Japanese Study Aids

First up is Hiragana Times, a magazine all about Japan, with English and Japanese (including furigana). What I've read so far was quite interesting, and I think these will be useful for picking up and reading when I'm not studying from a textbook.

The next item is Catchy Japanese Phrases. Whether you're visiting Japan or living in Japan these phrases will be helpful. I've already picked up a few to use in daily life. Each phrase can be cut out to carry with you.

This is something I've seen before and always wondered why we didn't use these in French class, or any other class for that matter, back in the UK.

The idea behind Check Set and Check Age is that you write or highlight answers in red or green pen. Then you take a red or green plastic card and put it over the top of the page, hiding the text you've just written or highlighted. It makes it very helpful for quick question and answer study.

Lastly we have 2 sets of study cards; Basic Nouns and Opposite Words. The idea of these cards is to ask a question or have a sentence containing a mystery word. You have to guess the answer and check the correct answer on the other side of the card. The big pictures make it fun and it's great for playing with between actual study.

Thanks again to J-List for letting me try these study aids.