Educational Resource List

http://www.oneminutelanguages.com/

From the website: “Welcome to One Minute Languages where you can learn the basics of a language in a matter of minutes.”

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=189

Victor Mair, a deservingly respected scholar, discusses Chinese reading pedagogy and ways to promote character reading through more effective use of romanization.

http://www.languagerealm.com/index.php

From the website: “The Language Realm is a vast, free Web resource for language reference, learning, and study. Whether you’re learning Spanish or Japanese, or want to find a good quotation or proverb, curious about the translation profession, you’ll find what you want here.”

http://www.pinyin.info/index.html

From the website: “This website is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the Chinese languages and how romanization can be used to write languages traditionally associated with Chinese characters (such as Japanese, Korean, and especially Mandarin Chinese).”

http://nealrc.osu.edu/studyineastasia/default.cfm

From the website: “For American students to access information about East Asian institutes and American institutes that offer study abroad programs in East Asia, as well as scholarships and financial aids for study abroad. Select from the links to the left to begin your journey to Asia.”

http://www.aasianst.org

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS)—the largest society of its kind, with approximately 7,000 members worldwide—is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia.

http://waoe.org/president/presentations/JALT2006.html

From the website: “Japan Association for Language Teaching JALT 2006 International Conference
Kitakyushu International Conference Centre, Kokura, Japan (3 November 2006)
a presentation by Steve McCarty”

http://pod-efl.wikispaces.com/Japancasting

From the website: “Podcasting, Coursecasting, & Web 2.0 Technologies for Research by Steve McCarty, Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
President (1998-2007), World Association for Online Education (WAOE)”