Application for Studying Chinese or Japanese

[TimTime34]

When I was taking a Chinese course in college, both the professor and the more advanced students highly recommended subscribing to the website Skritter. It has a unique software application that helps you practice the stroke order of your Chinese or Japanese characters.

The muscle memory of writing characters is key to remembering the kanji / characters, and I found Skritter to be immensely helpful to passing the class.

A subscription is only like $10 a month, and it's database has hundreds and hundreds (if not thousands) of langauge textbooks registered in it's memory: meaning that you can automatically sync YOUR textbook to Skritter's program, and it will alot the characters you need to learn, lesson by lesson. It was very convenient, and I was surprised to find that the exact textbook I was using for the class was already fully uploaded in it's database.

While skritter is best used with a touchpad, it can also be used with a mouse, although too much of this is hard on the wrists if you don't have an ergonomic setup at your computer station.

Check it out my friends

[xTinx]

I know a smattering of Japanese words and phrases which I learned through constantly watching Japanese animations and movies. I plan to enrol in a Japanese language class one of these days. For now, though, I busy myself using Obenkyo and Japanese Lite to further my understanding of the language and the way it is spoken. These apps can be downloaded via Google Play.

[TEFL-Commando]

The main apps I've used for learning Chinese/Japanese have been on the iOS Store. I normally go for the 'for dummies' series of language apps. You can listen to samples of a person pronouncing a word. Of course it comes with full definitions, applications, etc.