Of course it would be better if she spoke the Queen’s English rather than the inferior American imitation but you cannot have everything.

The grammatical explanations are exceptionally thorough.

ありがとうございます

Tony

Thank you for your participation!

Tataraabuela-san!

It’s ok grandma, nice feedback! S_R_C

Fair enough. However, you have to remember that one of the “sports” at JP101 is the Save Peter Campaign™.

Naomiさん、i want to second Danielさん’s post, your pitch accent teaching is really 最高ですよ！!　

The explanation about “aizuchi” was really nice and it really didn’t change the topic of the rest of the lesson.

Now, about Naomi sensei’s funny experience, I can relate to Javizy-san, here in Brazil we also have the R$ 1,99 shops (equivalent to 100en shoppu in Japan) and some products there do have different prices sometimes.

I wonder why they continue using the name R$ 1,99, then!!! But as Peter-san said, that may be a very good practice for those who want to master on numbers

Mata!

お疲れさま！ Your editing work has been excellent!

Methinks, however, thou dost protest a tad too much on this one.

Naomiさん、

I’ve been really enjoying your explanations! Especially about pitch. Keep up the excellent work!

Hai, Fashion chekku shimasune. Mazune, sono kutsu ga dame. Sorekara ne, ano, sono kaban mo dame. ??::???:　Sorekara ne, Sono shatsu mo dame, zenbu ga dame, subete dame…

Anata ne, hitotsu ii koto oshiete ageru.

Japanesepod101 kikinasai!

でも、ちょっと意見あげていい？Introはレッソンに対してほうがいいとおもいますんが。中級な学生のために。

Maybe the intros could be based around the same basic idea as the dialogues.

Just include ‘ikura’ or some other word from today’s lesson and it would give everyone another exposure to the word. It would undoubtedly change the skit, but it would give it that educational slant that we’re all looking for.

I’m not sure if it’s the same thing, but when the two actors were working it out, you might just chip in with ‘一ついいこと教えてあげる’ to ‘一言教えてあげる’, which was a word from yesterday’s lesson.

I’m not sure if 一言 and 一ついい事 are interchangeable though, but I hope you get my meaning. Just include something from that day’s dialog in the intro, as a ‘primer’ to that lesson.

たとえば
いらっしゃい！
え、これはいくら？
お客様、すみませんけど、それだめ。
え？じゃ、これは？
はい、実はね、それもだめ。これもそれもあれもだめ、全部がだめ。。。ききなさい！

Or maybe…
(Background sounds of a shop)
Girl@register: は～い、次の方おねがいしま～す！
Customer: えと。。。この中級レッソンと。。。
Girl:は～い。(Beeping sound as she scans the barcode)
客：それに、メッセージ・ボードと。。。
Girl:は～い。
客：それと、七日間Free Trialお願いします。全部いくら？
Girl:お客さん、これはゼロ円です。
客：え。。。
Girl:　Japanesepod101.comへいらっしゃいませ!

I always see the intros as the level of language I’d like to be at. - Breakneck speed. I think listeners would really get a kick out of being able to pick something out of the intros, even if it’s only one word. This would be much easier if some of the words were taken from the dialogue for that lesson.