Archive for the ‘DS game’ Category

I have learnt both Hiragana and Katagana. But in order to practice them I found a fun way, using my DS. Got a DS game - Anpaman Toasobo A-I-U-E-O kyoushitsu.

The game is targeted for young Japanese children (perhaps kindergarteners). I find the game a great way to practice the Japanese writings, reading and also learn some Japanese vocabularies for beginners like myself.

Plenty of minigames - fill in the missing hiragana, add the dakuten, read the words (use the microphone), choose the card, and much more.

I am still looking for more games like these. The more fun it is to learn Japanese, the better.

I have been studying Japanese on and off. I know some words and I could read a little hiragana. Now I have decided to pick up the nice language back again. I saw that there were many educational games being sold for the Nintendo DS so I looked for something that can aid me with my Japanese learning. That’s when I found “My Japanese Coach”.

I have been using it for sometime now and so far I am liking it a lot. You will be coached by this sweet Japanese lady called Haruka.

She will give a step by step guide. First few lessons was about memorizing important words. Like colours, days, months, numbers etc. At every ending of a lesson there will be games to be played. You will have to collect points from every correct answer you give. Once you have enough points to go to the next stage, a new lesson or eve a new game will be unlocked for you. She will also insert writing lessons in between where you can start learning to read the Kana - Hiragana and Katakana. For me, she gives quite clear explanations.

You will go up the rank ladder as you progress. Baby to toddler to pre-schooler and so on. Ehem, I am currently a pre-schooler.

If you really practice after some time you will be able to write a little Japanese.

And of course you will be able to read some words.

Oh, it is also given how a letter or word is pronounced when you touch on a letter or word. If you want you can even record your own voice pronouncing the word and compare.

Learning a new language cannot be more fun! A DS game is not all you should rely on when you want to learn a new language. You still need to have a good text book and perhaps a real teacher. But “My Japanese Coach” is indeed a good supplementary way of learning the language.