Caleb and Nicholas are back from a short break in episodes to discuss "touchstones," development updates, language being dumbed down for learners, and why Phase Two lessons are a bit different from Phase One lessons. Learn Japanese as it's actually spoken by signing up with NativShark: https://www.nativshark.com/

Caleb and Niko discuss small decisions leading to vast life changes, why Japanese textbooks aren't good for learning Japanese, and what "learning Japanese" even means to begin with. 

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Nicholas and Caleb talk about the month of February for NativShark, life updates, and the value of making mistakes and learning from them.

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Caleb brings a guest on the podcast: Ty! He's been studying Japanese for more than 5 and a half years now with NativShark (NihongoShark at the time) as his primary resource and now works as the NativShark Community Manager.

 

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Nicholas and Caleb talk about new Units being released on NativShark, learning other languages after and from Japanese, and how curse words are a part of culture in many places. 

 

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Nicholas and Caleb discuss making feasible timelines, how NativShark divides its Phases and how it'll be placing students into them, and talk about NativShark's new Laid-back Japanese podcast.

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Check out the Laid-back Japanese podcast on any major platform:Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2mglw4BD9KzZ4BeWx3eE2xApple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laid-back-japanese/id1547713252Google:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2xhaWRiYWNramFwYW5lc2UvZmVlZC54bWw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiQ46-FsMDuAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAwAmazon:https://www.amazon.com/Laid-back-Japanese/dp/B08K582DWH

Nicholas and Caleb discuss the full vision of NativShark and where they want to take it while also talking about some current problems they're solving in the system. They also examine the current ways learning in general is approached, not just learning Japanese.

Also, community VR and Minecraft server soon??

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Nicholas and Caleb discuss how onomatopoeia is usually taught (or not taught) in learning resources, what they do to stay productive, and some long-term goals with productivity in mind. They also discuss content production processes and how they're being built to support not only an ever-evolving language, but expanding into other languages as well.

 

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Caleb and Nicholas talk about their New Year's breaks, Shadow Loops and pronouncing unfamiliar sounds in different languages, how to come back to studying after a break + getting through flashcard pileup, and the NativShark referral and affiliate program.

 

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Recorded on January 6, 2021.

Nicholas and Caleb discuss visas, international travel, and perhaps mostly importantly, shokupan. They also delve into some thought experiments on how to create many lessons in a short period of time.

 

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Recorded on December 16th, 2020.