Behind the Scenes at Innovative Language Part I
welcome to behind the scenes at
innovative language learning I’m Jesse
one of the hosts at japanesepod101.com
and today I’ll be telling you a little
bit about the company keep watching to
find out how you can get your questions
answered in part two of our
behind-the-scenes project let’s start
from the very beginning in 2005 peter
Galante started japanesepod101.com with
a couple of friends some publishing
software and a passion for teaching
language the goal was to create and
deliver fast fun and effective Japanese
language lessons for free via podcast
now remember back in 2005 podcasting was
a revolutionary new technology but after
a lot of trial and error
japanesepod101.com took off the response
was huge and the demand for new features
and languages came in now five years
later innovative language learning is
much more than just japanesepod101.com
we now have sites for sixteen different
languages that’s 8,000 language lessons
and Counting there’s the super popular
survival phrases calm geared towards
world travelers over 300 iPhone and iPad
apps are ready for download in the Apple
iTunes Store and language learning CDs
and DVDs are ready to ship thanks to our
loyal listeners and publications like
Newsweek PC Magazine and the New York
Times we were able to reach 100 1
million lesson downloads in 2010 a huge
milestone for us considering we started
with one guy at one desk but of course
we’re always working on something new
new languages new series and more
there’s more to the story but we can’t
forget about the listeners our centre of
support for the past five years we can
ask a lot of questions about our company
from everything about the hosts to how
we make our lessons in our next news
less in' we’ll be answering your
questions directly so if you have a
question about innovative language
learning leave it in the comments
section of this news lesson I’ll be
answering your questions next time with
a very special guest thanks for watching
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