How are you preparing for, or reviewing, your Japanese classes?

On the internet you can find sites containing supplementary learning materials to help you prepare for, or to review, lessons from certain textbooks.

Obviously, not all Japanese textbooks are covered, but the available sites can be very useful ーnot only for lesson preparation and review, but also to help you prepare for quizzes.

Let's look at some study websites designed to run alongside the "Genki" series of textbooks.

"GENKI"
Writers: Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa & Kyoko Tokashiki
Publisher: The Japan Times

Genki-Online Self-study Room

This site is part of Genki-Online.
・GENKI Videos
・GENKI Apps
・GENKI Drills
In ‘GENKI Drills,’ you can practice vocabulary, conjugation, and kana/kanji for each lesson using tools like Quizlet.
You can also watch videos here.

Nihongo Kikusasaizu!（Introduction article）

This is a site where you can practice listening from ‘Genki’ while watching anime. The anime is set at a university in Canada and shows the daily lives of college students.

Usagi-chan's Genki Resource Page（Introduction article）

You can study ‘Genki’ vocabulary and kanji here, so this site is useful for learning and reviewing.

uPal: Associative Kanji Learning（Introduction article）

Using this site you can study the kanji learned by elementary school students in Japan and textbooks such as ‘Genki’, ‘Minna no Nihongo’ ‘Nakama’,’Yokoso’ and ‘Marugoto.’ More than simple a kanji dictionary, this site is more like a kanji database, complete with tons of example sentences and quizzes.