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Learning Karate  We teach Isshinryu karate to teenagers and adults. .
JAPANESE TABLE. Please contact Becki Young monthly meeting to speak Japanese and enjoy delicious Japanese food at Uni Sushi, Dupont Circle. All levels of Japanese speakers welcome.
Chinese Professional Club

(CPC) in Greater Washingtion D.C. is a non-profit, non-political social club

Asian Reading Room is the primary public access point for researchers seeking to use the Asian collections of the Library of Congress in the many languages of Asia

 

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Academic / Education Organizations

English as a Second Language

  • English Now, Inc. - Bethesda - teaching conversational English to adults in small groups.

  • International Language Institute - specializes in English as a Second Language (ESL) and cross-cultural communication for business and government.

  • Lado Enterprises - offering language training for the college-bound student and the Lado Certificate for people who wish to become teachers of English.

  • National Graduate University - Arlington - providing English and citizenship instruction to international students of all levels of proficiency.

 

Government

Funding

  • Community of Science - boasting the largest database of grants on the Web, including student funding opportunities (355 matches for the keyword of "architecture" alone). Available only to University of Virginia users through this link.

  • fastWEB (Financial Aid Search on The WEB) - allows user to set up a personalized profile that will match specific skills, and abilities, and interests to fastWEB's database of over 400,000 scholarships

  • FINAID - The SmartStudent (TM) Guide to Financial Aid   the closest thing to a definitive source for student aid information. FinAid has a stellar reputation in the educational community as the best Web site of its kind. It's comprehensive, it's informative, it's objective and it's the first stop on the Web for students looking for ways to finance their education.

  • Fulbright Scholars Program for Graduate Study and Research Abroad - University of Virginia students must apply through the University's Fulbright coordinator, which is the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies (contact Maebelle Morris at 924-3728).  Annual deadline for UVa applications is normally mid September.

  • MOLIS (Minority On-Line Information Service) Scholarships - provides information about scholarship opportunities for qualified minority applicants.

  • The Scholarship Page - a searchable scholarship database

  • Scholarship Search - searchable database for scholarships, loans, internships and other financial aid programs from noncollege sources that match your education level, talents, and background.

  • Scholarship Resource Network Express   - searchable database of private scholarships designed to assist students identify sources for undergraduate through postgraduate study. This database also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.

  • Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) -yet another searchable database available only to University of Virginia users through this link.

  • studyabroad.com - an online source for international education  information.

Grant and Scholarship Organizations (including travel grants):

  • American Association of University Women Educational Foundation - Funds pioneering research on girls and education, community action projects, and fellowships and grants for outstanding women around the globe

  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)- Scholarships and funding for foreign students, graduates, and academics

  • International Education Financial Aid - Financial aid information for students wishing to study in a foreign country.   Offers listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist students in their pursuit to study abroad.

  • Lemmermann Foundation - Scholarships  to University students to study in Rome to carry out research and prepare their theses concerning Rome and the Roman culture from the Pre-Roman period to the present day time in the classical studies.

  • Rotary Foundation - programs include the Ambassadorial Scholarships, established in 1947, of which  primary objective  is to promote international understanding as the scholars are expected to serve as ambassadors of goodwill during the term of their scholarships

  • Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral Scholars Program - goal of program is to increase the number of minorities who have doctorates and will become faculty members in colleges and universities.

  • Morris K. Udall Foundation - The Morris K. Udall Foundation works to improve U.S. national environmental policy by providing financial assistance to scholars who are pursuing studies in environmental public policy or Native American tribal or health policy, and through the promotion of environmental conflict resolution

Student opportunity

Japanese specific

Hiragana 

Katakana

Learn

Hiragana Chart

Print out for practice:

Blank Worksheet - vertical

Blank Worksheet - horizontal

Hiragana Practice Sheet

Katakana Practice Sheet

Test yourself

Hiragana Flashcards

Hiragana to English quiz

Dictation Quiz

Learn

Katakana Chart

Comparison Hiragana-Katakana

Test yourself

Katakana word test (audio)

Kanji

Kanji Background

Official Tests

Learn

Test yourself

Names , History

JLPT - Jetro

Jack Halpern's Intro to Kanji

Kanji Drills using Java

History of Kanji

The Japanese Lang.Proficiency Test (JLPT)

Some of the Main Radicals

Kanji Flashcards (350)

Kanji Etymology

JLP Test in London

Online Learning Programme

Kanji Reading Practice (300)

Romanisation Problems

JLPT Vocab lists

Stroke order/how to draw in mov format

Flashcards Online(500)

The Fantasy of Abolishing Kanji

Practice JLPT Kanji - with explanation of each kanji

Learning Kanji

Kanji Flashcards (840; also in French)

How Japanese Names work

Jetro Business Japanese Test

 

Flashcard Organiser

Kanji Names Project (explaining some names )

 

Speaking

Listening

Simple Phrases with Audio (Romaji)

TBS news (uses Real audio & Mediaplayer)

Introductionary Japanese (with sound files) (Romaji)

Radio Japan

BBC Japanese Course

TV-Asahi (listen and read news articles)

Japanese in IPA

 

Vocabulary

Literature - Reading Practice

Online Vocab Learning Programme (with audio)

Manyoshu to Hayashi Fumiko - online texts

Some Basic Words (from ShinNihongo no Kiso)

MukashiBanashi - Folktales (uses Flash, but fast ); simple, with furigana

Vocubulary Drills & Exercises (in Kana only)

Folktales (uses Flash - text a bit unclear); more kanji

Vocab listed by Subject Area (Romaji)

Literature Resource Links

Vocabulary - kanji with English translation

Short stories & free texts (kanji only)

Vocabulary and Useful Phrases

Poetry (in Kanji with English translation)

Numbers and Counting

 

Martial Arts (Shorinji Kempo specific)

 

Onomatopoeic Words

 

Dictionaries

Quizzes - Assorted Tests

English- Japanese  (Kanji & Kana)

Newspaper Vocabulary (requires Shockwave plugin)

James Breen's Online Dictionaries

Assorted Quizzes - large range, Jap-Engl & Engl-Jap

List of Dictionaries

Game with Kanji

Kanji Browser - use in combination with Edict and Kanjidic

 

 

Thai Specific

Language

Background

Learning

Reference

Culture

Language

Vocabulary (with audio)

Tonechart

Linguistic/Cultural Interaction

History of the Language

Audio Resource Centre

Alphabet with sound files

Literature in Thai script, with audio

History of the Writing System

Alphabet

Grammar (non-standard romanisation)

   

Alphabet with Flashcards

Basic Language

   

Alphabet with stroke guide

     

Speaking/ Listening

Writing / Reading

Basic Conversations (romanised and Thai script)

Transliteration - SAMPA

Thai school kids recite a poem (audio - MP3)

Introduction to the Thai Alphabet

More stories - streamed MP3 bottom of page (index here)

Join a Discussion Forum

 

Some reading practice

 

Romanisation - Pronunciation Guide

Dictionaries

Music

Thai-Language.com - site down, and may be for a long while yet

Current songs with lyric sheets

Lexitron

Thai Music

Picture Dictionary (with Thai script)

Amazing Mosoland - Loso fanpage

 

Thai Top 100

 

Farside music company

 

Radio Stations

 

Song Lyrics - Thai and English




 

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