I Tried Japanese Language School for a Day in Tokyo
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2019
- Japanese language schools are one of the most popular pathways into Japan. I spend a day in the classroom and try not to make a fool of myself.
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Notification Squad: Well guys, I hope you enjoyed watching me make an absolute idiot of myself. I’ve decided my new goal in life is to be able to read Harry Potter in Japanese - it’s the dream I never knew I wanted. As I said at the end, the whole experience reignited my passion for learning Japanese - a passion that’s been replaced by studying filmmaking over the last 2-3 years instead. I’m considering taking JLPT1 (N1) next year though, in which case, I’d better hurry up and get studying.
A huge thanks to the five students who opened up about their experiences studying at a Japanese language school and a big thanks to Go! Go! Nihon for getting us access inside to film!
Definitely check them out if you’ve ever thought about trying a Japanese language school - you never know where it may lead!
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How bout u have an audio book of Natsuki or Ryotaro (OR BOTH PLEASE) reading them? Could make waves across the universe
I know this is not related to the subject of the video but I notice you don't mention anything to do with disabled access in your videos. My parents plan to visit Japan but one of them is in a wheel chair. Could you somehow address this please?
Reading Harry Potter in another language helped me immensely to learn it, especially with grammar - do it! :)
頑張って、ね。
Nice to see Go Go Nihon being represented, they're really great and have helped me a ton!
_“It was the perfect self introduction...except I’d forgotten to say my name.”_
Yes
Sometime nervousness makes you forget something.
@@thewanderingidiot2642 Yes hahaha for a Moment when he lookt a bit like he did forgot something it was funny tho... oh men he's always nervous when it comes to things like that and so am i but i believe that is the Kind of Human we are...
I had this once as well in an test introduction and it was even in my own native tongue. In front of 12 people like that feels so bad XD
「お名前は？」
"I eat cow tongue every week"
"It's quite expensive"
Not a flex at all
That's flexing in plain sight.
The slide in humble brag
Never seen a person flex by eating cow tongue
The gesture after he says it's pricey, as if he's thinking: "Yeah, it's pricey alright but thats showbiz baby"
To be fair, it's a speciality to Sendai
imagine you're just taking a course trying to learn japanese and one day this british guy walks in with a camera crew like he owns the place, stays for a few days, flexes his japanese on you, and leaves
Now that you put it that way...
And flexes about eating cow tongue every week .
Hahaha
The CHAD Chris Broad
yea but, you never learn his name as he forgot to give it lmao
I truly believe that first teacher is incredible. She's so engaging, plays off of what Chris says to bring the other students in, ask questions about their understanding and make them respond in Japanese. And from the laughter, you can tell how everyone feels welcome to try and engage in communication, even if they can't quite speak yet, and they can all feel that little bit of discomfort together in a safe space. Such a great environment to learn.
I think that's why a lot of the comments think the intro class feels like it's actually intermediate. If you can turn learning into immersion, it becomes a whole new experience. Imagine: all of these students speak different native languages. You can't sit there and give deifinitions and lessons on grammar all day at that point; you just have to try to communicate, pronounce, listen. Then you worry about the grammar at the next level. It's an incredible way to learn and this teacher is doing a great job.
@@winslow8779 actually with this kind of lesson you are doing both things at the time. For instance, with presentations, You are working the grammar of the pronouns and verb person and basic vocabulary and when the teacher asks they have to change pronouns and verb person and learn how questions are constructed. It is pretty standard for any language teaching or learning. As a teacher I felt that was the same system I use for teaching Spanish at the same level and it is the same they used on me with other languages. The system where you communicate and learn grammar separately is pretty updated
@winslow I noticed the same
chris joining the beginner class to show off his japanese during his introduction, what a chris thing to do
And forget his name at it.
100% agree
Chris please... never change
And uterly failing to flex his japanese.
And then struggling with basic reading skills. Like direct speech.
Don't pick me, don't pick me, don't pick me, don't pick me. Teacher picks you. That never fails.
100%. I was the only caucasian student in my university Japanese classes (rest were Chinese or Korean) and the professor picked on me every session :( Joke's on Omae-sensei though, I blew every answer.
@@RekiWylls Thats why your sensei picks you..
I mean Chris stood quite out. He came with a camera, sat in the middle of the room, the teacher was most likely informed beforehand and he looked like a cute harmless bear
And they love to pick on one the one day you didn't do your reading.
There could be something causal here, not just a correlation
"It's gonna be hard with the 2020 Olympics."
*Laughs in 2020* Oh Chris, you had no idea...
dude. i am so lucky i got rejected to a school. i should have went 2 months ago when everything was at the peak
PepeLaugh HE LACKS CRITICAL INFORMATION
I heard that while I was looking for a new vid and just chuckled lol. If only you knew Chris, if only you knew.
edit: spelling
"Oh my sweet summer child" 😂😂
Literally this
Chris : Was an English teacher for Japanese students
Also Chris : *Be Nervous at introducing himself*
I hate self-introductions, my brain shuts off and I forget any sort of normal language
The only upside to Japanese introductions is people are rarely creative. They just say their name and what they do.
It’s a shame I could only manage to do half of that.
I like and hate self introductions at work because here in America, we're such a "get to know you" culture and we don't mind talking to strangers, we also add in "what do you like to do?" for introductions. I struggle to come up with something that doesn't label me as The Nerd that I actually am and usually fail, lol. Everyone gives a basic, vanilla answer because no one wants to stand out. It's a little depressing and we'd almost be better off without the question.
Fix that.
Last introduction we had to make up a truth and lie on the spot...Hahaha i wish I lived in Japan.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley It's the same here in Japan. I also hate self introductions because everyone expects me to talk about my hobby or what I like to do in my free time or what kind of books or movies I like etc. But many people in here think the opposite about your country like all people there are out going and well socialized. I'm glad to hear that some people there are also struggling about this kind stuff.
"i want to look like the best kid who knows everything"
*Forgets name*
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face, in this instance it was chris's ego lol.
owch
Congrats on 666 likes
Chris was hilarious haha
I love how everyone had this silent agreement that they'd pick on Chris lol
happen in real life thou
It’s always the smartest kid that gets all the shit lol
Great. Now I want Harry Potter anime adaptation. Imagine how cool it would be:
“Harry, omae wa Wizaado dayo.”
“N-Nandato?!”
Episode ends on cliffhanger
Fun fact: Nintendo tried getting the video game rights
*season ends on cliffhanger
That would be pretty funny, might even outweigh the glaring inconsistencies and laws in the books
We have Mashle now
Chris: I'm gonna end this class whole career showing off my Japanese skill.
Whole class: *reverse uno card*
This made me laugh so hard 😂
(*ﾟﾛﾟ)
それはウケルねwwwww
I died
@@esqrachel 😂😂😂😂
hahahaha The teacher... "Who should read this next?"
EVERYONE: CHRIS SAN
Lol
12:10 This section made me feel good.
Seeing older people still going for their dream and doing things for their live.
I have a lot of problems and I feel old even if I am 'just' 29 but it made me feel really good to see that second person at 50 still going to the language school and doing something new.
Oh yes psychological problems.. you never know what you take for granted before you lose it.
I actually learned Japanese by studying at a Japanese language school myself! I went on to go to and graduate from University in Japan afterwards before landing a job in translation; I also had the opportunity to help create the new textbooks that my language school currently uses.
Which Japanese language school did you attend? I’m interested in learning Japanese by studying at a Japanese language school too
@@kingdoge69 Intercultural Institute of Japan is the school I went to.
How much does one have to keep in mind in terms of costs?
had you been to university in your home country before going? how old were u?
*it was the perfect self-introduction*
*except that I forgot to say my name*
I'd been through that
Chris is officially an anime character.
I've done that in my Japanese class a few times lol
What I didn't know made me feel more stupid - proverb by Chris Broad. 2019.
The truth to that statement hits me on a spiritual level, XD
Im going to use this
I am going to use this proverb for now on
Dude got so focused into flexing his japanese that he forgets to introduce his name lmao XDD
"Beginners class" these guys were good!
The Guy sitting next to you looks like Ryotaro about 50 years ago
Yeah i don't know man, maybe 250 years ago.
Risottoro the ancient the wise the undying
He has traveled back in time to assassinate you Chris!
before he discovered risotto.
Yes
imagine being in a coutry where the language is so complex that if you dont write for 4 seconds you forget how to write
omg touhou
Lol
*Then remember that I always carried paper and pen with me*
why write when you can converse and listen?
Just depends on how well you forget or remember things. ^_^
Optic500 speaking is one thing, but reading signs is another.
“Classes will be pretty full next year...”
We were so young then
9 months on.. we were so you then 《《《《
69 likes nice
" What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. although in my case, it felt more like, what i didn't know makes me more stupid."
Made my day!😂
Cris just casually flexing his Japanese onto other Japanese students
Minutes in he gets bullied by receiving all the questions on himself
Person Man Man That’s not bullying lmao
Sounds like me during English (Literature and Language of my local tongue) or IT
Chris : "I've been very clever, I've chosen the beginner class, hopefully I can look like the best kid"
also chris : "I've forgotten to say my name.."
fahmi azhari outstanding move
school like that had no break one you finish the beginner it all too fast... and you never be ready for any exam after that..... unlessl you r chinese....
Thank you, Chris. Love this look inside the class room. There is hope for me, yet.
Thank you for sharing your experience in learning Japanese. It's really amusing to see Chris behaving like a ten-year-old boy in an elementary school.
9:48 Well, it's unlikely that we forget all those kanji completely, and what actually happens to many Japanese is experiencing those silly "I can read it but I just can't write it" moments.
“My advice is to just go for it and get out of your comfort zone”
*cries in anxiety*
lol same. Thinking of going to Teach English there, but being in front of 40+ Teenagers is extremely daunting.
😆
@@Notchmods oh thank you random philosopher :))) too bad anxiety cares too much about *ME*
Work on your anxiety first THEN go do something amazing like this!!!
@@afivestarwaterboi781 Japanese high schoolers are not as bad as American teenagers, though. In their culture they tend to me more respectful of their teachers, and they are more shy and reserved. Plus, you know English so you'll automatically earn cool points in their eyes. If I can teach American high schoolers, you can teach Japanese ones! Go for it!
*Signs up for beginners class. *
Me: awesome. This would be the class for me.
*Everything is in Japanese with no translation*
Me: so where is the baby class?
well that's how babies learn, so time to I M M E R S E
@@kn00tcn fuck were the fetus class then
@@whatsup5914 imma need directions to the Sperm Class
It is a beginner class but they've been in that class for 6 months and living in Japan, so they pick up on the stuff pretty fast.
Theres three levels of beginner at isi (fellow alumni lolllll). I think Chris took the final beginner class before moving up to the intermediate level so it’s fully in Japanese. The first beginning class is for people with zero Japanese knowledge and the second one is where kanji is introduced. If you just know arigato and a few hiragana characters, you’ll most likely be put in beginner 1 :)
Thank you so much, this has really helped me make up my mind about travelling to Japan to study Japanese.
Thank you so much Chris for the information on Go Go Nihon. It came very useful for my son.....once again thank you so much and keep up with the good job, God Bless You.
Chris suddenly turns into a Samurai when he speaks Japanese.
Gary Hoang it b like that 😂😂
kore wa pen desu
@@iconic410
Damare hana no boya
muda x 7 page Wait a minute...
@@iconic410 Asoko ni mado ga arimasu.
That story Chris read
Legend says that the wife still angry to her husband til this day, and the garbage is still in their house
Plot twist, the garbage they are talking about is actually the husband
oof
@@furensuko I'm dead omg.
@@furensuko in my Japanese class, during a discussion of how you're not supposed to praise or brag about your family, the TA said that it was appropriate for a woman to refer to her husband as "my garbage." So she might tell her friend that she always has to nag her garbage to take the garbage out...
@@furensuko xD
Chris is the only youtuber I know that could easily direct an actual tv show or movie extremely well based on their film style. Fantastic job, a natural
First time I've seen Chris since I've discovered his channel, I'm impressed.
I like how Chris slowly became more sinister during his reading and had to restrain himself so that the class wouldn't think he was a complete weirdo
“Are you aware of your own defect?” Should have been in at least one of those books.
Starvations
Soy sauce reckoning of the cream cheese
LMAO .
Your every video is inspiring! I spent 3 years in New Zealand and 3 years in Australia. Now im on my last semester of university and im planning to do my masters in Japan. The program i want to apply only take 10 student globally, but i ll still try my best. Im learning japanese right from zero. I am genuinely inspired by your story and your videos. I m gon just go for it.
this was soo fun chris!! loved how fun and chill everyone was!! poog :DD
korean guy : *say anything *
class : *L M A O*
i don't get it why is he constantly making everyone laugh by just saying his name?
@@NeostormXLMAX
they're being nice i guess
Telling someone you're from South Korea is top tier comedy, apparently
I think it's because they're expecting him to say his name "I'm so-and-so" but all he says is "I'm Korean"
Grace O'Hair-Sherman absolutely wrong.
Really if you think so, it’s evidence for you completely not to know about Japanese.
But, That levels of Japanese of them in the class are low is right. R u Okay?
This made me way more intimidated. The beginners had a lot of Japanese knowledge.
Keep in mind that most of these students are focusing solely on Japanese and Chris went in on who-knows-when during their semester.
Right now they’re 6 months into the class. They start their school terms at the beginning of april
WORK HARD OR FAIL
It's fast paced but doable... Compare it to learning Japanese in college. Most colleges do half of a minna no nihongo textbook per semester... And based off of 6:11 (you can see the open minna no ningongo book) they're about halfway through the second book to. So, this is probably what 1 1/2 years of American college would do you for, but they did it in 5 or so months. Not so far fetched when you consider, language schools teach for at least 20 in class hours a week, where American colleges do like 3-4 hours in class per week.
くら_おさ.める_かく.れる蔵 the problem is exactly that way of thinking, actually. Many people seem to think that you’re paying these language schools for a visa, not to be taught. The language schools (everywhere in the world) tend to be extremely inefficient in teaching. I’m not paying 12,000 USD to teach myself at home, but that’s certainly what I got with my purchase
Revisiting this a year a year later as a fan that rewatches videos regularly I would love to see another video like this one again. After the journey across Japan 3 series finishes up.
Just catching up on your videos. Thanks so much for doing this! I have actually been considering going to this exact school! Now I'm definitely going to!
That's pretty hard for a "beginner" class.
It's four months in to be fair.
How much Prior knowledge of the language should one have before attending a language school, and does majoring in Japanese equal to something like this?
@@evanbradley2790 Good question. What's the point of attending such begginer's class if in fact you already have to be able to read and hold a conversation? Plus if majority of people is Korean they probably have easier start than non-Asian language speaker, so how do they organize lessons for complete begginers who are not native speakers of tonal languages??? It looks very strange to me.
@@evanbradley2790 I went to a Japanese language school after working as a an English teacher in Japan for 2 years. The school I went to had like a dozen different levels for language proficiency starting from people with zero Japanese ability to people who were fairly fluent and were studying for the N1 test (the highest proficiency level). I placed into one of the beginner's levels but it was like the 2nd or 3rd level beginner's class, so it wasn't for people brand new to Japanese. You don't need any prior knowledge to go to a language school, they accept all levels.
Also, this video was taken four months into the class. The great thing about these schools is that you are completely immersed in the language so you learn a lot faster. I went to my school for 3 months and learned more in that time than I did in 2 years of studying with a tutor. If you can afford it, I'd definitely recommend it.
Evangelical Brandy I'm using Minna no Nihongo books in my Japanese class and you need to know how to read and write hiragana and katakana before starting (and also having a basic comprehension of kanji)
Teacher: Who should read?
Rest of the class: Chris!!!
mild bullying in action
It's amazing to see how far chris has come since he first steped foot in japan. If you look at his earlier videos he has come SOOOO far.
I'm so happy that I found your channel... I always wanted to live in japan, I almost took a job with Westgate in Tokyo but I never went through with it and now I can watch your videos and feel like i've actually done it all...
The teacher is really engaging with her students and charismatic. Wants me want to sit in her class and learn Japanese.
King Khan she’s probably the best teacher I had from that school
Wants me want to
And the fact that you could smash her after class
Me too, and the funny thing is that I have no interest in living in Japan lol
King Khan
I had a teacher like that in my high school Japanese class.
British guy smurfing in a Japanese language school colorized circa 2019
British OSS agent infiltrates imperial Japanese officer meeting colorized circa 1943
This is a bit of an eye opener, I studied Japanese in secondary school for 4 years and by the end of it still we were only constructing very basic sentences and found any listening exercise almost impossible. Looking back I think it was more the teaching methods and syllabus than my ability as I did get an A in the final exam but it goes to show the way we learn languages in school in the UK is so unnatural that we come out without really being able to speak, read or write, just able to do enough to pass the exam. Massive respect to these students learning a very difficult language, they are amazing for 'beginners'!
May be obvious but videos like this one help us, those interested in Japanese, Japan itself and the whole experience, immensely. Case in point I have been considering schooling in Japan (even if I'm ready 43 years old and set in my ways) and I never heard of Go! Go! Nihon. I will definitely check it out even if the situation now in 2020 is complicated... But the future is limitless! :) That aside, thank you again Chris for bringing up a resource as useful as this one, seriously this channel is amazing! :)
I'm thinking Chris has Vietnam flashback of his speech contest everytime he messed up🤣🤣
I know I would.
School PTSD. I had my own flashbacks whilenue was reading that excercise
“Because I’m so brilliant and sneaky...”
“HAH-REE PO-TA”
Could it be リ instead of レイ？
@@dashyz3293 It's "ハリーポッター", long vocals!
Filipino?
Potang ena
Taena makita lang pota filipino kagad
This is pretty general but languages are so cool. I remember neglecting languages outside of English when I was growing up, but fortunately I was brought up in a bilingual environment and still learnt another language a bit in school. Now I'm trying to be fluent in four languages, and well it's a work in progress but there's been good improvement. It's so cool having these different ways to communicate with different people and different cultures
the teacher was great on the spot, loved it !
Promoting an absolute free service without giving a discount coupon?
What a monster
I know atleast give us a 10% discount coupon
He looked a bit salty about it too. The lovable rascal
16 minutes of chriss being "that kid" in japanese beginner school? hell yea
Thank you, I'll be looking into this with high hopes 😊
That last bit about the 2020 Olympics and accommodation aged like fine wine Chris.
I feel like this class is more early intermediate. It seems like everyone can hold a conversation in Japanese here, when you're able to do that, you're intermediate
a lot of schools require you to have studied a bit and be able to hold a conversation a bit
they were using the second of the four Minna no Nihongo books. so indeed they were early intermediate, like being able to write all if not most kana syllabes, some kanji symbols and to speak and understand short tourist-like polite sentences.
Yeah that’s why after watching this, if I would ever go there, I would need to be able to understand a bit cause I don’t want to be that clueless guy who knows nothing 😂
I thought like you before but coming back a month later I realized how easy their japanese actually is. The are using the basics. You can hold s conversation with that but you‘d sound like a three year old
It says that they’re four months into being taught japanese at the bottom
I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty disappointed that your jikoshoukai didn't include the phrase, "kore wa pen desu".
Kantan Japan - Japan Made Easy If I can’t remember my name, there was no way I was going to be able to deliver an advanced Japanese sentence like that
I'm sorry, but that is an essential sentence
@@AbroadinJapan 'Watashi wa pen desu"? Go for a compromise...
that sound like croatian words kore is crust pen is penkala and desu means where are they
@@ThePsicocat101 uh pen is what? you got the sentence messed up there. pen doesn't mean anything in croatian unlike kore and desu.
superb editing, Very nice!
This video changed my life. Thanks bro
"What's your favourite Japanese dishes, everyone?"
Chris cuts away fast, but we all know. Yakitori fiend.
Dr. Faust VII Spot on. In fact I stuffed myself with several yakitori for dinner just this evening.
Who doesn't love yakitori? It's the best!
@@majcrash Agreed!
*_"What I didn't know made me feels more stupid"_*
Great proverb as always, Chris xD
Amazing video. Gave it 5 stars and added to favourites.
This was very helpful. I will definitely look into it. ありがとうございまでぃた！
3:47 "You're so young".."Actually my name is Soo Young.. but close enough"
Haha funny.
....still laughing.
justvers Are you still laughing?
He's still...
I am.
If that’s a beginner class - what comes before beginner?! Haha sign me up for that.
what im saying
Foundation or something like that
This reminds me of "There is now a Level Zero" from Kung Fu Panda. 😂
~:~
Say what! That was way too much Japanese for a beginner lesson for me, lol!
That's definitely a beginner class, the teacher was speaking soooo slowly, didn't realized how slow it was when I was in beginner class but now...
I am learning Japanese right now at 11 years old. I attempted learning it when i was just 9, but that didn't work out. so I've decided to continue my learning just a month ago! So far it has been very good. I've memorized and written down a majority of the kanji. And I've been studying katakana and hiragana every day. I'm trying to convince my mom to help me get a Japanese dictionary to help improve my word structures and such. Watching these videos from you, just give me more motivation and it has helped a lot. I am looking forward to moving to japan and getting a job, communicating and helping others. Your videos really inspire me. If you read this thanks! -Eleanor
this is so cool! how is that going for you?
Chris you were a boss during the introduction in Japanese . 👍🏽🔥 so elegant and professional.
Damn, even after having 1 Million subscribers, self introduction in a classroom is still nerve wrecking huh??
Yeah, it's pretty awkward
cant see the subscribers in person, also the classroom isnt 'fans' of his
Classrooms are the worst lol
Everyone: "Just do it"
My wallet: "Lol nope"
Andr3wco7 it’s sadly true
Wow I have not seen you in a very long time, legend
i remember your name...
@Neppo there are no scholarships for language school pretty much... There's one really small jasso for it. There's scholarships for graduate school that will pay for 6 months of a language school though.
@Neppo you were maybe thinking college? Sadly in 4 years of learning Japanese college and you'd know half of what you'd learn in language school in half the time.
Thank you for sharing Chris!
This immersive setting seems like a really great way to learn Japanese, but the thousands of kanji is quite daunting. Great video!
The guy who lived in Japan for 6 years participated in a beginners japanese class and thinks he's cool 😂♥️
Chris. You are amazing 🌸
Well, I had seven years of French at school and took the beginners french class at the university ("general key qualifications"). I was the cool kid. :D
@@Hitsugix bruh. I'm bilingual and speak Italian as my second language. Back when I was in high school in the UK I was always the cool kid in French class because I just knew every word. I even got the top score in my end of year exams in Year 8 for French but I never told anyone that Italian was very similar to French. Lmao
Ricky911 lmao its the same thing with this girl I knew who was Spanish. She ended up with a 9 in French
@@ken-yo2hz a 9?? I'm still 14 so I haven't done my GCSEs yet but I'm probably like an 8H or something LOL. My target for Year 11 is 7 and I was above target for French so I don't really know what my teacher predicted
Edit: I moved out of the UK last year because of my parents' job so I don't think I'll be taking my GCSEs anyway
Wait! His last name is Broad?
So the channel should be called A Broad in Japan.
@Mia Smith lol
It's called Abroad in Japan specifically for that reason.
no... just no......
it is
Simultaneously getting the joke and missing the joke at the same time
You know these lessons are worth it when you’re out and about and benefit from something you learned in class. Early on we had to memorize the phrase “Is there a phone in this area” which I grudingly did as part of a larger dialog. Shortly after while out on the street, I needed a toilet. The phone phrase came immediately to mind and I substituted toilet for phone. The words just flowed. Unfortunately, I wasn’t yet prepared for the rapid-fire response in Kyoto-ben. Years later, I enrolled in a class that used recorded TV shows. If it weren’t for those, I would have never been able to learn to understand the news and comedy shows on my own. Now after years of neglect, if I only could remember how to write “happy birthday” without looking up the characters.
Did you go to japanese language school?
Thank you for sharing, good video
2:59 Chris had nightmares he was back teaching English with kids prodding his stomach lol
Can't wait for the 26 part series, "Journey across language school"
I absolutely love this video and your channel
雨降って地固まる- translates to after the rain, the dirt gets hard/solid similar to what doesnt kill you makes you stronger
"Fortunately, I was able to blame it all on Brian." I'M DYING LOL
That school bell alerted my fight or flight reaction
I thought it was a doorbell. At least it's not a normal schoolbell that's just "BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Same. I don’t know why. Heart rate picked up. The BREEEEEEE never had that effect on me.
*Boss music starts playing*
This kind of bell is really usual bell in Japan
My school doesn’t have a school bell and I remember a time my teacher let us out of the class 20 minutes early as that is all she had planned and we finished the work faster than expected. When we went into the corridor and there was a surprising lack of students, one kid checked the time and realized the lesson hadn’t ended.
It was inspiring to hear from the students
This video gave me the push to enroll myself into a Japanese Language school in the same year, 2019. And that experience has by far been the best experience of my life. So, thank you! (I guess) :-)
All of my school anxiety came back when you forgot to actually say your name, or when you didn't know the phrase, reading the wrong fragment and the sheer stress of being called out by the teacher for everything (I'm an introvert and i always hated being called out by the teacher, even though i was very good in my english classes i still hated speaking with so many people around me). Surprisingly the classes you were in seemed so nice and wholesome, the teacher was very nice which i didn't expect (i always thought the japanese teachers would be more strict, although this not being a regular school probably changes a lot in that aspect.
Jebla Idzie Dostać Yeah, I don’t like being on the spot in front of the entire class either. There’s a lot of potential to embarrass yourself in front of everybody.
I used to be that way. Somewhere along the way i just started to laugh at those small mistakes and just to enjoy myself.
yea i feel that in this case everyone is at the same level though. no one is above knowing more about speaking japanese other than the teacher. no one can tease you for getting something wrong or anything like that. so if you make a mistake its literally everyone learning how to not that mistake again. def makes it a safe space.
Well, this school in particular it seems that specializes in teaching foreign students, that's why they need a lot of patience on them.
"hopefully I can be the best kid."
"onamae wa?"
Is it supposed to be ore namae wa chris broad..Des?
Not sure lol
Wonder777 Warrior he’s talking about how Chris, forgot to tell his name
@@wonder777warrior6 ore *no* namae wa broad chris desu or ore wa broad chris. The most polite way is watashi no namae wa ... desu. Instead of ore or watashi you can also use boku. This is something common under youngsters. So you were close just don't forget the no which makes an "I" into a "My" and don't forget to start with the last name ;)
He forgot to say "ochinchin daisukinandayo"
you are really funny!!!! really nice to watch and informative video thats entertaining in many ways.... Thank you!!!!
Gutted to find out about this now, as I would have 100% done this years back as I was studying for the TEFL qualification but sadly it all fell through, had I known that I could still go to Japan and learn Japanese this way I would have done it. Well hopefully if things get better I can, fingers crossed! Cheers for another awesome vid Chris! :D
THAT was BEGINNER level ???!!! o.o holy crap... beginner courses in my country were toddler level then...
sleepines that’s 6 months into beginner. So they’re about to be intermediate. If they’re on track with my school, those students are just about to start studying for the N3
@@kylanoble8669 Agreed. As someone who just started N3 and used the Minna No Nihongo book you could tell that some was at the end of the second book. In Japan N5 and N4 levels are beginner while in other places N5 might just be beginner and N4 intermediate.
@@Juichi N4 is beginner and still very basic.
yh it's basic
9:40 "The trouble with learning Japanese is if you stop writing, quite easily, you can start to just forget everything.... and so, um you need to really need to keep practicing. Thatʻs why in Japan, people still use a lot of paper as opposed to using computers and things because otherwise theyʻre gonna forget the 2200 kanji characters that you need to use in everyday life in Japan."
That is a really interesting perspective Iʻve never heard from anyone else before.
Or just give up on writing and use a computer. 95%+ of the time I'm getting by fine in professional all-Japanese language environments. Just don't have me take notes on the white board : )
i relate to that with my katakana. i was able to pick it up quickly because of my Japanese text book but its been over a year since i self taught myself and im already forgetting
Actually it's because of the stupid society that we still write in stuff.
In fact, nowadays, more and more Japanese cannot write the Kanji correctly without help of PC or smartphone, especially after they finished high school, obviously thanks to those machines. And me neither...
But when you are learning from nothing, handwriting would be still helpful to memorize and to capture the characteristics of each Kanji.
I practiced Japanese from the age of 14 to 17-ish using various websites and, of course, UA-cam as a learning platform. Once I began to grasp the basic conversational skill-set to hold a conversation I started to do language exchange with random Japanese people I found on Skype's forum. Later when I turned 18, I had saved up enough money and found a cheap plane ticket to Japan. I went with no plan nor goal for two weeks. Best two weeks of my life.
I was able to write all hiragana characters as well as probably 50 kanji. Now I'm 25, and haven't really put in any time or effort to remember them, but I still do from time to time.
Katakana, for some odd reason, decided to never stick in my brain--too similar characters in contrast to Hiragana.
I should probably open up my Genki 1 and 2 books and for once and all start studying again. Japanese is such a wonderful language.
The teacher is a real beast, would have loved to have hr as an tutor. Glad those people can access this service for free
There's something incredibly cute seeing Chris sat in the middle of a class room, forgetting to say his name during the Jikoshoukai haha
@@mairimka8757 I've been there myself, more than once I must admit, but without mistakes you don't learn and grow.
I ACTUALLY SEARCHED FOR A JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL YESTERDAY USING THEIR SERVICE, AND NOW YOU UPLOAD THIS VIDEO!
THIS IS A SIGN!
@@Bucci_Lightyear well, I want to sign up, but the cost is expensive as I live in Singapore and boy, the exchange rate is very high as well as the air plane ticket to Japan. Dang, its expensive
@@Bucci_Lightyear That sounds really great!
They have sent the papers to the school, and I am currently waiting for a reply!
@@emmemttc That sounds like an annoying trouble :/.
I have the luxuary to save up a bunch of money, and then I can take a student loan from my country with a silly low interest rate that I will easily be able to pay back in the future!
@@emmemttc How much was everything, in sing dollars please.
Maybe you are one of the ones in the video :O
I hope I can find a language school that is not only relatively cheap (wife and kids and rent), but also one that I can attend at night once the fam and I move back to Japan in a year or two. Thank you for the video Chris! Very informative and motivational!
The way you put the books back on the shelf has my OCD going off in a major way.