Ep. 119: Check On It

If you are a fan of the show, you know Mel and Vin love The Halloween franchise and yet they never got a chance to give their thoughts on how it ended..so join them this Halloween for their review of how the horror movie they love decided to end. 

This week Mel brings in Kay and Jess to discuss Halloween Haunts, The Diddy scandal and The Menendez Brothers case from a Gen Z point of view. 

Listen this week as Mel tells Vin about her epic Halloween experience at Disney only to find out that he is not as impressed as she was. 

No script for today's episode. Mel's improvising for it. You get to hear real Mel. She's talking about next week's episode. She's using grammar points from Genki 1,2. Simple and Easy, but some of the sentences would be a little challenging because she combines different grammar p ... Show More

Any idea what モカマン is?  Mel's using grammar points from Genki 1,2/JLPT N5,N4.  Simple and Easy, but some of the sentences would be a little challenging because she combines different grammar points in a sentence,  which Japanese people do all the time. You get to hear natural Jap ... Show More

Did you have a chance to talk to anyone in Japanese while in Japan or would you like to? What are the things Mel's students said about that? Any idea? Let's hear what Mel is sharing about it! She's using grammar points from Genki 1,2, which cover JLPT N5/N4. Simple and Easy, but ... Show More

Have you been practicing Japanese? You already know some grammar points for beginner level, but haven't found the right one for your listening practice? You found the right podcast to practice Listening!! This is what you need the most. Her voice is very clear, so it's not too ha ... Show More

In this lesson Ami Sensei and I will teach you how to express different levels of certainty in Japanese. You’ll learn how to express the probability you think something will happen through various example sentences and dialogues. In English we do this all the time with words such ... Show More

Mel talks about Halloween. Let's find out what she's talking about. This is a special episode. She's using grammar points from Genki 1,2. Simple and Easy, but some of the sentences would be a little challenging because she combines different grammar points in a sentence,  which J ... Show More

In this lesson you will learn how to agree with people in Japanese. Check out the example sentences and dialogues to learn how these phrases are naturally used by native Japanese speakers in conversation. How to study This lesson includes the main podcast lesson, PDF show notes a ... Show More

STUDY PACKS AVAILABLE NOW (study exercises, transcripts, downloadable audio, and an EXCLUSIVE EPISODE on "perfect" tenses) - https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish/shop/ I have now lived in the Japanese countryside for over a year!  I have experienced many interesting situatio ... Show More

In Episode 300 of the podcast, Akari from the Nihongo For You podcast joins me today for a chat about teaching languages, moving abroad, and learning English. In the second half of the episode, we talk about life experiences where I ask Akari questions using the present perfect t ... Show More

In this lesson you will learn all about Japanese onomatopoeia which are words that resemble sounds. Some examples in English are splash, bang, zap and beep and you will learn how similar words are used in daily Japanese conversation. Check out the dialogue and grammar notes below ... Show More