PlusOne Kana Pro Skills

Train yourself in the advanced kana skills required for handling the challenges of real-world Japanese. This course’s 20 targeted modules will arm you with the complete kana skill set. Ideal for anyone who has completed our PlusOne Japanese Hiragana and Katakana courses.

Author: Andrew Scott Conning & Fluency Forge

What You'll Learn

  • “Special Sounds“ katakana used in transcribing foreign sounds
  • How to easily distinguish between lookalike kana
  • Pronunciation and listening comprehension for tricky phonemes including the F consonant, devoiced vowels, and the moraic nasal
  • Reading kana iteration symbols, punctuation marks, letters of the alphabet, and initialisms
  • Dozens of skills required for keyboarding Japanese text, including how to overcome obstacles related to long vowels, moraic N, Z-row and D-row kana, small kana, irregular particles, tricky special sounds, tricky transliterations, irregular doubled consonants, and letters not used in romanized Japanese.

Features

  • Twenty targeted skill modules with clear instruction and intensive practice
  • Instant corrective feedback on every answer
  • Native Japanese audio for all activities
  • Automatic text conversion of alphabetic input to Japanese (no IME required)
  • Mixed drills prepare you for the real-world challenge of shifting between scripts
  • Randomized fonts accustom you to diverse typefaces used in Japanese media
  • Skill-level performance stats uncover opportunities for improvement
  • Comprehensive tests identify any skills requiring review
  • Enhanced backtracking lets you rapidly revisit problem skills
  • Custom study mode lets you create your own practice sets
  • Access to "Key to the Tokushuon" electronic publication and numerous activity-based flashcards

Course Content

10 sections · 2671 exercises

PlusOne Kana Pro Skills

  • Course Introduction

    1 Exercise

  • Special Sounds Katakana

    439 Exercises

  • Easily Confused Kana

    145 Exercises

  • Katakana Place Names

    115 Exercises

  • Keyboarding Modules

    339 Exercises

  • Pronunciation Modules

    335 Exercises

  • Reading Modules

    153 Exercises

  • Comprehensive Tests

    423 Exercises

  • Advanced Modules

    720 Exercises

  • Course Wrap-Up

    1 Exercise