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Learn Crazy Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Starting last year the Intros gags have become a real defining part of each episode of JapanesePod101.com. They had humble beginnings but in 2008 they’ve taken on a life of their own. But it’s come to our attention that the they might be a bit intimidating for our Newbie and Beginner listeners. That said, we’re temporarily changing the format until on Mondays and Tuesdays. Are the Intros going away? Tune in to find out!! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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This entry was posted on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under News . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

20 Responses to “News #55 - A Slight Change of Format”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, to say the Intros have taken on a life of their own is definitely an understatement. But have no fear, as we said, we’re not doing away with them!

As you’ve probably noticed by now, JapanesePod101.com is constantly evolving. And of course, we’re learning a lot as we go along. As mentioned in the News, Marky has actually scripted intros up to the beginning of May. So the same wild, story-lined intros will continue until then. On Moday and Tuesday if you want to follow the Intro Story-Line, you can find it separately listed as Intro (where the Bonus Tracks usually go). Starting in May, the Intros will be attached to the Lessons as normal, but with Newbie/Beginner friendly Intros. (It’s undecided at this point, but they will probably follow the same story-line model being used now).

Also mentioned was the idea of lessons based around the Intros. Last year we did 2 Japanese Culture Classes on a few of the old one-off Intros and the feedback was tremendous! If there’s interest in going through the new Story-based intros (and some of the one-offs that haven’t been covered yet), then be sure to hit up the Listener’s Lounge in the Forum. We’d love to hear your requests!

For the fans of the Intros, and we know there are lot of you out there, we hope this doesn’t inconvenience you too much. Some listeners love a challenge, but when you’re starting out with your first Japanese Lessons, it might be a little overwhelming to hear 4-5 lines of hardcore Japanese before even getting into the lesson. For those Newbies and Beginners who still want to give it a shot and read a long with the PDF, the option is still there!

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Eric says:

awesome, looking forward to those lessons :dogeza:

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プチクレア says:

It’s a great idea :smile: , as :

- it allows you to listen to the intro over and over if you don’t get everything
- it means the intro can get even longer, right ? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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クリス says:

Concerning the audio blog, is it possible to have the blog segment part only as one track and the expanded version as another track? Kind of like how the lessons have the full version and also the dialog only version. :mrgreen:

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Liz21 says:

Dear JPOD Team,
As an “advanced Beginner”, let me say that I could never really understand the intros, but I loved hearing them! Just the sound of them was so funny!! And I could usually hear “Japanesepod101″ somewhere in the dialogue. Of course, now I can read the pdfs! Anyway, thanks for thinking about all of us and our many needs! :dogeza: :kokoro:

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rigo says:

hello there, looking forward for the new lessons

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watermen says:

I love the intro a lot. You all are really hardworking. This is really the best Japanese learning resource. You all have everything. :smile:

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Fierce Cat says:

Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you !! :kokoro: :dogeza: :kokoro:

As a newbie/beginner I was finding them really hard to deal with, and found it very discouraging to be hit with a blast of high speed Japanese as soon as I hit “play”.
I have actually been copying lessons, and deleting out the intros.

I look forward to the time when I can actually understand them ….

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のり says:

今回の変更を喜んでいる人たちがたくさんいてよかったです。
イントロは制約がほとんど無いので、作っている方は楽しいんだけど、、、

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Christmas Burger says:

Intros rule! :kokoro:

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Tachikawa says:

As a true Newbie/Beginner, Thank you for remembering that this is a basic level lesson program. If folks want more advanced conversation they should check out a higher level. There is plenty of challenge there. Many, many, many thanks for your very creative and user friendly enterprise.

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Tachikawa says:

As a true Newbie/Beginner, Thank you for remembering that this is a basic level lesson program. If folks want more advanced conversation they should check out a higher level. There is plenty of challenge there. Many, many, many thanks for your very creative and user friendly enterprise. http://www.japanesepod101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

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Sabrabba says:

Hi Peter. Just a quick question. You said “hisashiburi news yattenai desu ne” and got some chuckles from Naomi-sensei. I think you meant to say “shibaraku” instead of “hisashiburi”. But as a student of Japanese I can’t be sure. :wink: Perhaps this grammar point could be picked up in a future lesson? :roll:

Thanks for all of the great lessons! :dogeza:

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のり says:

Sabrabbaさん
you are right! He should have said しばらくやってなかった or ずいぶんやってなかった .

「ひさしぶりのニュースです」 でもいいですよ。

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Sabrabba says:

Thank you, Nori-san :dogeza: That clears it up for me :grin: And thank you guys for all of your hard work. I look forward to your new lessons almost as much as I look forward to “Grey’s Anatomy” returning to TV. :wink: What’s that? The writer’s strike is over? Oh no, I hope my studies don’t fall by the wayside :wink:

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Jp says:

I think that perhaps the ideal approach is making different-level intros for the different lesson levels: simple ones for lower levels, more natural ones for higher levels. Personally, even the way it was was nice. I think it’s good for lower-level students to get experience listening to natural speech like that. Even if they don’t understand much of it, the more they listen, the more they’ll get, which is useful practice and a good feeling. Just my opinion. Thanks much for the nice lessons.

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Neil says:

Working every day? Even on Sunday? Boy, I hope all the staff have no other life.

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Neil says:

Staff must work every day, visit every forum, read every memo, agree with every idea. Boy we are dedicated!

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katafei says:

I love the intros! they are so funny. I’ll be checking out the PDF’s soon.
Thanks for all these gret topics.
:grin:

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katafei says:

‘great’ :mrgreen:

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