What kind of things do you need for Japanese listening practice thing?

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1. So a lot of us use these channels:

   * nihongo con teppei

   * sakura tips

   * sayuri saying

   * comprehensible Japanese

   You should watch a few episodes of those to see what other people are doing which is popular. If you can find something new, something which covers things not found in these, that would be very interesting. Here are some random ideas I had:

   * I’d personally like a video on 相槌

   * Japanese RPG for beginners would probably be popular. Maybe talk about some common terms and then do some listening practice with lines from games like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and so on.

   * Japanese food for beginners would probably be popular, have easy listening where you describe how Japanese meals work, go over how to describe food in terms of toppings, what it’s made of, how to describe food texture, and so on

   * Japanese history for beginners would probably be pretty cool, Japan has a long and interesting history after all

   * Japanese fashion for beginners could be interesting, discuss various fashion trends in Japan.

2. I have been looking for a video that is simply a sequence of negative conjugations of verbs.

   ie. one for past-negative: “する　しなかた, 食べる　食べらなかた, etc”

   one for past-t-form, etc.

   i have found similar videos for t-form and masu-form, but not for other conjugations.

3. >As I just started recording my talk without thinking deeply, I’m not sure if the video works for your Japanese listening practice.

   This is exactly the kind of listening practice most people here need though. There is no shortage or scripted or pre-planned recordings available. Completely spontaneous is good. You admitted it yourself:

   >Also I didn’t re-record my voice on purpose even though I sometimes said some words wrongly because I think the natural speaking is always life that. Well, I’m not sure if it helps you or just makes you confused (･_･;

   Better for someone to be confused by a video made by someone helpful like yourself than to be confused in real life when they encounter real Japanese for the first time.

4. I’m not your target audience, but when I was a beginner/early intermediate I really struggled with finding listing material that was 1. A good level for me and 2. Interesting. A lot of the channels for learners that I found had topics about basic Japanese culture like “Hanami.” I live in Japan. I have done hanami a bunch. Listening to someone explain hanami is therefore not very interesting to me. I would have preferred even just hearing someone talk about their hobbies or what they did last weekend.

   While yes, people learning Japanese are often interested in Japanese culture, not all listening material has to be Japan themed. If you talk about things you’re genuinely interested in your passion will shine through and the listener can’t help but to also be interested

   Edit: I just went and looked at the video you made and I think that’s perfect! That’s exactly the type of content I wanted when I was around N3 level!

5. I’d like to see japanese used in context. Talking plainly on what you are doing so the visual and audio match. For example, I’m walking to the store next to the train station. I’m entering the store to buy ingredients for tonight’s dinner. This is my favorite type of fish.

   Also preferably, not switching camera angles and cut scenes.

   It helps to learn and follow along with context. Otherwise it feels like just words out in the air when people speak.