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Japan-Specific Lists

Gakusei lists
From the University of Hawaii, various mailing lists for students of Japanese to talk to each other worldwide. The subscription address for all lists is listproc@hawaii.edu

Gakusei-L for students with 1-2 yrs. of study, discussion in romaji
Gakusei2-L for students with 2-3 yrs. of study, discussion in romaji
Gakusei3-L for advancedstudents and native speakers, discussion in romaji
GakuseiK-L for students with 1-2 yrs. of study, discussion in kanji/kana
Gakusei2K-L for students with 2-3 yrs. of study, discussion in kanji/kana
Bunpou-L A forum for students of Japanese to discuss Japanese grammar in English
Sensei-L A forum for teachers of Japanese who are using the Gakusei Lists in their classes

H-ASIA
LISTSERV@UICVM.BITNET
Or go to http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-Asia
Asian History list

H-JAPAN
LISTSERV@UICVM.BITNET
Or go to http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-Japan
List devoted to Japanese history, sociology, etc.

HONYAKU
Send a blank message to honyaku-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
For Japanese/English translators

JHL-L
Send a blank message to JHL-L-subscribe@egroups.co.jp
For ATJ Japanese as a Heritage Language (JHL) Special Interest Group

JTIT-L
Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology
listserv@lists.psu.edu
Or go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=jtit-l&A=1

For Japanese dialog for 10-15 year olds -- The subscription address for both lists is LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU
KIDCAFE-JAPANESE Dialog in Japanese (age 10-15 only)
Or go to http://listserv.nodak.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=kidcafe-japanese&A=1
KIDLEADER-JAPANESE For KIDLINK Adult Leaders in Japanese
Or go to http://listserv.nodak.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=kidleader-japanese&A=1

KINEJAPAN
listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Discussion of Japanese film

NIHONGO
Japanese Language Discussion List
Listserv@utkvm1.utk.edu
with no subject and the line: SUB Nihongo
Info page: http://web.utk.edu/~lacure/

Linguistics/Pedagogy Lists

AltaiNet
Devoted to Altaic languages and linguistics
Follow the instruction at http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Manchu/discuss.html

FLTEACH
listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
Foreign Language Teaching Forum -- for foreign language teachers at all educational levels and across geographic boundaries

LCTL-T
listserv@umn.edu
Discussion list for teachers of less commonly taught languages
Also refer to http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/resources/listservs.html

LTEST-L
Language Testing Research and Practice
listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
Or go to http://f05n16.cac.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=ltest-l&A=1

NikoNiko Net
NikoNiko Net is an on-line community of professionals involved in teaching Japanese at the pre-college level.
Fill our the subscription form at http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/nikoniko/core-ne/subscribe.html

SenseiOnline
Send a blank message to senseionline-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
For teachers of Japanese, with special emphasis on use of online resources in the classroom

SLART-L
listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Second Language Acquisition Research and Teaching
Or go to http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=SLART-L&H=LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU

Other Listserv Resources

Yamada Language Center: Japanese Mailing lists
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/lists/japanese.html

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