ReadJapaneseNews.com - an Innovative Tool For Intermediate to Advanced Japanese Learners

Feb. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- Osaka Red, LLC releases an innovative and powerful tool for Japanese language learning public, ReadJapaneseNews.com. The website works by analyzing current news stories from Japan and creating vocabulary lists per story, a feat that is not easily accomplished with Japanese's lack of spaces between words. Users can then sign up for free and chose any stories to study and quiz.

Each user can study or quiz themselves on any of the stories they chose or, alternatively, a global vocabulary list containing all the words from all the stories they have selected. The real power of the system is in the quizzing system. How many times a vocabulary was gotten right or wrong is remembered by the system. The vocabulary is then presented at an interval scientifically determined to promote memory retention. The quizzes may be started at any time and stopped and left any time and the user's progress will always be saved.

Making The Cut

There are several standardized Japanese proficiency tests out there, with the most popular likely being the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). This test offers valuable feedback on one's progress in the Japanese language and possible opportunities in business and academia. In addition to the JLPT, there is the Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT) and the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU), the former opening opportunities in the business world and the latter being required to enter Japanese universities for non-native speakers. There is also the more specialized Kanji Kentei. All of these tests differ in important ways, but share a common challenge for the Japanese learner - emphasis on vocabulary and reading and writing. By their very nature, tests require a great deal of reading and the more quickly and accurately the Japanese learner can read, the better his or her prospects on the test.

The creator of ReadJapaneseNews.com, Thomas J. Webb created this website initially as a way to help himself improve his reading skills and vocabulary. His spoken Japanese was good, having regular opportunities to practice Japanese with his wife, along with Japanese friends and business partners. However, being an avid reader, he was frustrated by feeling closed off from the wonderful world of Japanese literature. "I knew what I needed. I'm past the level where most CDs and books on Japanese in bookstores can help me. I need to get to where doing something fun for me - reading - can improve my Japanese. So I made this thing for me. If this helps others out there, that would be awesome," said Thomas.

Opportunities for Educators and eLearning Webmasters

ReadJapaneseNews.com's technology is also available to those who are running their own Japanese learning websites. ReadJapaneseNews.com offers a REST-based application programming interface, allowing partners to create vocabulary lists of their own and utilize ReadJapaneseNews.com's Japanese-parsing, quizzing and other algorithms in their own site.

ReadJapaneseNews.com also offers reseller programs. Not just other webmasters, but educators and those wishing to make their product just a little more attractive can buy credits wholesale from Osaka Red, LLC and resell or bundle them. Whether you're an educator, webmaster or provider of training in Japanese, this innovative tool to exercise the vocabulary and reading muscles can round out your offering.

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