Japanese Language Learning Tools

If you have a Mesa County Public Library card, you can download and use the Mango Languages app to learn Japanese for free!

Adorable and highly-rated Japanese language learning app for Android or Apple devices. Teaches vocabulary, writing, grammar, and listening at different levels and includes fun games to help you practice.

Available on Apple and Android devices, this app lets you practice reading Japanese news articles with a built in dictionary to help you with unfamiliar words and phrases.

Available at different learning levels on Android and Apple devices, this app provides well-rounded lessons that explain the language as well as teach the basic concepts. As is typical with language learning apps, initial content is free with the extended version available if you're willing to pay for it.

This article breaks out different types of Japanese language podcasts into learning levels.

Practice listening to easy Japanese sentences. It requires some existing knowledge to get started, but the sentences are said slowly and translations are available on the website: https://funjapaneselistening.wordpress.com/category/unit1-dictation/.

Placing an emphasis on natural language use, the Japanese used in this podcast may not sound quite like your textbook. It also includes English-language explanations of the grammar and Japanese culture.

Short clips emphasize the pronunciation of specific words and phrases in Japanese, demonstrate them in example sentences, and slow down the audio to allow you to shadow the native speaker

A wide variety of topics are covered in these recorded live-streams of Japanese lessons. They also have an app and website (japanesepod101.com) with some free lesson content, though more advanced access to lessons requires payment.

These videos introduce how to write Japanese and also the grammar concepts from the Genki textbook series in a clear and easily understood manner. The videos do include some advertising for Yuko-sensei's courses.

Do you like anime and video games? This video series breaks down lines from both to help you understand Japanese and also what everyday people do and don't say in Japan.