Learn to Speak Japanese Online

Article by Thomas P. Walton (2,570 pts )
Edited & published by Rebecca Scudder (13,042 pts ) on Jan 7, 2009

Listening to online audio can improve your Japanese. It’s the easy way to learn how to speak Japanese! Here a ways to listen to Japanese conversation online- and test your comprehension, hear hiragana and katakana syllables, and even convert English to romaji.

Learn to Speak Japanese Online

Listening to Japanese conversation online is a free way to learn to speak Japanese online. It is the easy way to learn to speak Japanese. Start testing your basic and intermediate listening skills and comprehension in Japanese. Click here to listen to a Japanese language conversation. Click on a link to any of the lessons provided on the web page. An audio player will appear on the screen. Click on the play button to start the audio lesson. After listening to an audio lesson (with some pictures that hint at the conversation), click on the link below the audio player to take a multiple choice quiz and test your Japanese language comprehension.

Speak Japanese Online with a Hiragana Audio Player

Go here to read hiragana and listen to the pronunciation of each syllable. There are 46 hiragana syllables to practice. Simply move your mouse-pointer over a hiragana character and left-click on the hiragana one time. An audio file will promptly play the pronunciation of the hiragana. Try speaking the hiragana by yourself, and then click on one to check your progress. You’ll be a step closer to learning to speak Japanese. So get started speaking Japanese online as soon as you decide to start learning Japanese.

Speak Japanese Online with Hiragana and Katakana Syllables

The best way to learn Japanese online is to start listening to a native speaker pronounce the proper syllables. A program online can help you get started. You can learn to speak Japanese online by comparing both hiragana and katakana syllables. You will need to have Flash Player plug-ins installed on your computer to view files containing characters and sounds made by Adobe Flash.

Another great tool for learning to speak Japanese online is to use the katakana chart! If you’re not already familiar with the most basic katakana, shame on you! Get started by clicking on a sample word written in katakana. When you click on the word your browser will go to another page where you can read the English equivalent of the katakana. A play button allows you to listen to the pronunciation of the word. Using this free online tool will allow you to hear the word, and also comprehend its meaning at the same time. You’ll notice that there is some text next to the English definition of the word. This is romaji. Romaji is the Japanese transliteration of the characters into Romanized letters. For example, the word “data” is preceded by the following Romaji “deeta”. Romaji helps you to pronounce the correct sound when you read katakana or hiragana. If you aren’t sure about the spelling of Romaji, or you don’t know how to pronounce it in English, try this free online converter program. Convert English to Romaji to see how the sounds are transliterated into the Romanized form of Japanese writing.

 
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