Japanese Nihongo - Conversation

This is a page directed from Japanese-nihongo.com which lists a variety of different conversation topics for beginners including but not limited to introductions, first visit to Japan, taking the train, and getting lost. These conversation lessons are geared towards beginner and intermediate students of Japanese. Options for viewing the lessons may be in HTML webpage form, or PDF or DOC which you can download and save to your computer. In many cases, there are audio files included which play in your web browser.

If you click the Home link at the top of the page, you can find a link which directs you to entries--including some written in Japanese that you can study. There is also links for more conversation dialogues, JLPT, and essays. If you are ready for advance level, I think you will also like reading these.

Kids @ Nifty - Practice Worksheets

This Kids@Nifty doesn't seem to be so difficult to navigate since there are so many images to help you! This website offers a collection of PDF worksheets perfect for kids and beginners! There are Hiragana worksheets and writing practice worksheets. You can also find other materials such as daily chore sheets/timetable, multiplication table, and typing games. There's so much more available by accessing the main site here. Give it a try!　

Kenchako Daibouken - Kenchako's Great Adventure

Kenchako is a website for kids and Japanese to practice Japanese but it can be just as helpful to you! This link will take you to some PDF files of Kanji worksheets with answer keys included! These are also great for reading practice. If you're not familiar with written Japanese, it's OKAY! You should still be able to navigate the site fairly well by following this key:
小学 means elementary school
１生 (lowest level in Japan elementary school) means 1st year (student)
２年　means 2nd year (student)....
６年 (highester level in Japan elementary school) means 6th year (student)

Each colored box represents a different level.

Daily Yomiuri News Site

Pera Pera Penguin was a great place for access to grammar lessons! It seems yomiuri.co.jp changed their English website and along with it disappeared all of the Pera Pera Penguin Japanese lessons. Luckily, this Polish website has 88 of the 100 available for download. For those that haven't read these, they are 1 page quick lessons on various topics in Japanese. For example #50 deals with onomatopoeia like どきどき (feeling nervous) and ごろごろ (lie around). Despite being one page, they are surprisingly complete with examples, English explanations, and even a few exercises with answers provided. I recommend downloading all of them since it is uncertain whether or not yomiuri.co.jp will republish them.

You could also access those 88 PDFs here! ^_^

AJALT - Survival Japanese

AJALT Survival Japanese is for people who are interested in communicating in Japanese but have no knowledge of the language. If you plan to visit Japan, this site make your stay much more interesting and enjoyable. Survival Japanese is an on-line textbook. It has four categories: Communication Tools, Situational Conversations, Grammar and Vocabulary. Some topics include: sightseeing, asking for directions, asking for help, and home-stay.

JapanesePod101 - Lessons Podcast

Here you can find podcast style lessons for Japanese ranging from beginner to Advanced level! Lots of culture are included in the lessons as well. While the Premium accounts on JapanesePod101 aren't FREE for the first 7 days upon signing up for a Basic Account, you have complete access to any and all materials: audio, dialog scripts in Japanese, translations, lesson notes, and more! After 7 days, Basic members can only access audio content on the site. I highly recommend making the most of your 7-day FREE trial. This makes downloading loads of content possible--for FREE! iTunes is a great method to do the downloads which you can collect in a feed and customize to your personal learning desires before downloading to your computer.