where is Japanese pod headed?

[mieth]

Don't get me wrong by the title. I do love Japanesepod. I started here at zero nearly 3 years ago. I just don't see it as a website that is delivering lessons to get students past (I hate yo use a jlpt analogy) but jlpt level 3. I am noticing a constant churning of the same old lessons. I am guessing because they keep making beginner content for non paying subscribers. I just don't see the lessons pushing forward to more advanced content. Anyways I still love Jpod although I don't really listen anymore. Would love to see more down the line to push forward.

[Yamanchu]

Hi Mieth, Do you read the upper intermediate lessons? I'm at JLPT3 level and find the upper intermediate levels to be very difficult.

[Jessi]

I also recommend the Upper Intermediate lessons! A lot of the grammar covered in these lessons are JLPT level 2 and above. We're considering making more advanced content so we appreciate your feedback!

[untmdsprt]

Would it be possible to tag each lesson with the level of difficulty? I know it probably will be hard to go back to all the lessons already done, but what about new lessons?

Personally I think the following are equivalent to the JLPT:

Newbie to Beginner - Level 4
Beginner - Lower Intermediate - Level 3
Lower Intermediate and up - Level 2

Audio blogs, premium lessons, etc. are more close to Level 2

[mieth]

I still listen to the upper intermediate lessons but I think there is only one every 2 weeks or so? no? anyway my studying is at a weird spot. I am going to college here in Japan and all of my classes are in japanese. Other than that on days off or with no work I watch or listen to approximately 4-6 hours of Japanese a day. But I still have vocabulary issues. I understand about 30-40 percent of what my professors say at school. Most of the grammar introduced by the lessons does not go over jlpt lvl 3 except the occasional upper intermediate and I passed Jlpt lvl 2 last year. =/