To save Fabrice some time...
The 59 Japanese GLOSS lessons (levels 1-3) are available to the public free of charge at: http://gloss.dliflc.edu/search.aspx
Global Language Online Support System is part of the US Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center. (Nukemarine and ZerOrange just took their exams and recommended the resource.)
I think it's worth visiting the site to see if you enjoy and would benefit from the associated activities. To give you some idea, one radio news lesson is listed as taking 1. 5 hrs, but I suspect it won't take that long.
The 59 Japanese GLOSS lessons (levels 1-3) are available to the public free of charge at: http://gloss.dliflc.edu/search.aspx
Global Language Online Support System is part of the US Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center. (Nukemarine and ZerOrange just took their exams and recommended the resource.)
GLOSS Wrote:GLOSS online language lessons are developed for independent learners to provide them with the learning/teaching tools for improving their foreign language skills. Reading and listening lessons are based on authentic materials (articles, TV reports, radio broadcasts, etc.) and consist of 4 to 6 activities. The motivating tasks are accompanied with in-depth feedback that provide learners with thorough explanations and tutoring just like an attentive and experienced teacher would do.Each lesson has about 5 different interactive activities (with some vocab and notes) relating to the main article, news story, etc. [edit: I'm guessing the link contains] the Japanese main text, translation and audio for some # of lessons.
I think it's worth visiting the site to see if you enjoy and would benefit from the associated activities. To give you some idea, one radio news lesson is listed as taking 1. 5 hrs, but I suspect it won't take that long.
Edited: 2010-11-29, 8:28 pm