So, I’ve been slowly working on a reorganisation of the second half of the list. As I thought and @Kumirei knew, things don’t seem to be fitting so nicely into the categories. So far I have the 目次 [Table of Contents] arranged as these core catagories:
- Kana
- Textbooks
- Online textbooks
- Paid online textbooks
- Physical textbooks
- Kanji
- Online dictionaries
- Software
- Reading
- Children’s stories/books
- News
- Manga
- Listening
- News
- Anime
- Podcasts
- YouTube
- Writing
- Speaking
- Shadowing
- Native practise
I placed Listening and Reading before Writing and Listening. I thought they would be easier to begin with. People who are just starting can immerse themselves in Japanese without needing to know too much and can still enjoy the content without putting in too much thought and time. I also believe it is important to have these resources from the start, as listening comprehension of a foreign language can be hard, especially if it sounds unfamiliar to the ear.
I have found a few resources for listening practise and that also compliment these thoughts. I tried to shy away from linking forums and include suggestions as direct links.
MyKikitori - http://mykikitori.com/
FluentU - Improve Your Japanese Listening Skills with 10 Popping Practice Tips | FluentU Japanese
UVIC - Japanese Listening Comprehension Exercises
Nihon no Uta - http://nihon-no-uta.jp/
AI Talk - http://www.ai-j.jp/
RhinoSpike - https://rhinospike.com/
Japanese Songs Hamada - Japanese Songs
JapanesePod101 - Learn Japanese - Japanese Listening Comprehension for Beginners p1
Currently, speaking is the smallest section. I understand the best practise, second to full immersion, is language shadowing. Hopefully, in the future, EtoEto will be the first recommendation, but for now if anyone has more resources for this, I think this category is in need of expanding. I’ve only found a few promising resources. Obviously, there is Skype and other such services that allow you to speak with native Japanese people, but I still think this section could come with less of a barrier for beginners.
WeSpeke - https://www.wespeke.com/learn-languages-online/learn-japanese.html
An article with silly pictures of Koichi - https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/practicing-japanese-to-insanity/
Also, thanks for the suggestion, @AmethystPersona0. : )
[Edit] These categories are supposed to encompass all the content in this list, so if you have any objections, say so!
[Edit 2] Some updates to the 目次 as per @audball’s suggestions.
- Added Online dictionaries section
- Added Software section
- Speaking is now broken into a Shadowing category and a Native practise category
- Handwriting category was added to the Writing section
I think you are right that there should be a Japanese culture section or something similar. Many of the YouTube channels are in English. When I was thinking of categorising them I had in mind other threads, such as this.