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Podcast Review: ことのは

Podcast Title: 日本語の会話のpodcast −ことのは−

(にほんごのかいわのpodcast −ことのは−)

Available On: Spotify, YouTube

Ease of Listening: ★★★★★

Length of Episodes: ★★★★★

Level of Engagement: ★★★★★

Episode Frequency: ★★★★★

Overall: ★★★★★

Today I will be reviewing the Japanese conversation podcast ことのは (Kotonoha) by Yamamo-sensei and Kibi-sensei. They have episodes for all levels, separated by JLPT level N5-N1 and labeled so you can determine which episodes best suit your level or challenge yourself with a higher level.

Do I currently listen to this podcast?: Yes, I like this podcast a lot and listen to it frequently.

General Overview

Good For Levels: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

In this series, Yamamo and Kibi, two Japanese language teachers based in Japan, speak on a variety of topics in a conversation style of podcast. The conversation-style format is good for training your ear to listen to questions and responses, and every day banter between two speakers. They talk about Japanese culture and their own personal experiences which gives listeners an insight to the particulars of daily life in Japan.

Length of Episodes ★★★★★

The podcasts are usually around 20-30 minutes long. This is ideal for a commute or when you have some down time. They cover 2-3 subtopics within each topic they pick, so the conversations are very interesting and catch my attention and they don't seem too short or too long. They plan out each conversation topic carefully and keep it interesting and informative.

Level of Engagement ★★★★★

The conversation format is very engaging because they cover 2-3 subtopics within the main topic and structure the conversation to focus on each point of the topic. They keep the listener engaged with carefully planned-out topics and conversations, and there is obviously a lot of work that goes into their podcast. They match the vocabulary and pace of speaking with the level they are targeting, but even in the higher level podcasts I believe beginners would be able to catch the general flow of the conversation and challenge themselves to understand the content.

Episode Frequency ★★★★★

New podcasts come out once a week, and with the planning that goes into each episode it's a very good pace. There is also a lot of episodes already produced so you can go through them fairly quickly without running out of material.

Overall ★★★★★

This podcast is designed by two Japanese language teachers to convey information about Japanese culture completely in Japanese. The episodes are labeled by JLPT difficulty and I find the label system to be very accurate. It is a good podcast with which to practice your listening skills for every day conversation and to learn a bit more about Japanese culture.

#I like this podcast a lot #日本語 #japanese language #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #langblr #Japanese

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i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

#the first meme is making me crack up for no reason it’s so silly but #hehehhehreeee #I’m very tired rn #language #French #I think it’s French

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Can you elaborate on the ways that the linguistics fiels may be racist? I'm white (as white as a mixed kid can be) and started uni recently, I'd like to be aware of the racist things in linguistics to better identify and unlearn them.

I'm already aware of the whole racist and classist judgment of certain language variations, but I wonder if there is more to it than I'm aware of, maybe more subtle things I couldn't pick up (if you could point out some sources, too, I'd be thankful).

again, i recommend decolonizing linguistics (that link is to the open-access pdf). the introduction is a good, well, introduction! you can also check out relevant topics from the podcast vocal fries, and the book antisocial language teaching focuses on ELT. this is just a smattering of the available material—scholars cited in those works have entire bodies of research out there.

#read later #language #linguistics #language politics

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I want to fuck your throat

my thrussy!?!?

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I was today years old when I realized "Acronym" stood for "Anyone Can Rationalize Obvious Nonsense You Moron"

#language #linguistics

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Do you pepper your speech with foreign words or phrases, just for fun?

Yes, a lot

Yes, sometimes

Yes, rarely

No

#yes and only half intentionally #obviously depends on the context but just for fun speaking? yeah

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#me trying to win scrabble #(joke) #I love that we can make up words and they work it’s agagsggrggg #and change the meanings of existing words/phrases #anyway this is why I think POV has kind of become its own word and people who whine about it <being used wrong> are being ridiculous #because people know what it means!! #anyway I think that’s really interesting #linguistics

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"i use it/its pronouns" is actually a code word for "i am a really cool and epic person" so if u see someone w/ that or similar in its bio be sure to befriend it and be there for it and listen to it and hug it cuz it is so cool it deserves it!!!

#I love it/its pronouns #queer #trans #language #queer linguistics

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On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.

These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.

In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.

#words matter!! #this is good news #linguistics #language #language politics

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I read a fic once where they made a family say “Queso” before taking a photo……

"He wouldn't say that" in a 'fic author trying to use terms of endearment in a language they clearly do not understand' kind of way

#Quinn replies #Spanish #translation #language #French

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aita for speaking in my native language in front of my gf and her friends?

my gf (20f) and i (21m) recently moved in together and yesterday was the first time she had her friends over with me present. they’re her friends and not mine, mind you, i hadn’t met them before.

among them was a girl who was from the same country as me which i thought was really cool bc i don’t often get the chance to speak anything other than english nowadays. so we talked for a bit in our language and it was really nice and all but suddenly one of the other girls budged in and was like “omg are you serious can you talk english when we’re all here bc it’s literally so disrespectful to talk to another girl in a language your gf doesn’t understand.”

i was completely speechless bc it hadn’t even occurred to me that this would be a problem. my gf apparently thought the same bc she told her friend off for making a deal out of literally nothing so i’m glad she was on the same page as me.

anyway the whole thing lowkey destroyed the mood for the rest of the evening and i’ve been feeling a bit guilty ever since even though i know my gf didn’t mind. so aita for doing that?

#aita

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Reaching out to Scottish users on Tumblr! I need to ask a question. I'm currently working on a fanfic and my OC is half-Scottish. And I want her to say some things that show she was raised around a Scottish parent (if that makes any sense at all I am so sorry), slang mostly being on my mind. I just want to check if this is a real slang?

#I wonder if there are any interesting dialect variations for BSL in Scotland #scots #scots standard English

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The fact that there's an actually functional website for the library of Babel is one of those things that fucks me up more and more the more I think about the implications.

#love love this website #it just #hh #language #linguistics #library of babel #fucks with me

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In Japanese, they don’t say “moon,” they say “tsuki,” which literally translates to “moon,” and I think that’s how language works.

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I've been listening to music in other languages more, and I found a few new songs that I really like! I don't really know what any of them mean, but the music itself is really good!!

#I LOVE LISTENING TO MUSIC IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES!!!! #language #music

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My friend had some comments about delicious in dungeon

#I think I reblogged a post about this before but it’s so silly to me and I love an excuse to post about dungeon meshi on main #anyway this was very exciting for me #dungeon meshi #Japanese #puns

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this is a niche one but instead of "they would not fuckin say that" it's "they would not fucking use American sign language".

ASL is not the only sign language. two british characters in your fanfiction would not be using ASL. England in fact has its own kind of sign language, BSL, that forms a sign family with many other sign languages around the world.

ASL isn't even the original member of its sign family, it comes from french sign language. do you know sign languages aren't related to spoken languages? that's an important one! it's not a direct 1:1 with people speaking English around the world. people in other countries don't learn ASL just in case they run into an usamerican or Canadian (who do often use it)

i know the entire world is the USA or whatever and sign languages do sometimes borrow from ASL for signs they don't have, but please be aware that there are other sign languages and families in the world that are not in fact ASL.

#sign languages are so fucking cool #they’ve got like cool grammar structures and shit #I’m not very well versed in sign languages in general but the things I do hear are so interesting #stuff like using space to imply different people ? #if that makes sense #like signing about two people one you’d sign more right one more left etc #don’t listen to me about it look it up because it’s very interesting and im not well versed #anyway sign languages vary a ton and I love telling people that ASL is totally different to BSL #BASL is also cool as fuck #I just love language #sign language