MHC Languages

""Japan, My Love" is an audio drama. In each lesson of the drama, you can learn a useful expression. By the time you reach the end of the series, you will have mastered 100 handy expressions! "

Listen online or podcast of NHK (from Japan) content in 17 languages.

Japanese language podcast from radio station in Australia

"Welcome to DIALANG where you can test your language abilities in 5 skills in 14 European languages. DIALANG is a language diagnosis system developed by many European higher education institutions. It reports your level of skill against the Common European Framework (CEF) for language learning. DIALANG's skills are reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary DIALANG's languages are Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish-gaelic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Instructions as well as tests are available in all these languages."

The Questionmark Perception assessment management system enables educators and trainers to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams.

"We Follow" list shows the Tweeters in Japanese that have the most influence and the most followers.

Japan Times feeds on Twitter. Tweets about Japan in English.

Lollipops' (cartoon character) feed on Twitter. Tweets in Japanese.

Gachapin's (a cartoon character) Twitter feed. Tweets in fairly simple Japanese.

Yomiuri newspaper twitter feed. In both Japanese and English.

Lists some suggested people to follow in Twitter who tweet in Japanese for the purpose of learning the language.

Japanese politician on Twitter (tweets in Japanese).

News bites on Twitter (about Japan, in English).

Clickable IPA chart that allows you to put together a transcription to copy and paste into another document.

IPA Writer is a free online tool to transcribe phonetics using the IPA. It is powerful, yet simple. Clicking on an IPA character adds it to the end of the "IPA result" textbox at the top of the page. The IPA Writer is separated into four parts. Vowels, consonants, other consonants and diacritics/suprasegmentals.

PeerCentered is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight. PeerCentered also features a podcast. If you are interested participating in the podcast, contact Clint.

"Welcome to TACON Online - the new TESOL Arabia International Conference & Exhibition portal! This interactive platform brings the TESOL Arabia conference to the world. It offers you a way to connect with teachers across the campus and around the globe. Use this new site to follow the conference, to participate in forums about hot topics in the field, to view select plenary and featured sessions, to upload and download presentation handouts, and more. "

Online courses in critical languages available for students for individual study ($79 for 6-month subscription) or to schools as course supplement. Includes Portuguese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Kurdish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Site also offers opportunity for free access if volunteering as beta tester for new courses.

"The Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE), established in Toronto in June 1988, actively promotes Japanese language education in Canada. We operate a variety of activities including an annual conference, lectures, workshops, and the publication of academic journals and newsletters."

GoldVarb is a Macintosh™ application for carrying out variable rule analysis and associated data manipulations and displays.