Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson S4 #25 - International Student Exchange in Japan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Wed, 23 May 2012 16:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: lisbet http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-576255 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:37:22 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-576255 :grin: ありがとうございましたなおみ先生！ :grin: ありがとうございましたなおみ先生！

]]> by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-576253 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:13:06 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-576253 lisbet-san Sense of humorは　「ユーモアのセンス」です。:wink: lisbet-san
Sense of humorは　「ユーモアのセンス」です。 :wink:

]]> by: lisbet http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-576190 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:18:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-576190 質問ー　日本人は「ユーモアのかんかく」と言いますか？　ちがう言葉がもっといいですか？ (In other words, how do I say 'sense of humor' in Japanese :) 質問ー　日本人は「ユーモアのかんかく」と言いますか？　ちがう言葉がもっといいですか？
(In other words, how do I say ’sense of humor’ in Japanese :)

]]> by: Miyuki1706 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-569718 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:48:36 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-569718 Thanx for a great lesson! I think I'd prefer some ice tea after my bath though. :mrgreen: Thanx for a great lesson! I think I’d prefer some ice tea after my bath though. :mrgreen:

]]> by: Kate http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-563352 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:13:17 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-563352 Oh yeh, and i find i don't like reading at the same time because I struggle with some kanjis and tend to focus too much on them rather than what is being said. Just my opinion. Oh yeh, and i find i don’t like reading at the same time because I struggle with some kanjis and tend to focus too much on them rather than what is being said. Just my opinion.

]]> by: Kate http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-563350 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:11:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-563350 Great lesson. I went on exchange to japan for 3 months in 2008 when i was 16. It was amazing. I made great friends and loved it so much i went back to the same school again in 2009. i love it there. I learnt so much! Great lesson. I went on exchange to japan for 3 months in 2008 when i was 16. It was amazing. I made great friends and loved it so much i went back to the same school again in 2009. i love it there. I learnt so much!

]]> by: Ray http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-554152 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:50:52 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-554152 I want to comment on the question near the beginning of the podcast: "Do you read the notes while you listen?" In addition to being a student of Japanese, I teach ESL and I have a pretty strong opinion on this: It's NOT a good idea. Reading and listening are two very different modalities (how's that for lingo?). Reading is generally easier than listening, because the reader can set the pace, go back and reread parts, and so on. A lot of students have much better reading than listening skills, so if you do both at the same time, the listening becomes more background noise than anything. If you are able to listen and read at the same time, then either you have an unusual skill set, or the lesson is really too easy for you. I do often recommend reading the lesson first, as this will prepare you for what's to come, and you'll be more likely to be able to follow the whole conversation and not get lost half way. Then, listen without reading. Then read again, to confirm that you understood everything (or, at least most of it; or, at least, the points you want to focus on). Then listen again, and again, and again. Then, repeat the whole thing. This is not just my opinion, by the way, as it's supported by a fair bit of research. Don't ask me for citations though - it's too long ago that I was studying this stuff and I don't have time to look it all up again. I want to comment on the question near the beginning of the podcast: “Do you read the notes while you listen?” In addition to being a student of Japanese, I teach ESL and I have a pretty strong opinion on this: It’s NOT a good idea.

Reading and listening are two very different modalities (how’s that for lingo?). Reading is generally easier than listening, because the reader can set the pace, go back and reread parts, and so on. A lot of students have much better reading than listening skills, so if you do both at the same time, the listening becomes more background noise than anything. If you are able to listen and read at the same time, then either you have an unusual skill set, or the lesson is really too easy for you.

I do often recommend reading the lesson first, as this will prepare you for what’s to come, and you’ll be more likely to be able to follow the whole conversation and not get lost half way. Then, listen without reading. Then read again, to confirm that you understood everything (or, at least most of it; or, at least, the points you want to focus on). Then listen again, and again, and again. Then, repeat the whole thing.

This is not just my opinion, by the way, as it’s supported by a fair bit of research. Don’t ask me for citations though - it’s too long ago that I was studying this stuff and I don’t have time to look it all up again.

]]> by: Jenny http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-551971 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:02:51 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-551971 I did a one-year exchange in Kagoshima and just came back in September last year. It was awesome! The fact that I went to Kagoshima helped me even more because most of the locals do not speak English so I had to make myself understood in Japanese. I went there 10 points away from passing JLPT 3 and I left with a JLPT 2 certificate! I used to struggle with lower intermediate lessons, and now I can pretty much understand upper intermediate and the audio blogs :mrgreen: For those interested, you can visit my blog for stories regarding my one-year stay in Kagoshima: http://kagojen.blogspot.com/ I did a one-year exchange in Kagoshima and just came back in September last year.

It was awesome! The fact that I went to Kagoshima helped me even more because most of the locals do not speak English so I had to make myself understood in Japanese. I went there 10 points away from passing JLPT 3 and I left with a JLPT 2 certificate!

I used to struggle with lower intermediate lessons, and now I can pretty much understand upper intermediate and the audio blogs :mrgreen:

For those interested, you can visit my blog for stories regarding my one-year stay in Kagoshima:
http://kagojen.blogspot.com/

]]> by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-550762 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:18:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-550762 タネ-san いいですね～。いいホストファミリーに出会えると、ホームステイは最高ですよね。:wink:　 タネ-san
いいですね～。いいホストファミリーに出会えると、ホームステイは最高ですよね。 :wink: 　

]]> by: タネ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-550736 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:49:54 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-550736 I was an exchange student when I was 15. I stayed with a family in Atami for two weeks. That same year, we hosted a girl from Tokyo at our house. This second girl and I are still in touch! She practices her English with me, and I practice my Japanese with her. I say "girl".... this was in 1971, so we are both obasans now! YEARS later, our family did a direct exchange with a boy from Hokkaido. He stayed at our place, and the following year, our son stayed at his place (both for about 8-10 days). It was a great experience, and brought back many memories from when I was a teenager. I was an exchange student when I was 15. I stayed with a family in Atami for two weeks. That same year, we hosted a girl from Tokyo at our house. This second girl and I are still in touch! She practices her English with me, and I practice my Japanese with her. I say “girl”…. this was in 1971, so we are both obasans now!

YEARS later, our family did a direct exchange with a boy from Hokkaido. He stayed at our place, and the following year, our son stayed at his place (both for about 8-10 days). It was a great experience, and brought back many memories from when I was a teenager.

]]> by: Yuichi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-547489 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:55:54 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-547489 Nickさん コメントありがとうございます！ぜひ、お風呂のあとの冷たい牛乳を試してくださいね:smile: おいしいですよ☆ Nickさん
コメントありがとうございます！ぜひ、お風呂のあとの冷たい牛乳を試してくださいね :smile:
おいしいですよ☆

]]> by: Nick http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-547390 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-547390 :razz: although I dont have any experience of home stay, I had lived in my Japanese friend's house for a week when I was just came Japan, their parents are very kind person, made a lot of 家庭料理 for me! とってもおいしかったです。:grin: Also I really like this lesson, especially Yuuich sensei was talking about the milk after bath, make me feel like to try once now! I like Yuuich sensei a lot, his pronunciation is really great and clear! :razz: although I dont have any experience of home stay, I had lived in my Japanese friend’s house for a week when I was just came Japan, their parents are very kind person, made a lot of 家庭料理 for me! とってもおいしかったです。 :grin:

Also I really like this lesson, especially Yuuich sensei was talking about the milk after bath, make me feel like to try once now! I like Yuuich sensei a lot, his pronunciation is really great and clear!

]]> by: sebusiness http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-546748 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:32:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-546748 Thank you ^^ Thank you ^^

]]> by: Mayumi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-546568 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:32:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-546568 sebusiness-san, Glad to know that you are enjoying our lessons! I hope that you'll find great host families soon! :smile: sebusiness-san,

Glad to know that you are enjoying our lessons! I hope that you’ll find great host families soon! :smile:

]]> by: sebusiness http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-546426 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:05:22 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/12/23/lower-intermediate-lesson-s4-25-international-student-exchange-in-japan/#comment-546426 Hello everybody! Thanks to this website and a premium account I'm enjoying and improving my japanese ! This lesson surprised me... cause I'm actually looking for a host family in Tokyo ^^ I'm now working in Paris for a big japanese company in Finance and soon coming back to tokyo to study at university... Please feel free to contact me if you know some host families :) Thank you ! ^^ Hello everybody!
Thanks to this website and a premium account I’m enjoying and improving my japanese !
This lesson surprised me… cause I’m actually looking for a host family in Tokyo ^^
I’m now working in Paris for a big japanese company in Finance and soon coming back to tokyo to study at university…
Please feel free to contact me if you know some host families :)
Thank you ! ^^

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