China's Got Talent's Adele Cover

Listen and enjoy Voice of China (China's Got Talent) as this 19-year-old sings Adele's hit. 

 Hokudai/Cast: Your Bi-monthly Trilingual Fun Show.

Dance Beat Easy Japanese

GenkiJapan teaches five words in English and Japanese:

暑い - atsui - hot
寒い - samui - cold
すごい - sugoi - cool
楽しい - tanoshii - fun
面白い  - omoshiroi - interesting

Please listen, enjoy, and learn.

Simple Japanese

A fun video for beginning Japanese learners. Especially if you want to learn how to say you're a potato. Why? Check it out.

Hokudai/Cast: This week's topic is 'coffee.'

敬語 - Keigo - Super Polite Japanese

Here's another fun video by Ciaela about Keigo (敬語) which is ultra-polite Japanese. You use it when speaking to older people, people in a high status (professors?), and to customers. It's difficult for even native speakers of Japanese to learn.

This video is in Japanese with very natural subtitles in English.

ATM in Japanese

A couple of city employees in Hokkaido attempt to show us how to use a cash machine in Japan.

Watch and learn.

Learn Japanese (For Beginners)

Here is a quick and simple video with Japanese vocabulary. Listen to the nice music, read, practice, and learn a whole bunch of Japanese words. For beginners, mostly. 

Hokudai/Cast

Naoshima (Art Island)

Here is a nice and long (about 30 minutes) video of Naoshima, an island between Shikoku and Honshu near Okayama. The narration is in English but there is some daily Japanese scattered through the piece. If think Tofugu did a good job of showing a bit of Japan.

Please enjoy watching this while snacking on natto-covered rice.

Also, you can see Fish Leong's music video for "No Ifs" with both pinying and English subtitles at Hokudai/Cast.

How Do You Say How Do You Say? (Mandarin)

Peggy teaches "How Do You Say..." in Chinese (in English).

For more Trilingual Lessons (Japanese, English, and Chinese), go to Hokudai/Cast. This week: 

older and younger brothers and sisters. Plus, pedestrian.

Days of the Week in Mandarin

How do you say the days of the week in Chinese? Watch this simple explanation, repeat, and enjoy.

Simple and Easy Introduction to Mandarin

Here is a very simple and easy to follow video teaching beginning Mandarin Chinese. You can go to their website at Fluenz.com to learn more and to learn different languages. Enjoy.

Hokudai/Cast: Your Trilingual Podcast

Listening Practice The Yard Sale

Here is a video in English with English subtitles that you can use to improve your listening skills. Watch carefully and then answer some questions. It is in fairly normal English so please give it a try.




Hokudai/Cast 233: Perimeter. Now online via iTunes and Hokudai/Cast

TOEIC Listening Practice Test

Here is another practice TOEIC listening test. How did you do?

Hokudai/Cast: A Trilingual Podcast

Simple TOEIC Practice

 Listen and watch. This is the first part of the listening for the TOEIC test. How do you think you'll do?