Good luck, everyone! I’m sure you’ll do well!

And I look forward to hearing from you at
www.englishpod101.com.

Write to us!

Sachiko

Can’t go into Englishpod101.com.

wow that’ s amazing
good luck ep101

Waterman : EnglishPod101 hasn’t opened yet. Just wait until Monday like they said!

Good luck on your english site! I agree it can be helpful to me as well. I will spread the word.

Javizy, thanks for posting the name of the kids english podcast, great for people with kids and the english is easier enough that my wife can understand.

Matthew, くだせえぇ is a rough ‘corrupted’ pronunciation of ください. You can pronounce a bunch of long vowels like this (面白い > 面白えぇ, じゃない > じゃねぇ), but it’s generally done by guys in casual conversation, and comes across as a bit coarse. Put it on a level with structures like ～てんだ　(e.g. 何言ってんだぞ！). Check out this lesson http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/09/18/beginner-lesson-s2-42-kitajima-a-yakuza-exposed-1/ (you get to hear Sakura say it ).

Neil, what I meant is we’ll have a bunch of English people learning Japanese (jpod members), and a bunch of Japanese people learning English (Englishpod members). Since it would be useful for us to communicate, and since both sites are run by the same people, all we need is a third forum that both sets of members can log in to, and we’ve got a great resource for language exchange. It seems almost too obvious that I’m sure they’ve already got something in the works, but I had to mention it anyway.

Alex, no problem. I quite like 子供と英語で話そう, there are lots of simple but useful phrases that are hard to pick up elsewhere like the equivalent of ‘watch where you’re going’, plus Ayoko’s voice is really cute.

maxiewawa-san, the clue is in the title. EnglishPod :: England I want to see all those ~izations, changed to isations!!
I wonder if they have AmericanPod101.com registered?
English is such a diverse language now with many dialects across the world. (remnants of Empire I suppose)
However (mainly due to the dominance of American media I think) American English is probably now the worlds lingua franca rather than (British) English. (And I just find it so odd when Japanese people speak with an American accent rather than a Japanese accent! although it is a testament to how good the speakers English is)

Actually the variety and differences is an interesting topic, and would make for a good advanced lesson on EnglishPod I think for all those Japanese tourists headed for the UK and Australia.

Anyhow, Good Luck with ePod101! I’ll be telling all my Japanese friends about it. And could probably do with learning some grammar myself in order to answer their questions.

咲子さん、お久しぶりですね！

It’s so great to listen to you again. I really really missed your participation at JPOD episodes, but I am glad to know you’ll be engaged in this new project. I’m also looking forward to it.

Congratulations Peter, Marky, Keith. 頑張って下さい！

Max-san, I believe British English would be nice, but I vote for a GermanPod101.com!!

また！

Jazivyさん
I like that idea, and have one better - have both sites SHARE only one forum. It would just take making sure logins are unique. If you already have a login for one site, have the logins work on all the sites. It would just take a flag on the logins, as I assume is done at SurvivalPhrases.com.

oh and javizyさん、 thanks for the link to sakura saying that! you beat me to the punch. that’s a timeless classic, imho!

Wished I listened to this yesterday. 今日の日本語能力試験では答えが分からなかった時に I went by A instead of C　

the website appears to require a login and password
i tried using my Japanesepod101.com set of login + password
obviously didn’t work
more curious than anything
thanks

have no fear, Abrassartさん、the content of JapanesePod101.com has been increasing all year and shows no sign of stopping (especially if i have anything to say about it!)

Cool!! 楽しみにしてますよ！

I think http://www.englishpod101.com can be used the way many Japanese people use our site. Listening to the lessons with English and Japanese will help with one’s exposure to the language. The PDFs are completely in Japanese, and hopefully as Jazivy said, we can find a way to have interaction between the 2 listener bases!

We’re really looking forward to your feedback!
As we would like to build this with your help!
よろしくお願いします。
Peter

Hi guys,

Have just checked out EnglishPod101.com … looking good! It must be aimed at quite advanced English speakers as that audio is demanding!

Just two things I spotted … I’ve signed up with the site so I can register as an affiliate; as a UK visitor, it wasn’t possible for me to enter my own “county” or leave the state blank, and I had to register myself as “Armed Forces UK” which isn’t quite accurate!! Not everyone has a state.

Also, the affiliate banners are all in English … which is great for me, but am just wondering if you’re going to introduce any Japanese banners - am guessing they would work better for your target audience.

Otherwise keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing the site developing!

Take care,

Victoria

I just signed up over at EP101, and noticed something. When it asked what level of English, I had to choose advanced, as there was no option for Native. You might consider adding this as an option, as I assume you are probably using the answers to that question to determine what lessons to write. To those of us who are using it as another way to help learn Japanese, it doesn’t really matter what the English topic is, because we are primarily listening for the Japanese. Also, if you were to come up with an English equivelant of Miki’s blog, that would be practically useless from the perspective of a person studying Japanese, while excellent from the perspective of a student of English.

Also, one question on the Gift Certificates in the store here - can they be used on your sister sites, or are they only valid on the site they were purchased on?

How about Russianpod101.com? я хочу русскийпод101 пожалуйста!

I’m almost half Russian, but I speak it poorly. Japanese is way easier in terms of grammar and pronounciation. I am still doing battle with Kanji but I am making progress.