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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Huh?! News on Wednesday?? Today at JapanesePod101.com, we are releasing a brand new, groundbreaking feature that will change the way you study Japanese! We have taken some of the best features of our Learning Center, and brought them to the iPod - the iLearning Center. To learn how to get started using the iLearning Center, including how to get a special 3-Day Free Pass, click here now!
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37 Responses to “News #29 - Introducing the iLearning Center”
Wednesday at 9:51 pm
Mina-san,
Since the launch of our Learning Center, we’ve had listener after listener tell us that they wished they could take the Learning Center on the go. Well now you can! We’re bringing some of the best features straight to your iPod with the iLearning Center! Please let us know what you think!
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Wednesday at 10:09 pm
This is an absolutely superb feature. You are bringing a truly innovative and exciting approach to language learning that I heartily applaud.
It’s just a shame that I simply cannot afford to pick up an iPod anytime soon, otherwise I would be sorely tempted to join in the fun and send a bit of cash your way. Those new Nanos look so delicious, too.
Keep up the excellent work.
Wednesday at 10:47 pm
This sounds nifty.
Less printing of PDFs and dragging paper around.
Thursday at 12:40 am
Really beautiful
This is the easiest way I ever learned a new language - already the podcasts make such a difference, the learning center with line-by-line, now this…
I had already decided to get a new iPod for myself (mine is old and has only 20 GB). Tonight, my husbands iPod just burned dead… hot to the touch, strange smell in the air, “sad iPod” icon on the screen
did this happen to anyone else? Just by transferring data, I mean, we didn’t put the guy in the oven 

Anyhow, we have ordered this morning 2 80GB iPods… I’m really excited
See to it that you get a bonus from Apple
… and when you’re ready with the beta version of the new “we-beam-it-directly-into-your-head” program, let me know… I’ll volunteer for testing it
Thursday at 1:01 am
This sounds awesome. I can’t wait to try it out.
Arigatou gozaimasu.
ネイト
Thursday at 2:00 am
I got everything working except the Line by Line.
I cant find them on my iPod.
Thursday at 2:09 am
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh i got it to work!! life is good again!!!!!
Thursday at 2:13 am
@PEETAAAA
You are doing a great job! I never believed that i could possibly learn japanese that fast!
Thank you and your whole team,
you are really amazing!
BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
….the portuguese were the first westerners in Japan, but you never mentioned(..i believe) ohayou Lisbon
Thursday at 2:18 am
I can’t seem to choose an answer in the ‘content questions’, I can read the answer in the ‘data’ menu though. Also there’s no grammar list in the iLearning which I think would be a good addition.
Apart from that iLearning is amazing.
Arigatou gozaimasu.
Thursday at 2:20 am
Congratulations guys, really amazing new tool, a new way to learn
The evolution of JPOD101 is unbelieved considering the relative youthfulness of the comunity
To bad what I don’t have a iPod, maybe the next year I can buy one
Thursday at 2:33 am
Harv-san,
Thanks for trying out the iLearning Center. Sorry you’re having problem choosing an answer in the content question section. Let’s take this offline. I will email you shortly.
We’re definitely plan on expanding the features available in the iLearning Center. We have lots more in store so stay tuned and keep the feedback coming.
Eran
Thursday at 4:45 am
Fantastic turn of events! You guys are the greatest.
Will the files be available on torrent? It’s a long job going back and finding each lesson and downloading the iNotes there.
Thanks again. Arigatou gozaimasu ne.
ロバート
Thursday at 4:59 am
My problems were my brain.
I kept looking for a Line-by-Line selection; and then bingo I clicked on a line in the Kanji and heard the Dialogue!!!!!
I should have drank more coffee this morning; some morning two cups are not enough!!
Very cool innovation!
Love&Kisses to all
Michael
Thursday at 5:28 am
Michael-san: Yes! It does help if you click on the link to get it to work
Happy to hear it’s all good now!
Harv-san: Nice chatting with you! Glad I was able to help solve your issue (even though you really figured it out yourself). Enjoy the new feature!
Thursday at 5:38 am
Thanks again Eran-san everything is working fine now. I’ll be travelling next week so iLearning is going to be really good help.
Harv
Thursday at 8:03 am
Fabulous idea! One of the greatest barriers I’ve had to using the learning center is that I have an internet connection only at work, not at home. Now all I have to do is get an iPod!
Thursday at 8:48 am
Eeee?
I haven’t listened to the program today, but I think you have let slip what the woman was thinking in the elevator!
Thursday at 8:48 am
Peter-san:
I’m just curious- Are you by any chance Filipino-American? Because I am as well.
Jel
Thursday at 10:59 am
Wow, works like a charm (at least after I figured out where the ‘notes’ folder is on my iPod. Iiya!)
I especially like that it’s so easy accessible. For comparison, I use iDaven, which loads the daily prayers in Hebrew onto the screen for easy reading. Since iPod does not offer Hebrew language support, the company had to engineer this complicated system of turning them into ‘pic’ files that must be loaded into iPhoto, etc.
Not so with Jpod. Wow: it’s all right there. Really amazed by it. No excuses now not to study anywhere, anytime. It’s a treasure.
Thursday at 1:59 pm
I don’t have an iPod
I can load the mp3s into my trusty e680i though, so that’s not so bad.
I’m curious about the ‘notes’ section though, what exactly does it do? I can see what it is from the note file, but I don’t exactly follow what all that code does.
Thursday at 2:52 pm
Listened to it all the way through and love it! I still don’t know why we’ve got the woman’s thoughts and not the man’s.
If anyone’s interested, I often make little flash cards for my e680i. They fill up the entire screen, and are great to flick through while one’s on the train, waiting for a bus or whatever. I’m sure they will work with an iPod photo/video.
They are just little jpg files I have made in photoshop. They have the Kanji in big letters (characters) and the kana writing under them.
(自分の対して)
たぶんpostが多すぎる。。。 早く逃げを!
Thursday at 5:14 pm
Wow, this sounds like a great feature! Something for my long train trips…
Finally got Internet in the new apartment btw, so now I’m back for good. Got a lot of catching up to do… Weeks and weeks of lessons. But I guess I’ll listen through all of them first, just to hear the amazing stories you write, and then listen again and again to really learn the stuff. Thanks again for all the work you put into JPOD!
Friday at 12:17 am
Airth-san, thanks for the support!
We really appreciate it.
Rdesiree-san, thanks for the great post and the laugh! We’re working on the telepathic learning center.
Please let us know how the new iPods turn out.
Nate-san, please let us know when you do!
Nanban-san, thanks for the great post!! But please thank yourself! It is you that has the drive to learn; we’re just showing you something interesting. Please keep the posts coming, and I’ll make sure to get around to the Portugese influence on Japan! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Hugo-san, thanks for the support! If you have a friend with an iPod, please test it out on their ipod.
Robert-san, thanks for the suggestion. We’re talking it over with the tech team. Please keep the posts coming.
Michael-san, great to hear!
Harv-san, also great to hear! Please let us know how it works out!
Max-san, you know us too well.
AB-san, I am still not sure how the formula goes, but I believe that I have most of the EU covered plus Russia.
Sean-san, great to hear from you! And thanks for the feedback. Yeah, the tech team did an amazing job with this. We have some really exciting content lined up for it. Any requests?
Max-san, did you catch yesterday’s episode.The man’s thoughts are in there. As for the notes section, it allows you to see all the transcripts, etc. plus play select audio.
Solvi-san, Okaeri! It’s great to have you back!!
Apologies if I missed any smilely faces.
Friday at 12:22 am
Peter-san,
You did it again. Hope you guys are keeping up with your patents. Well, what can I say, seems you guys have thought of everything.
Friday at 12:24 am
Ro-san, the tech team and content did an amazing job pulling this together. Thanks for the great feedback! It’s the feedback that makes it all worth it!
Friday at 6:40 am
great feature! that work perfectly with my old ipod, but not with my new ipod video, is there a reason?http://www.japanesepod101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
anyway, continue , you do a fantastic work!
kisses from Chamonix-mont blanc France
Friday at 7:01 am
Sylvie-san,
Hmmm, not really sure why it doesn’t work on your new iPod Video
It works well on my 5th generation video iPod. Do you have the one that just came out a few days ago (6th gen)?
Shoot me an email at support@japanesepod101.com with details on the issue and I’ll see if I can figure it out.
Thanks,
- Eran
Saturday at 4:13 am
Hello again
everything is okay: in fact, it take just a very very longer time to load the notes in the ipod video comparing to the old ipod. I just have to learn patience, thank you for the quick reply
Sunday at 1:52 pm
the iLearning Center sounds great!
i’ve found JapanesePod101 via the iTunes shop and i subscribed to the podcast, so i get automatic downloads.
i recently became a Premium Member to use the Self Study Learning Center to prepare for the JLPT this year.
I’m confused about how to get the iLearning Center content.
It’s not automatic, right?
Nobody else seems to be confused about it, so maybe I’m just stupid. (笑)
any suggestions?
宜しくお願いしま~す!
マーキー
Sunday at 7:15 pm
markysan, it’s easy: you go to the learning center page,it depend from where you begin: if you begin from the home page: select the lesson you want, and click on the learning center link , on the left you have under lesson specific: the name of the lesson and a few lines down: ilearning center: you click on it and at the right you have the links you want
you must select a lesson qith ilearning center materiel, only beginner or advances lessons from now on
Sunday at 7:51 pm
I was confused a bit at first as well, but I got some help by email from the JPod folks. Once you get to the Learning Center page for the particular lesson you are interested in, you’ll see that menu going down the left side of the screen. Beneath “Lesson Content”, you’ll see “iLearning Center” (under “Grammar List”). Click on “iLearning Center” and that will take you to the files you need to download and install on your iPod. I think it’s a little confusing because of the double usage of “Learning Center”.
Monday at 12:03 pm
Sylvie & DevonT
Thanks a lot! your explanations make sense.
so i’ll try it this afternoon.
i can’t wait to use this feature tomorrow on the 山手線!
Tuesday at 2:15 am
what does everyone think?
should i stop downloading automatically?
my impression is that downloading manually will be better.
i’m afraid of having duplicates on my iPod, since it uses up memory.
also, as a suggestion, can your tech team write a script that installs the notes/audio files automatically?
マーキー
Thursday at 10:05 am
What a great resource!
I’ve been trying the iLearning feature on my daughter’s Nano. Works fine, but the characters are very small…especially the Kanji.
Would the display be easier to read on an iPod Video, or will the characters be the same size as on the Nano?
Another possible solution…anyone tried enlarging their font size with the iPod Wizard software? (see link below)
http://www.ipodwizard.net/wiki/index.php/Fonts
domo arigato
John
Thursday at 11:05 am
Johnさん、
The fonts are bad on an iPOD video as well (note that I am 42 years old and this is a factor). Also a problem is that the fonts are underlined to indicate the hyperlink. This makes them even more unreadable.
The iPOD Wizard looks very interesting. Perhaps I can try this next week after the JLPT test.
Interestingly, the fonts are LARGEr in the LYRICS section of the iPOD than in the NOTES section. I don’t know why this is the case. I have no problem reading the Japanese when it is in the LYRICS size fonts.
じゃ また
ジョン
Tuesday at 4:44 am
This is for the iLearning technical person, whoever that is…
I’ve been trying out iLearning on my daughter’s Nano and encountered the following problem.
When using menu item #7 “Play Entire Lesson,” the link failed to work. For example: from Beginner Lesson #147, the link in the FullLessonLink folder is: [a href=”http://www.japanesepod101.com/song=Beginner Lesson #147 - Looks Good” rel=”nofollow”], but the song title on the Ipod is actually “Looks Good.” Once I manually renamed the song, “Beginner Lesson #147 - Looks Good,” the link worked fine.
Also, a clarification for your PDF instructions. When you download subsequent lessons to your Notes folder, you want to drop the new lesson folder (i.e., Beginner Lesson #147) INSIDE the JapanesePod101.com folder. Then it will be listed with all the other lessons you’ve downloaded.
Domo arigato,
.
John Pfeifer
…soon to become a full subscriber
Tuesday at 6:34 am
John-san,
Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. We wtill take a look and have them corrected soon.
Thanks,
- Eran
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