{"id":163,"date":"2008-06-23T19:09:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T02:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2012-12-12T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T19:03:05","slug":"japanesepod-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/23\/japanesepod-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"JapanesePod coming soon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Head over to Japanesepod.com<\/a> and you’ll see a page saying “Coming Soon”. I’m really stoked about this because I’ve been a long time fan of ChinesePod<\/a>. JapanesePod, not to be confused with JapanesePod101<\/a> which was started independently, is by the same company that brought you the original ChinesePod.<\/p>\n

I’ve always preferred ChinesePod over JapanesePod101 because the lessons and dialogues seem more focused and serious. The fact that ChinesePod also has much harder difficultly levels in the Upper-Intermediate and Advanced lessons furthers that impression. Actually, to be honest, I think JapanesePod101 itself is fine, I just never liked Peter as a host personally. What’s up with his corny greeting \u300c\u76f8\u5909\u308f\u3089\u305a\u3001\u7d76\u597d\u8abf\u3067\u3059\u300d and his bad jokes? Ugh. This is just my personal opinion so don’t read anything into it regarding the general quality of the show.<\/p>\n

Praxis, the company behind the site is currently hiring<\/a> for the show. Man, I’d love to be the Lead Teacher and you even get to work in Shanghai!! Teach Japanese and learn Chinese, that would be awesome! Alas, I don’t have a Masters in Linguistics, Education, or Japanese. o(T^T)o<\/p>\n

Only time will tell whether JapanesePod will be better or worse than JapanesePod101. But nobody says you can’t use both and when it comes to language resources, the more the merrier I say. I can’t wait to see what kind of people will lead the show. I must try not to be too jealous. And yes, I did sign up for email updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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