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  Viet

  9 months ago

  This is totally your chance to revive all the AWESOME songs Tomoko-sensei taught us.
  
  Oh mang.
  
  ます。。。ません。。。ました。。。ませんでした！
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  koichi

  9 months ago

  oh...god...flashbacks...joe...fisher...
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  Mai

  9 months ago

  Did someone say singing?! OMGAH. My sensei made us sing in Japanese too! It was really sad because she would put it on the overhead, play the CD, and we all just sat there and stared at her in disbelief. We had Japanese students visit us, and she made them sing too. Their expressions were, "Why are we singing this ==;;?!?!?!"
  
  But yes. At least there is no singing in college Japanese classes. Not yet at least.
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  emiko

  9 months ago

  you guys had some weird songs . . . our teacher showed us videos with a tiger and a bunny singing the hiragana to us . . . it was strange the first time, but by the end of class all of us were used to it
  
  i'm excited for the new videos! good luck!
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  Sougen02

  9 months ago

  Lol that's a really cool idea
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  Izeyhec

  9 months ago

  man i got a new japanese teacher this year and she pretty much told us our last teacher was stupid and we didnt learn enough so crushed because he was all writing and she is all talking still get A's on my test's tho
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  Maciel

  9 months ago

  i like this, it helps (i think)
  and we dont have japanese classes in my whole valley i think but we used to in another school but i didnt go to that school so i just have the internet to learn and books but i dont get books
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  Chris_paros

  9 months ago

  Cool, very nice idea!! It would really help me seeing as I don't know how payments wok on eduFire (I was thinking of starting a course) and living in Greece I don't even know if it's possible... Anyhoo, keep up the good work Koichi!
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  koichi

  9 months ago

  Payments are through paypal (after you do a lesson, you get a bill), and Greece is possible, just has a time difference. If you're interested, you should definitely check it out.
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  Chris_paros

  9 months ago

  Cool, sounds froody! And, if it's ok to ask, how much is a lesson usually? I'm actually going to check it out now that I know it's paypal. Thanks!
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  koichi

  9 months ago

  It's $25 a lesson for me, but other tutors charge less / more
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  Chris_paros

  9 months ago

  Ok, that sounds fair, what with having Euros and everything. I saw you were fully booked so I'm just looking around now for tutors. Thanks again!
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  koichi

  9 months ago

  Send me an email and I'll give you some suggestions, depending on your learning type. I've met with all the other tutors, so I kind of know how they do things.
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  jrfiction

  9 months ago

  It's good that you are maintaining the focus on 'how' to learn and language and culture on tofugu. I hate to see that go missing. Thanks for making that clear. It's important.
  
  Learning by yourself is tough, especially if you're not immersed in Japanese, so it's really important to get as much input as possible. All the input in the world won't help though if you don't have someone to communicate with in Japanese. I'm with Koichi on this, you need to find a "language resource person", some one who can guide your learning and give you the support you need.
  
  I'm looking forward to seeing how eduFire takes off.
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  クリス

  9 months ago

  フッ〜 I haven't been on the site lately... but anyways, this is great news to hear.
  
  I've been waiting for this day to come. I remember when I first stumbled across your first 'pre tofugu' site (koichiben) before it strictly became a Japanese site, and noticed one of your videos about Learning Japanese (in 5 minutes); I wasn't trying to find a quick fix for learning Japanese, but I was furiously searching the web for something like this. I'm hoping these online lessons will help with my Japanese (I'll be able to watch the videos when I have some down time at work on the iPhone). With all my classes and work, it's hard to find time to open my textbook and study Japanese...
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  koichi

  9 months ago

  Love your フッ〜 entrance! And welcome back, クリス! I've been missing your comments.
  
  Heck, if you have an iPhone you should check out some of the apps they have available. I'm planning on trying a bunch of them out (and reviewing them) in the next couple weeks, but if you try something first, definitely tell me what you think.
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  クリス

  9 months ago

  Sure thing. I'm sure you already know about the jDic application. The latest app I tried out is called LadioTouch. It's basically an app that streams Japanese radio/podcasts. I like the little switch in the application name with the "L" replacing the "R" from "RAdio".
  
  If any of you out there can't get your fix for Japanese media, and you have an iPhone, give this app a try. I think you'll enjoy it, I know I do. This is also an alternative from downloading Japanese podcasts from iTunes. I don't know about most of you, but I get lazy when it comes to syncing media to my iPhone.
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  steph

  9 months ago

  Koichi,
  
  You are a ROCK START! Thanks for offering your services on eduFire!
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  omareduardo

  9 months ago

  nice nice.
  are the free lessons going to be developed in sequence (i.e. beginner topics first, then intermediate, etc)? i'm in my second year of japanese in college and would like to supplement my studies with other media.
  
  -omar
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  koichi

  9 months ago

  Probably not going to be made in order, but they'll be organized in playlists. These are more like videos that cover specific topics that you can use if you're running into trouble on a certain category, and not so much a beginning to end approach in learning Japanese.
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  omareduardo

  9 months ago

  それは、いいアイデアですねえ。＾＿＾
  そうしましょう。
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