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When I learned english it was so easy to get input : I'd just switch on BBC Radio.
Not so with Japanese 
When I get home, or when I get up, any "down" time of the day, I need to be able to switch on Japanese audio at the flip of a switch. I still can't express some really simple things in Japanese and that is gettting really frustrating.
The next best thing I found so far is a DVD player loaded with a Japanese movie which conveniently remembers where it was after you switch it back on. Problem : it's always the same movie. Switching the movie in the DVD player requires switching on the TV, to access the menus etc. Too slow.
About half a year ago I also bought a cheap "worldwide" radio that handles MW, SW channels. Never managed to get Japanese on it. Apparently you can get NHK on SW but I had no luck, and there's a lot of noise.
Is there any hope?
I guess I could get into the habit of switching on the PC as soon as I get home, and get a shortcut on the desktop for a Japanese radio. I still haven't found a good Japanese radio something like BBC, conversation but not just news (which tend to be really boring on NHK).
How do you get constant audio input short of living in Japan?
PS: getting lots of video input wouldn't suck either, I was watching some TV programs for a while but they tend to loop and some are not even available in the afternoon (LFX etc).
Anyone managed to get Japanese programs on Miro ?
Fabrice,
I use crunchyroll and D-addicts a lot. Even if i'm doing something else, I put a drama or an anime on in the background and listen/watch as I work. Be warned though, everything takes a lot longer when you try to do two things at once 
The other thing I do is, after I've watched an anime I transfer it to my ipod. Not to watch but to listen to on the way to work. Since I already know the story it is easy to imagine the situation and concentrate on just the words.
Thanks!
Ooooh get Miro, it rocks! I copy/pasted one of the RSS links from the podcast site you gave directly into Miro and it gives a list of all, subscribes and starts downloading right away 
I don't have much experience with podcasts, iPod etc. Don't own an iPod either. I thought podcasts were just mp3's but it looks like you can subscribe to RSS feeds for audio AND videos (I'm such a newb 
). Few months ago I looked into software to download podcasts but it seemed too complicated. Miro starts downloads in the background for all the "channels" so it looks at last like I've got a viable option for getting new audio on a regular basis.
ファブリス wrote:
Thanks!
I don't have much experience with podcasts, iPod etc. Don't own an iPod either. I thought podcasts were just mp3's but it looks like you can subscribe to RSS feeds for audio AND videos (I'm such a newb
Some of them even include a full transcription, for example
情熱大陸
and
Japanese Listening advanced (script)
By the way, has somebody tried out Lingq?
Last edited by Transtic (2007 December 22, 8:57 pm)
Oh another way, join Japanese skypecasts
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/home?setlang=ja
Join a skypecast and go to the "just listening" section, it's good because its real Japanese conversation and not scripted. When one ends just join another.
Piece of advice don't make it obvious by your name you're gaijin or they might be a little quiet
????? wrote:
Ooooh get Miro, it rocks! I copy/pasted one of the RSS links from the podcast site you gave directly into Miro and it gives a list of all, subscribes and starts downloading right away
Wow, sounds like it's got some of the functionality of iTunes! :-))
On a serious note, I have found podcasts to be an excellent option for continuously playing in the background. I have a collection of subscriptions on various topics so it's never monotonous and most episodes are sufficiently lengthy so I don't have to be jumping up to start another one all the time.
meolox wrote:
Piece of advice don't make it obvious by your name you're gaijin or they might be a little quiet
Do you have tips on this? I'm having trouble hiding myself.
Serge wrote:
????? wrote:
Ooooh get Miro, it rocks! I copy/pasted one of the RSS links from the podcast site you gave directly into Miro and it gives a list of all, subscribes and starts downloading right away
Wow, sounds like it's got some of the functionality of iTunes! :-))
On a serious note, I have found podcasts to be an excellent option for continuously playing in the background. I have a collection of subscriptions on various topics so it's never monotonous and most episodes are sufficiently lengthy so I don't have to be jumping up to start another one all the time.
Would you mind sharing some of the podcasts you have subscribed to?
