210 lessons, Japanese Levels I and II provide up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing. You'll learn vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program.

Immediate access to every product as a monthly online subscription. Unlimited access for just $49.95 per month. The online course runs right in your internet browser wherever you are, giving the ultimate flexibility, without CD-ROM installations. Rosetta Stone offers language learning solutions for individuals, schools, homeschool, and organizations. Try the free online demo.

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Audible.com
Use your iPod or mp3 player for more than just listening to music. Audible.com allows you to download educational material like language courses, self help audiobooks and business newspapers so you can begin learning immediately. Audible.com also has an excellent selection of courses availble in audio format.

Unforgettable Languages
Unforgettable Languages courses use the Linkword© method, a revolutionary memory technique developed by learning expert, Dr. Michael Gruneberg. Linkword© effortlessly teaches hundreds of words and beginner to advanced grammar at an amazingly rate. The Linkword© method reduces the most time consuming part of learning a new language...memorizing vocabulary and grammar. Linkword's© basic interface and simple techniques will lock vocabulary and grammar in your memory. They basically teach you to remember what you learn. This can save you weeks or months of learning Japanese.

Meetup
Practice or learn a new language with people in your area. Meetup is a worldwide community dedicated to helping people find other people with similar interests. If you are looking to learn Japanese, there is a good chance that there is a Meetup group in your area where you can practice. This is a very effective and fun way of learning.

Power-Glide.com - Learn a Foreign Language
Power-Glide offers accredited Japanese language courses, created by Dr. Robert W. Blair, one of the world's leading linguists and teachers. With Power-Glide Adventure Courses you'll gradually soak up the Japanese language, discovering rules of how language works almost without noticing it.

The exercises developed are designed to help you discover the language yourself. This 'natural language acquisition' method more closely reflects the way children in every culture learn their own language. With this approach, you will build the foundational experience, attitudes, habits, skills and learning strategies that make rapid, efficient progress possible. There is even a free resource center where you can take advantage of an English/Japanese dictionary, use the online translator, view the news in Japanese or visit the cultural and activity links. Power-Glide is a fully accredited foreign language school through the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.

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LinguaPhone
With over 100 years experience in language training and by offering over 500 types of language courses, Linguaphone helps educate individuals in over 25 world languages! Linguaphone's proven methodology of listen, understand, and speak has helped over 7 million people learn new languages in a natural, effective way by working with their software, CDs and cassettes. Liguaphone offers Japanese courses which you have you speaking proficient Japanese in no time!

Please note that Linguaphone is based in the United Kingdom and prices are in British pounds.

Japanese-Online
Japanese-Online.com offers a free online dictionary, Japanese lessons, discussion forum, and useful links.

The Japanese Writing Tutor
The Japanese Writing Tutor is a free online tutorial to help you learn and practice your writing skills by following along with the motion of several animated GIF files. There are three writing tutors covering the katakana, hiragana and kanji character sets.

JP NET Home Page
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides free access to resources for Japanese language and culture learning for both educators and students.

Lesson/J
Lesson/J offers online quizzes using Java applets for learners of Japanese to train themselves for hearing spoken sentences, words, syllables and accent. Examine your hearing level for Japanese speech uttered by a professional announcer.

Reading Tutor
The Reading Tutor was designed to help JFL/JSL learners improve their reading skills in Japanese. This system was developed specifically to help learners study written Japanese at their own pace, in their own way.

University of Hawaii
Through the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawaii, an advanced online study course in Japanese is available. Accredited by the Western Association of Colleges and Schools.