What are some iPad games that help in studying Japanese?

Question:

Since it's summer, I thought about learning a new language, because I have nothing do to in particular, and I have no friends to go hang out with, so I thought I'd just try to learn a new language because it would be fun, so i decided on learning Japanese.

So does anyone know any iPad apps(games) that help in learning Japanese.

P.S they're supposed to be fun, not boring :s. Please and thank you.

~ Masako

Answer:

Unfortunately none. The apps only have a little bit of vocab, but if you really wanna learn Its best to learn Japanese on a learning website because the good ones teach "casual Japanese which is used 99% of the time. The following websites are the best websites for the following reasons,

http://www.123japanese.com
★★★★★

- Teaches FULL Japanese lesson FREE
- Polite, Casual and slang Japanese (all Japanese)
- Fully explains lessons
- Teaches kanji and kana aswell
- Has video lessons
- Books
- Largest vocabulary list
- A forum
- Lots of other study materials

They also have a youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/123japanesecom



http://www.japanesepod101.com
★★★★

- Has many lessons and study aids
- polite and casual Japanese
- unfortunately not free, you only get 1 week free trial (but just keep signing up with fake email)


http://www.maggisensei.com
★★★★

- It teaches random lessons
- Detailed lessons on wide variety of topics
- Casual and polite Japanese
- You can find a lot of stuff here you wont find anywhere else


What to stay away from.

- books. : books only teach polite Japanese and usually have general translations rather than explanations. Polite Japanese isn't even used in casual speach, and books don't have a lot of information.

- Websites with not a lot of explanations: when learning a language, its easier if you get a good detailed explanation on the translation of something because a lot of times, something can't be directly translated.