Considerations for Developing Web Pages for Japanese Students

Designing Web Pages for Japanese Learners

• Guidelines for Designing a Good Web Site for ESL Students
  • iteslj.org/Articles/Kelly-Guidelines.html
    All of these points also apply when designing pages specifically for Japanese students.

• Covering Problems that Japanese Students Have
  • www.manythings.org/fq/1/6998.html - A Quiz Made from Mistakes Made by Japanese University Students
    Easy to answer since there are only 2 choices, but helpful for learning. The distractor is an actual mistake made by a Japanese student.

• Covering Pronunciation Problems
  • www.manythings.org/pp - Minimal Pairs that Cause Japanese Students Problems

• Covering Grammar Patterns as Frequently Taught in Japanese Schools
  • www.manythings.org/rs - Fun with Randomly-Generated Sentences

• Exposing Japanese EFL Students to Things that Native Speakers Would See
  • www.manythings.org/signs - Reading Signs in English
    Photos of signs in the USA
  • iteslj.org/guides/dining.html - Restaurant Row
    Navigating and finding information on a Website designed for native speakers.
  • aitech.ac.jp/~offner/travelesson/TPindex.html - Travel Plans for Conversation Practice

• Exposing Japanese EFL Students to Popular English Word Games
  • Hangman
    • www.manythings.org/hmf - Flash Hangman Games
    • www.manythings.org/hmjs - JavaScript Hangman Games for ESL Students
    • www.manythings.org/hmj - Java Hangman Games for ESL Students
  • Crossword Puzzles
    • www.manythings.org/cs - Flash Crossword Puzzles for Studying English Vocabulary
    • http://iteslj.org/cw - Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students

• Making Use of Cellphones
  • www.manythings.org/i - Vocabulary Study Using a Cell Phone

Ideas for Bilingual Pages

• Activities for ESL Students (Japanese Language Interface)
  • a4esl.org/j/

• ケリー兄弟のインターネット上の英語教材 (The Kelly Brothers' English Study Materials on the Internet)
  • www.manythings.org/j

• インターネットTESLジャーナル - ESL教員用教材および学生用アクティビティーの紹介
  An Introduction to The Internet TESL Journal's Things for ESL Teachers and Activities for ESL Students)
  • iteslj.org/j

• Customized Page for Our Own Students
  aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/esl/ - English Study for Incoming Freshmen