Introduction
Welcome to the Japanese Online Self-Help Utility, or JOSHU for short.
In Japanese, JOSHU literally means "assistant",
or "tutor",
which is what this website attempts to do to anyone
interested in learning the Japanese language.
JOSHU was first created by Nan Puthaaroon for
her creative thesis as one of the Plan II requirements. Various
students from UT Austin Japanese Program, including
F. Bickerstaff (Student Technology Assistant),
L. Jones (STA), K.
Goetz (STA), Tan
Nguyen, A. Young, E. Capps, L. Yangyingxong,
J. Orland, L. O'Connell, C. Leng (student developer), A. LaGuette (student developer), M. Rogoysk, N. Kim, J. Wang, V. Simms, A. Stites, E. Allen, B. Contreras, L. Yang, E. Granados, E. Smith, A. Juarez, K. Wang, and Y. Watanabe, assisted in developing this site. TAs, graders, and instructors at UT Austin, including K. Kawachi, A. Hoshino, T. Imai, S. Wakao, Y. Yaguchi, M. Megumi, S. Oshima, K. Abe, T. Motoike, K. Sakamoto, S. Tsujii, M. Togo, K. Amano, M. Amano, F. Bai (programming), M. Leonard, T. Sakuma, C. Cooke, and Y. Aida also assisted in developing this site. JOSHU
is supported by a grant from the UT Austin Liberal
Arts Instructional Technology Services. The grammar video section is supported by a ~FAST Tex grant from the UT Austin DIIA (Division of Instructional Innovation & Assessment).
Japanizing Your Computer: How to set up your PC/Mac's internet browsers, e-mail
programs, fonts, etc. to read and output Japanese.
How to type in Japanese (365): Instructions and practice quiz
Textbooks and References:
- Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese by Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, 3rd
edition © 2006 McGraw-Hill
- Yookoso! Continuing with Contemporary Japanese by Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, 3rd
edition © 2006 McGraw-Hill
- An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese by Akira Miura & Naomi
Hanaoka McGloi, revised edition © 2008, The Japan Times
- Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese by Eri Banno, et al, 2nd edition © 2011, The Japan Times
- Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese by Eri Banno, et al, 2nd edition © 2011, The Japan Times
- A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar by Seiichi Makino & Michio Tsutsui
© 1986 & 1989, The Japan Times
- A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar by Seiichi
Makino & Michio
Tsutsui © 1995 & 1996, The Japan Times
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UT Austin Japanese Program,
Please direct any comments/suggestions to 水藤直子 (Naoko Suito) at ”n.suitoアットaustin.utexas.edu" (replace "アット" with "@")
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