Some useful links / Quelques liens utiles / Ein Paar interessante Links / おもしろいリンクス:
Note: if you want to browse sites in a foreign language, but also would like to check easily words you don’t know, see here for a suggestion.
外国語のサイトを読んで、わからない言葉をかんたん調べる方法はここです。
* General
- Books in Japanese, English and German: amazon.co.jp
- To practice reading/listening to English, French, German, Japanese, etc.: Lingq
- To practice English, French, German, Japanese, etc: Smart.fm
* English / 英語
- Wikipedia’s Simple English site: simple.wikipedia.org
- Wiktionary’s Simple English site: simple.wiktionary.org (online dictionary)
- Wikibooks site: en.wikibooks.org (educational textbooks and manuals; level: intermediate to advanced)
- WikiJunior (non fiction for children or learners): en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior
- Wikisource site: en.wikisource.org(books and others; level: intermediate to advanced)
- For example: Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, etc.
- NHK World in English (podcasts, news about Japan in English, etc)
- Children songs in English
- Learning English with songs
- Mary Glasgow easy learner magazines (several levels in English, French and German) (出版社MaryGlasgow, 日本でも予約購読することできます）
- TED Talks (can also be subscribed for free as podcasts on iTunes)
- BBC radio podcasts
- CNN podcasts
- Canadian podcast directory
* French / Français / フランス語
- Podcasts in French: Radio Suisse Romande (from Switzerland), Radio France (from France)
- NHK World in French (podcasts): news (listen and read)
- RFI (Radio France International): Français Langue Etrangère FLE, y compris les informations en français facile
- Bien Dire (magazine)
- Mary Glasgow easy learner magazines (several levels in English, French and German) (出版社MaryGlasgow, 日本でも予約購読することできます）
- TSR Info (Swiss French TV news)
- TSR Video (Swiss French TV on-demand video)
- La nouvelle orthographe française
- Viapresse (subscription of French magazines, in French)
- Virgin Mega Presse (reading French magazines on your computer, in French)
- France-Japon.net (in French), including Forums (in French)
- Wikipedia’s French site: fr.wikipedia.org (level: intermediate to advanced)
- Wiktionary’s French site (Wiktionnaire): fr.wiktionary.org (online dictionary; level: intermediate to advanced)
- Wikibooks’ French site: fr.wikibooks.org (educational textbooks and manuals; level: intermediate to advanced)
- WikiJunior’s French site (non fiction for children or learners): fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior
- Wikisource’s French site (la bibliotèque libre): fr.wikisource.org(books and others; level: intermediate to advanced)
- For example, Jane Austen (traduction), Emile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, etc.
- 20 Minutes, e-version of the free Swiss newspaper (French version, level: intermediate to advanced)
- Comptines et chansons traditionnelles pour enfants (et pour adultes…)
* German / Deutsch / ドイツ語
- Podcasts in German and Swiss German (from Switzerland): Schweizer Radio DRS
- Podcasts in German (from Germany) Deutsche Welle, Deutsche Radio
- Podcasts for beginners by Deutsche Welle. For example “Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten”
- Deutsch Perfekt (Magazin)
- Mary Glasgow easy learner magazines (several levels in English, French and German) (出版社MaryGlasgow, 日本でも予約購読することできます）
- SF Tagesschau (Swiss German TV news)
- SF Video (Swiss German TV on-demand video)
- Hueber (German publisher)
- Langenscheidt (German publisher)
- Wikipedia’s German site: de.wikipedia.org (level: intermediate to advanced)
- Wiktionary’s German site (das freie Wörterbuch): de.wiktionary.org (online dictionary; level: intermediate to advanced)
- Wikibooks’ German site: de.wikibooks.org (educational textbooks and manuals; level: intermediate to advanced)
- WikiJunior’s German site (non fiction for children or learners): de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior
- Wikisource’s German site: de.wikisource.org(books and others; level: intermediate to advanced)
- For example, Goethe, etc.
- 20 Minuten, e-version of the free Swiss newspaper (German version, level: intermediate to advanced)
- Lebensmittel auf Deutsch (mit Fotos)
* About Switzerland / スイスについて
- Swissinfo (in English, German, French and also Japanese 日本語で）
- My Switzerland (formerly Swiss Tourism) in English, German, French and also Japanese 日本語で)
- Swissworld (in English, German French and also Japanese 日本語で)
* Travelling abroad / 海外旅行
- Dr Passport (bilingual Japanese –> English/German/French etc.