Japanese Language Lessons for Free!

Well, this is a somewhat delayed followup to the iLanguage note I had dropped back in January. I finally found the time to get into the Japanese Language podcast from JapanesePod101.com, and I must say, its definitely be enjoyable. The lessons are well thought out, consistent, and useful. While I do speak Japanese to a decent level, since I hadn't really used it much in the last few years, I've found the beginner lessons to be a good re-intro to the language, and I think this will continue.

I'll try to periodically post a little more here, but I'd have to say, if someone is interested in learning Japanese, its a good place to start!

Cheers,

Adam

iLanguage?

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Came across this yesterday. As someone who is always interested in learning languages, and wanting to brush up on my Japanese and French, this is something I'll be checking out. For now, this is just an information link. Next week, I'm travelling for business and I've got a few long flights ahead of me, so I plan to download a few of these before I go, and I'll post a followup of how they seem when I get back.

If anyone else has checked these out, please feel free to post in the comments!

Podcasts

For those of you who are looking for some good podcasts, there's a few I'd like to recommend. In the mood for some technological news, check out CNET's Buzz Out Loud, with Tom Merritt, Molly Wood, and Veronica Belmont. For some interesting discussion on a wide variety of topics, check out the new East Meets West, by Tom Merritt and Roger Cheng.

On the music side, I've just recently found some interesting electronic podcasts, namely Podrunner and One Nation Underground. They're updated biweekly, and feature mixes ranging from one to two hours. All in all, good mixes.

Does anyone have anything else they'd like to recommend? I'm always on the lookout for some more to listen to!

For links, check out

http://podcast.cnet.com/ - The Home of CNET's Buzz Out Loud
http://www.subbrilliant.com/blog - Check this out for East Meets West
http://www.djsteveboy.com - Both Podrunner and One Nation Underground hail from here.

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