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Maiko Hata.
Self-study Links
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Studying English Online - Reading
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«~ «««If this is your first time here, you should read Tomsensei.com (my husband's page) before doing anything else. It has great advice on studying English. http://www.tomsensei.com/what_should_i_read.htm
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«~ «««Rikai.com (Japanese) has various articles. When you don't know the meaning of words, you can move your pointer over the word, and you can see the meaning in Japanese. http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja
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««CNN news with different types of online reading questions. Go to the following page, and choose a category that sounds interesting. Then, choose "full-story" to read the story. http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
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««Chicken Soup is real, short stories. Go to the website, and choose "Archives" under orange bar that says "FREE Soup Stories" on the left. http://www.chickensoup.com/
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««Asahi Evening News (Japanese). Students can read English articles, and whenever they want Japanese definitions, they can click on underlined word to get a pop-up dictionary! http://www.asahi.com/english/popup/enindex.html
Studying English Online - Conversation
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«~ ««I love using movies for my classes. This site has scripts for movies and shows like Friends, and Japanese help to understand them. http://midmiz.cool.ne.jp/
Studying English Online - Vocabulary
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«~ «««Tangoriki (Japanese). You can store up to 10 words that you want to remember. http://www.tangoriki.com/
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«~ ««This Yahoo site tests students' vocabulary (Japanese). Daily update, but the questions can be a little dull. http://edu.yahoo.co.jp/gambare/test/center1500/
Studying English Online - Typing
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«~ «««e-Typing (Japanese). Very easy to use. Typing is a very good skill to have! http://www.e-typing.ne.jp/index.asp?mode=levelcheck
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«~ «««Learn2type. It has good exercises, but the ads are annoying. http://www.learn2type.com