What online resources are best for students of Japanese?

Question

I can read katakana and hiragana, but I only know a few kanji. I'm looking for resources to help me with japanese grammar, vocab, and comprehension (something that would help me learn to read easy manga in japanese would be great :D) I'm at a beginner-to-intermediate level. I don't have enough money to subscribe to a site, but I reckon I can persuade my parents to pay for a textbook, if that's the best option for learning on your own.

I'm 16 and I'm starting Japanese as part of my International Baccelaureate in September. Since I've already been studying the language at home, I've been told that if I can pass a Japanese GCSE early in the course then the teacher will continue to teach me up to an A level. This would be amazing because my dream is to continue studying japanese and I wouldn't be able to without an A level. So I'm serious about this! :) (Has anyone else here done the Japanese Standard IB, btw? How did you find it?)

Answer 1

Oh wow, I use to be in the IB program but I dropped out but while I was in the IB program I studied japanese all through out high school and it's amazing! You can also take the japanese language proficiency which is always held in december and looks great for college and job resumes. Well, anyways I'm going to school in Japan in the fall so hit me up if you have any questions peace!

Answer 2

If you want to read Japanese story, try this site.

http://yozora.kazumi386.org/9/1/ndck913....

This is a story fo children part of Aozora Bunko, a similar attempt of Project Gutenberg.

There are only a few kanji in those stories, but please notice some of them are written in a little old Japanese.

(They are free because they are old enough to not necessarily to think about copyright.)

I recommend Gon Gitsune, many Japanese Children read it in the textbook.

http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000121/fil...

Answer 3

There are a whole bunch of free resources online, some of them are pretty good and cover kanji as well as basic Japanese. Here is a list of links to various sites online, most of them are free http://learningjapaneselanguage.blogspot...