What Japanese Think of English Teachers (Interview)
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I asked Japanese people what they think of English teachers (Japanese English teachers and foreign/native English-speaking teachers.)
I also asked what English teachers can do to improve their classes as well as the teachers they liked and didn't like in the past. - Zábava
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I taught English for 11 years in Japan. It was so discouraging until I realized the college students and salarymen just wanted to hang out and drink with me. So we went out a lot and sure enough, my students started making progress! I think more exposure to conversational English is so critical.
Do you know Japanese before you went?
So, I can just hang and drink with the students. I want that job.
why did you quit / return to your home country?
Practice makes perfect, because the brain remembers all the useful stuff you experience. If you just study grammar and memorize words all the time, the brain is just going to doze off and trash that information.
I was considering that but everyone says it's soul crushing stuff
"I don't like English."
"Why not?"
"Because it doesn't make sense to me."
As a native English speaker for about 23 years, I can tell you that she is not wrong. So much of this language doesn't make sense.
interesting 😯
+forgives12 I may be exaggerating, but it seems like every pronunciation rule is broken, not to mention words that sound exactly the same, but have different meanings (of course they are spelled different, but how can you tell that verbally)?
No. No. I liked your commemt
***** oh, thank you. It's something me and my friends joke about a lot
Infamous Otaku Really? Do tell...
“If they showed us more examples where English would be useful in the future...”
*bus with giant advertisement of European singer drives by in the background*
To be fair, it also had the same sign in Japanese immediately prior.
In Japan the English is kinda useless. In the rest of the world maybe...useful
what does Europe have to do with English
@@RandomDandomVids Because the English language came from Europe...? And most European countries have at least half of the population speak it?
@@RandomDandomVids yikes american detected
For me the saddest part is that the "grammar section" of the English lesson is not actually English grammar. This is why, as the girls in the video said, the grammar is totally disconnected from the ability to understand and use English. What Japanese Teachers of English teach in "grammar" class is an invented method of classifying English according to Japanese grammar. For example, no native speaker has any idea what "I, My, Me Mine, You, Your, You, Yours" is about... to the native speaker, I, as the subject and would never ever be confused with "my" a possessive form. But sooooo many unfortunate Japanese kids get taught this abomination pattern "I, My, Me Mine", and so end up confusing the terms. And this pattern comes from the "ha-ga-no-wo-ni-nomono" Japanese particle as applying to watashi, anata, etc.
No wonder people can't learn the language if the teachers deliberately create memorisation tools and teaching methods that rely upon thinking in Japanese, and according to Japanese grammar patterns.
Sorry but could you explain the "I, my" vs "watashi" thing?
Maybe it's cuz I've only just started learning basic things like words (And still I do not grasp sentence structure) but teaching "Watashi no" for my and "watashi wa" for I seems perfectly acceptable?
Also it's funny that grammar is mentioned since as a native speaker I've never formally learned it, we aren't taught it over here at least so any understanding of it would be intuitive.
@Razorback73 I see.
I guess because the way I'm studying Japanese I just tie on the English version to it and can't think of it in any other way.
Does that make sense?
So I see watashi and go "Yes, that's I or me" then look at the following character and transform it to the appropriate English equivalent like "my" for "no" or "me too" for "mo" or whatever else.
Is this not how one should do it?
I thought this was quite easy to understand?
Does it not translate well the other way?
@@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS That's how I did it when I started learning Japanese and it worked for me! :)
Yes, learning to think in English is required.
When I was teaching eikaiwa, I used to do grammar drills with students. I had no freedom to do this an ALT. I did my own grammar set up. I would have students conjugate a couple of verbs every lesson. I'd set up the chart like this...
I
He/she/it
You
They
We
I would then give them the verb and they have to conjugate it based on the chart. For instance, if it's "to be"", they would say I am, you are, he is, etc.
For possessives, I kept it simple and actually did use some Japanese for this.
My - Watashi no
Your - Anata no
Our - Watashi-tachi no
etc.
I think doing it that way helped them quite a bit. My first year in Japan, was as an ALT at a junior high school. I came up with a grammar game...a very simple madlib and the JTE had no faith that they'd understand it, even though on the sheet I was using English and Japanese (romaji and kanji) for the blanks underneath so they 'd know what to fill each blank with. I also used very simple sentences. It was for Halloween. He said they wouldn't understand the grammar terms I used (verb, noun, adjective...as I said, I wrote those in Japanese). I was really surprised by that and can't help but wonder how the grammar was taught in Japanese.
Yuta-san, with my experience as an ALT, I have to say that much of these people's complaints about their English education is the direct result of the administrative decisions of the Japanese education system. At the 03:35 mark, this guy says that ALTs who can speak Japanese as well as English are the best. I did this, and my students thanked me for helping them understand English better. However, _I did this in direct violation of the wishes of my city's board of education._ I was merely lucky that nobody complained. I was a maverick and did not hesitate to use Japanese if necessary.
In a previous city, I had a school principal tell me that speaking English-only to elementary students who have had no actual English education from a Japanese teacher is like an "English shower." Naive people like her consider having an ALT come and teach these kids _one 45 minute class a week the same as language immersion._ This is ridiculous. Like a barking dog, they expected me to just repeat English over and over again with examples and role plays. Some kids cannot respond well to the "barking dog" because they are nervous and get frustrated. This is not a "shower" for such kids, but more like blasting them in the face with a hose.
In junior high schools, I had JTEs who could speak English with me with fairly good accents, but to their children they always said crap like "faasto" and "lasto" instead of just saying "first" and "last." They apparently felt that teaching Japanese kids improper English pronunciation helps them to understand English better. *However, these teachers are teaching a form of English that is understood **_only_** by Japanese people.*
I recently saw on TV that most Japanese people think that "cone" as in "ice cream cone" is the same word as "corn." Native English speakers never mistake these two words. I tried my best to teach my students proper phonics---especially the elementary students. But it would only be undone by their JTE once they go to junior high. The Japanese education system is _finally_ acknowledging the importance of phonics, but it's too little, too late. That's why there are ALTs from Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore in Japan. Pretty soon there will be Chinese ALTs.
Where I live in Japan, there are Chinese ALTs.
Ilana Laurvik
I am not surprised! My supervisor (Japanese man who speaks English very well) went on a business trip to China. He couldn't figure out which train to take, and some elementary school-age kids helped him out in very good English. What can Japanese children communicate at that age? "I like apples." Wow.
+stevethefishdotnet Very interesting to read both your comments! You summed up a lot of things I happened to learn and conclude from different sources. The story with the Chinese students surprised me! Subconsciously I thought Chinese and Japanese public schools must be at a very similar level.
essennagerry
Nope! Japan is far behind other countries in terms of English. There is also a phenomenon called "Wasei Eigo," which could be called "Japanlish," I suppose. What does "hair make" mean? What does "ice sand" mean? Or how about "new half"? These are supposedly English words that only Japanese people understand. Japan talks a lot about wanting to show the world that they speak English, especially before the Summer Olympics come in four years. They are going to throw a lot of money at it, but it's not going to improve things. Not when all the work I do to teach true English to kids is completely undone by Japanese teachers.
Funny enough there's similar issue here, in the US, concerning Spanish language education- because it's obviously very useful to learn in a country with a large Hispanic population. I'm in my final year of college and am taking my second Spanish course. The first class I took was led by a native-Colombian Spanish speaker who spoke perfect English. He didn't rush in the manner that he talked and understood the importance of not teaching Spain/whitewashed Spanish to American students, due to the fact that most Spanish speaking American people are not from Spain (the dialects and slang are entirely different).
This changed once I had a white- non native instructor that based all of her lessons on European Spain Spanish: which includes a dialect that is not used in America commonly, as well as, a host of grammatical and phonetic elements that are not used in Hispanic Spanish- that making much of the course entirely useless for people who want to communicate with Hispanic Americans.
Regardless of the grade level, I'm sure many countries could and should rethink the way in which they teach major languages to their students. English is a very important language internationally. There's no point in wasting the time if you're not going to achieve any real breakthrough in teaching proper communication.
I have a friend who worked as an english teacher for an university in Japan.
He left dissapointed that with the system because it was all about the money, if the student pay, then it'll pass.
He never teached the way he wanted or try to press the students to learn because anytime he attempted to, the boss appears telling him to stop and just focus on giving the class the way they told him.
do you know which program your friend was in?
That's for the majority of private universities in Japan, sadly.
no it isn't. money doesn't solve exam even private universities.
that is absolutly illegal. which universities does it work? write down the name please ? Dai Nobu's friend is idiot I think. because money doesn't work to famous(hight intelligence) private universities .
sorry Dai Nobu . but it is truth.
+500 ビックル Private universities all over the world work like this. They're a business, as long as you pay you pass with minimal effort
Sadly he never mentioned the program and the University I'm not sure but I think it was in Kyoto.
Oh... Ms. Hitomi Tanaka?! I know her too, she is the best!
Ultrajamz XDXDXDXD
oh god XD
So I'm not the only one who IMMEDIATELY jumped to that same conclusion.
I......don't know how to feel about that.
*cough* never heard of her, is she a famous actress? Did she get an oscar already? *cooooouuuuuuuugh*
google searching.........
Lol
"He would pronounce *opportunity* like this."
LMAO I died laughing.
Time stamp?
Hello, Nice Try the Time Traveller here.
2:35 is the time stamp you're looking for.
@@YodaDJmaster holy shit you answered four years later lmao
@@YodaDJmaster you're a legend
"If they were good teachers, they would be able to speak Japanese as much as English" -I feel you man. I studied Japanese for 5 and a half years and all of my teachers are Japanese who didn't know how to speak English. It was really a pain in the ass. I remember during the first day of class, me and my other classmates in different nationalities were already complaining. They just act out every verb and sentence patterns were not even explained well! Thank goodness internet was there. Though overall I still prefer Native Japanese speakers for conversation lessons and English Japanese teachers for words and kanji.
Agreed. I had to take Spanish (only class in my high school) it was much easier to learn from a teacher who had the same level of English and Spanish (I'm from the US and she grew up so by default she learned English but since she's Hispanic so she understood and spoke the language well). Even though I already knew how to speak Spanish it made it so much easier when she would explain the grammar bc she was able to properly match it up to the English version in case we still didn't understand. And just in general it's best to learn the language of the ppl you are teaching bc that way it is way easier to understand where they are struggling bc they can tell you instead of always guessing or having to get into a big conflict to get to the root problem of why they can't .
Them two dudes in front of the truck are chill as hell.
Literally everyone: "Japanese people are so reserved and quiet -- they never speak their minds".
Japanese Girls: "MUSCULAR JUSTIN BEIBER."
Japanese Guys: "TIG OL' BITTIES."
The blue hoodie guy is hilarious
He is a man of culture
Is it just me or is he like an anime character based on what he just said? Or perhaps he watch too much anime?
@@gamegamer9523 he's just a dude
7:38
"...."
That man sure does respect Japanese Cultural Spirit.
People should understand what is learning a language first. To learn a language you must get into the culture of the language you are trying to speak. Most of the people in my country are asking me how did I learned English so good. I just anwer to them I played lot of games in English, watched English-American-Aussie shows-movies, watched English speaking videos on youtube, read english books-comics and last but not least tried to speak with English speaking people on internet and in real life. It just takes you to get in the culture to learn a language. I actually wanted to learn Japanese so I started watching Japanese youtube channels, Japanese movies and some anime. I might get deep into Japanese next year cause this year might be pretty busy for me. Anyways good luck to all the people who are trying to learn a new language.
whats is your primary language?
Exactly, but you know more and more countries do not value the hard work behind it so basically learning languages is not something you can do to have a good job in these countries so learning it in school (not as a hobby) is pretty much seen as a career dead end.
Luis Corona My primary language is Turkish.
Word
Most people couldn't tell that I was born and raised in Asia because of my accent. I came to NY when I was 14 and did my best to integrate with the culture and speak in a more natural way. That meant actively engaging in conversation with others, consciously adjusting my speech pattern in English (sometimes I would read out loud while recording and listen to it after, learning every slang, idiom, and different accents. I already understood English pretty well thanks to the countless movies and TV shows I watched but speaking it naturally and writing eloquently are different. I went to a college prep school so I was lucky enough to have strict English instructors who will nitpick your essay for the smallest details. It was pretty much like creating a whole new identity which is what I've started doing with Japanese.
That chick with the super happy eyes, I like her face. I don't even have to give a time, you know who I'm talking about.
0:44 right?
tougeteggy
That's the one haha. So pretty.
fish chips
dude...what..no
First time I"ve ever seen a real-life anime girl.
Ikr first time saw here in the video and i was omg that girl
0:07 Yuta: he does his own stunts.
I have to share my experience when I was in 2nd yr of High School.
When it's time to attend English classes, we have a rule "english only, if you speak in Filipino you pay 1 peso"
We try to speak in English as much as we can in a 2hr class without speaking in Filipino.
If the teacher goes out of the classroom, the whole class will speak in Filipino so, that we can understand the lesson thoroughly.
what isnt that illegal
@@olaet6541 it is, but most of us are never caught red-handed hahha
Luh paborito ko yang rule tumatahimik yung klase
We had a rule like that too in our Spanish class. At the end of the year, we'd use the money collected for an end-of-the-year class party, lol
Funny story: we often have discussions about whatever topics, and ya can talk as much as ya want as long as it's en Espanol. But one day, the debate was getting kinda heated, and one classmate went in front of the class, showed 10 bucks out of his pocket and proceeded to put it in the money jar, then laid out the whole class the minutes-long barrage of what he thinks is wrong with the opposing position - not in Spanish, of course. And everybody was laughing, including our young guapa Spanish teacher Ms. A, lol
I remember experiencing that rule as young as 3rd grade. It is a way to shut us up hehehe..
"Do you know Ms. Tanaka?" LMAO
That guy was clueless and funny in general
I'm a Canadian ESL/EAL instructor and so really appreciated hearing what these young people liked and wanted in an English teacher. In particular, it is interesting to hear them make a distinction between real-world communication in English and studying the grammar of the language. They are related things but they are not the same thing and these young people know it! Real-world communication is a much better way to truly learn English than the rote grammar/translation approach.
This was exactly the kind of comment I was looking to make. I've done a lot informally with languages and going through ESL certification myself, so I had the same impressions!
Jon Hay did you miss the part when they said all they cared about was sex appeal 🙃
This was very entertaining to watch. I came here for the interview but watching their personalities and laughing with their friends made it even more fun.
My Polish wife has a habit of just abandoning me in shops then laughing mercilessly as I attempt to buy and pay for stuff, you sure as hell pick up the language fast while bumbling about like a total dingbat.
T O T A L D I N G B A T
Man: Do you know Ms. Tanaka?
Me: ... I do know a Tanaka but she ain't an english teacher.
Haha First thought here as well
thai kick
Tia Tanaka?
@@josephwolosz3205 hitomi ;)
sometimes
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I used to go to Cologne every year for work :D
Da simma dabei, dat is prima
1:18 she sounds like one of those japanese voice robots lol
It was a little jarring to see your comment here. I watch your speedrun compilations sometimes and now you're here on another CZcamsr's video that I watch sometimes.
@@aprilmandy I'm a human being too ☺️
@@gladJonas Of course! I'm glad you watch Yuta videos like I do! :)
yup
Hey gladJonas
Oh my god this is so helpful....
The first girl you interviewed. Her eyes.... They sparkle.
As a Japanese language major I plan to teach English in Japan for about a year or two and hopefully do a good job in teaching students there English. It's a big problem that many foreign teachers that teach English there don't speak any Japanese, but I hope I'll be able to help them as a Japanese major who speaks both English and Japanese. I really do love teaching others about a subject that they want to learn; however, I know that many Japanese students are also unmotivated to learn English, so I'll just have to do my best.
I'm not sure about Eikawas since all my friends are ALTs, however if you end up as an ALT, then you don't really need to know Japanese much at all, since the whole purpose of you being an English teaching assistant is so that the students can learn and hear proper pronunciation. The teachers might also use you to double check whether certain sentences or writings are grammatically correct or sound more natural in English.
Knowing more Japanese in this work environment is merely going to help you communicate better with your co-workers and supervisor.
on point with ppoint. I did a presentation on the merits of ALTs and the JET programme for my JP class, while it does present the opportunity to teach English to Japanese students, your main job is to support the "English" teacher. ALTs actually have very little power in the classroom, unless your English teacher happens to be very hands on and letting you have the reins to the class. Most of the activities in English classes are just reciting grammar and remembering key phrases and sentences without practicing the pronunciation. The system is old and predictable, but the current govt and school boards are trying to change this by 2020 in light of the Olympics, to develop the new generation for the international stage.
Since the people are paying for English, it's best to avoid speaking the students' language unless absolutely necessary to make things go smoother.
Good luck.
+earlysda I think it's not only about them paying to being taught English but also involving them into the culture and make them notice English is useful in real-life situations. That's what languages are all about.
1:21 HER VOICE IS TOO CUTE
Branden Black agreed
That pronunciation of "opportunity" isn't so bad. There's an accent, but it'd be understandable to a native (or me, at least.)
This is really interesting Yuta! Keep up the great videos.
Shut up u one hit wonder
@@freshair9133 grow up
@@ArnoldsKtm stfu and go back to liking your own comments. Goofy 🤪
some people wanna watch the world burn
As an English teacher in Japan, this was definitely my favorite video that you've done so far! My students tell me their opinions pretty honestly, but it was great to hear the opinions of older people reflecting on their past experiences. Thanks Yuta!
I actually improved my english a lot by being on the internet. Since i was interested in Kpop since I was 13 ( 8 years ago) and most sources back then were only in english.. I went to Allkpop everyday for several years and I improved greatly...Rather than just counting on teachers Japanese students should have( or be given) the motivation/chance to read in english, watch english spoken movies..and so on. I find it so sad that the only occasion kids get to practice is by approaching foreigners when they're on school trips..They ALL use the same sentence and read the sheet! ( May I speak to you in english ? ) I think it's a pity. Even though those teenagers are really cute when they come to you all shy 笑
4:38 i like the way she laughs. she's cute
i feel ya bro! her face is really round but when she laughs she's hella cute!
She is the most attractive girl in the video. Most feminine energy.
She's cute because she seems so spontaneous and honest. She doesn't hide her smile, act shy or anything: she just acts and laughs geniunely. It's not like she's objectively really beautiful, but she's really charming and cute thanks to her energy and behaviour.
She looks stupid not cute
Maybe the stupidest thing I watched today was this thing and it's bitchen laugh
Wow, that video was awesome! Everyone was in such a good mood, it was pure joy to watch! :D I'm smiling big now! :)
I had a really terrible teacher in high school. I knew English much better than her, but she still thought, she knew it the best.
Some sentences she used to write on the blackboard that went like "He doesn't likes..." were pretty hilarious, but i also felt sad for the rest of my class, because they didn't learn anything.
that's awful
...than she did...
@@kathleenannebethune1248 Thank you, I was worried that I might have been the only one who noticed that.
@@kathleenannebethune1248 Nobody talks like that. "Than" is definitely often a preposition in the real world, regardless of its function in the particular dialect of the particular class in the particular region and time period where those arbitrary rules were fossilized.
I had the same experience at school. It's better to learn by yourself than stick with bad teachers, and they are numerous here in my country.
watching your japanese lessons and watching your videos now, you improved your english A LOT
As an aspiring ESL teacher currently enrolled in a TESL course in university, this video has been very enlightening on the merits of dual language in the English classroom. Thanks Yuta! Keep up the good work! :)
7:35 i love this guy. Unlike most Japanese in interviews this guy has no filter. Very refreshing to see
The two high school girls and the guy in the blue coat were HILARIOUS.
ちょううけるｗ
The guy in the blue jacket is awesome :D
Reminds me of Prison School
right
yep, always relate a video from Japan about anime.
chincho meka I think you should work on your assumptions especially by the way. If you didn't realise, I said that because any weeb will try and compare an anime character to any person or thing in a japanese video.
Aprax n
Cute Hamster
I tried to copulate with a cute hamster very recently, I hope it wasn't you...!!!
Great video Yuta-san. As a new English Teacher living in Japan, I found it quite informative.Thank you
This video was amazing! Very helpful for future and current ALTs
my best english teacher was the internet xD
Yup, that and movies...
A lot of people have had success learning a foreign language not from formal lessons. Just by exposing yourself to the language on a regular basis does wonders! Now with the Internet around and Skype we have a lot of opportunities to be able to master a foreign language.
floopi66 anime was my Japanese Teacher XD
My english teacher was a dictionary, a thesaurus
I'm from Quebec, Canada and I didn't understand English until I was 13, even though in Canada everything is labelled in both French and English. Then again the majority of Canadians don't speak French. 3 years later I could read and write in English without the use of a dictionary and started speaking it too. I think that watching TV, using the internet and playing video games is how I learned the most. It's kind of funny to me that I was taught most of my pronunciation through Battlefield 3 online (voice chat). Today I'm 23 and most people I meet think that English is my native language.
The guy from Osaka was so funny :D
He lived up to Osakan's reputation of being funny.
+That Japanese Man Yuta now you say it that's true ^^ i went in Shinjuku to drink some beers and met ppl from Osaka that's true they were funny ^^
I did't know that was a thing! My japanese teacher is from Osaka and she's quite funny too :D
1:30 "None of my English teachers were good.." hahaha she's really cute!
I have so many positive things I want to say about this video and now your channel in general.. but I can't you are too awesome. this video alone solidified my not only wanting to learning Japanese, but to see how they (even though few) react to native English speakers. thank you for your videos! :)
This is actually pretty helpful for learning how best to tailor my future English teaching to students :) ありがとう!
0:43 omg her eyes are beautiful.
Those are coloured contact lenses... try them yourself in a natural colour and you'll see how beautifull your own eyes will become aswell =w=
I think she may be Japanese-Russian. I am mixed, and I think she looks mixed too. Some hapas have naturally gray-blue eyes.
she remind me of that one anime character that always planning something bad while smiling, mostly because the shape of her eye's didn't know that actually exist, the closest i can think of right now is souma on working!. vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/wagnaria/images/c/c4/Souma's_dark_secrets.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131102133821 - the blue haired guy.
Edit: oh and fox yokai's so must be reason why +Hantzie C liked it.
Yeah she looks mixed. I think she's cute, with lenses or not.
also how her eyes are curving downwards and her smile is curving upwards looks really beautiful to me
Well, now I know what to prep if I get accepted as an English teacher in a year or two. Thank you very much for this video. Though I think I might go through a company rather than JET, where I have some more leeway in class design... Currently working my way through the Genki studying Japanese in College. So lucky to have a native Japanese speaker that actually makes sure we understand before moving on, and meanders off on off-topic examples and ramblings that give us some cultural context. Just found your channel about 3 videos ago, I expect to spend a lot of time here.
great vid man!!! i really enjoyed it. japan, here i come!!!
As an ALT it makes me happy to see a lot of these responses. As for making students stand up and speaking in front of class, I use this as an opportunity to allow peer pressure to sink in.
Also, I teach both Eikaiwa and ALT, so the translations ignoring the differences does change the meaning I think.
0:45 That girl is so pretty omg, Yuta ありがとう！！
5:50 i agree with this, it will really be hard to learn a new language if the teacher doesnt even know yours. I'm learning japanese and I have english as my second language. My sensei was a native of my country and stayed in japan on her adulthood. She was really amazing to be with since she can easily communicate with us in our language and english. I've learned a lot of japanese words and granmar rules easily because of her
I enjoy inspiring my students while teaching! Hope I am going to succeed as an ET in Japan despite not speaking Japanese that much.
As a current eikaiwa teacher I found this very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
My advanced English level high school students all tell me how boring their English classes are. More emphasis on speaking, less on memorization and grammar, PLEASE!
but if you don't memorize the words and learn the grammar, how can you have a conversation? O_o
@@stiimuli
Have you actually *tried* to learn an additional language? Especially in a poorly structured public school environment? The answer should be obvious.
@@stiimuli Grammar is taught best by learning phrases till it just clicks, any other way either leads to incredibly slow speech, or those awkward phrases which while technically follow ever grammatical rule, still break the convention for native speech
Damn Yuta, where'd you find all these pretty girls
I have a cute girl radar that every straight guy has :D
+That Japanese Man Yuta 😂 sure
+That Japanese Man Yuta that's the best reply I've ever seen in my life lol you are my spirit animal
It looks like he deleted it :( Do you remember what it said?
yeah for real.
This is so helpful because I want to teach English in Japan. Thanks Yuta!!!
I absolutely loved this! I would love to learn many languages. Thank you for your encouragement of diversity (in a healthy way that doesn't impair the original culture) in your videos.
To be fair, I've only sat in on a few grammar classes, so I can't say for sure, but on the other hand, I work at a school ranked as a "Super English Language High School", so it's supposed to be good. However, in the few grammar classes I've seen, the teachers (who teach the grammar in Japanese) can hardly explain anything themselves. Sure, they can say "with the verb, use the infinitive form, but with this one use the ing form," but if someone asks why, they couldn't say.
That isn't to say that the teachers don't have the capacity to legitimately understand the grammar, but I think it's the vicious cycle thing, where they're never taught in the first place so they can't pass it on.
Not to mention that even the grammar classes seemed to be ill organized (learning the many English phrases to correspond to one Japanese phrase instead of the other way around, for instance) and I don't think the students even understand basic concepts of grammar in Japanese let alone English, for when I ask them これは何の品詞？ (What part of speech is this?) about a *Japanese* sentence they must translate, I am almost WITHOUT FAIL answered in Japanese with "Uh...verb, right? No, adjective? Not an adjective...what's adverb mean again? Oh, is it a noun?..."
I'm obviously speaking from my own experience here, so I hope that other teachers/schools have less of this problem...
and I'm sorry for being so long winded >_
Not at all. It gives an interesting insight.
Yeah, I thought it was interesting as well.
To be fair English as language makes no fucking sense whatsoever.
The FantasticM except it does and the people who say it doesn't are only comparing it to a few choice languages and basing the fact that English "doesn't make sense" primarily on spelling, which is not at all an accurate measurement of how a language does or doesn't make sense.
Now yes, English does have some features that are unusual compared to similar languages, but if you study some syntax and study some history, English is really isn't that weird. It's just another language with patterns and rules and exceptions due to specific circumstances just like everything else.
The problem with most English teachers in Japan is, they are Japanese natives. They dont have much experience nor have they lived long enough in the "west" to teach that language the way its meant to be. I have been working now for 6 years as a native English teacher in Japan, and have even been traveling to several public high schools. And what I see, for the most, is really really sad. Only having passion isnt enough. Japanese will never develop good English / French,... skills if they listen to teachers that can barely even pronounce the words right, or barely know western behavior when saying something.
Btw... most native English teacher also know Sakai and Sen no rikyu. ...
この道に入らんと思う心こそ、我が身ながらの師匠なりけり。
M.M. There is truth to what you say as I have met Japanese teachers with little interest in the West (or haven't even been to an English speaking country!)... but having lived in Japan as an English teacher at a variety of work places for 30 years, there are some native Japanese teachers who are a great deal better than native English speaking teachers. Just because one is a native speaker doesn't mean he/she has more potential to be a good English teacher. Some are woefully unqualified and have little interest in teaching or studying the culture. I have met a lot of native speaker teachers who are only in it for the money and/or to take advantage of the kindness of Japanese people. I hope what you are saying about the present is true and things have changed... but I know in the past so many foreigner native teachers were bitching about Japan and how it wasn't as good as their home countries. To which I i say "Go home and bask in the superiority of your own country. You obviously have little to contribute here."
Personally, I think a large factor is that the English lessons deliberately ignore culture, history, geography, music, art and politics. It is standard in the English speaking world that a, say, French course, or a Spanish degree, or a German class is not just learning grammar and having conversations, the course generates enthusiasm and interest by teaching you about the culture, people, history, etc, of the language and its people/s, and then you feel you have something you really want to understand and study and immerse yourself in. English will never work in Japan without the cultural context. How would you even start understanding idiom or daily conversation or small talk, or whats on TV if you don't know the culture?
i dont agree with the replies ....nihongo teachers do exactly the same thing ..teach rubbish .. instead of conversational japanese ! a girl in the video said same thing , teach as in conversational language , then roll out the other junk , grammar,punctuation, polite versus common versions ... they want to talk in english ...not be lawyers or politicians etc etc .... if i was learning Japanese and the first 4 months was learning the particles ... i would lose interest too
@@rayman365 Agreed. I have a friend who teaches English to Arabic speakers. He was astounded when we told him not to bother with cussing or contractions. Both are completely unnecessary.
And you can cover a lot of ground by explaining the day's concept and watching Disney movies in English with the English subtitles on. You can cover a lot of pronunciation by singing Disney songs, too.
This was super informative! Thank you very much!
I taught English in Korea and after about 9 months of intense(internet) research of how to teach and how to teach language I began to become more competent I started to have fun teaching. It is an experience I cherish and I know I could have become better at doing.
The ALT they talked about at 4:50 was definately Dutch haha.
Obviously!
Or Finnish. Since salmiakki is the worst candy you could ever offer to a foreigner haha
Drop.
Could've been Swedish as well. We have a lot of liquorice candy, but most of it is from Finland. I'm guessing it was Kouvolan Lakritsi, since they have a liquorice roll. A link here!
www.kouvolanlakritsi.fi/en/products/liquorice-wheels-and-pipes/liquorice-wheel/
Werewolf211
I threw up a bit.
I do understand Japanese people who want to learn with JP-EN teacher. I myself have Thai as my mother tongue and English is my second. Since I do love Japanese cultures, I decided to learn Japanese as well. The thing is if teachers are only know how to explain in their language which is not good when students are not understand some part of sentences or grammars they couldn't elaborate to them. It'll keep going around like this for awhile , but if they do have some basic(read & write) I think they could learn with Native English teachers just fine.
Don't worry, it happened to me as well in the beginning. Keep practice and learning! :)
I had a few great laughs watching this video 😂
Thanks Yuta-san!
Thanks for another great video, Yuta! I'm finishing a teaching degree and would love to travel to Japan to teach. So this insight is helpful. I'm a handsome native speaker, so I hope and expect that my teaching is well received. Haha.
handsome? hahaha
Poor people who had no good English teacher, they all need Ellen Baker in their life
too bad she got fired
it's a storm drain
hadn't had?
hadn't had?
hadn't had?
The Osaka guy was awesome lol. I lived in Osaka for a while before, and I can't say enough good things about Osakans in general, always so cool
Yuta has such energetic openings and ends on his videos :D
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THI INSIGHTFUL VIDEO YUTA. IM A NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER & I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT MY STUDENTS ARE THINKING.
0:45 This girl looks like the happiest girl on the planet
The girl at 5:00 is kind of hyper. But in a funny and cute way. HAHA.
she probably very nervous and laughing it off
I thought she was actually super adorable
5:03 What the heck, she's so weirdly funny
She's probably the most animated person I've seen in Yuta's videos. :)
She's got one of the prettiest faces I've ever seen. Nice personality too.
This is funny and informative, thank you!
As someone who is learning Japanese for the purpose of teaching English in Japan in the future, this video was great. Thanks
0:52 gosh her eyes, what a beautiful girl and so is her friend
These interviewees are so chill. Almost makes me regret I've got no friends
Loved this video. They were super funny!
Great video Yuta and I am a Math, Science, and English Teacher. I am looking forward in visiting Japan in the future and even seeking a Japanese woman for a serious relationship! Take care and maybe I'll see you there!
I would totally be an English teacher *I am British* but my Japanese is bad and as one of the girls said in the video only speaking English during the lesson would be hard for some student to understand, being able to explain the harder parts or help people in the native language would be beneficial.
or maybe i could be an English Teacher's Assistant =)
English teachers are almost never allowed to speak Japanese anyway unless you are an ALT in an actual school, but the vast majority of English teachers teach at an English conversation school where Japanese is not allowed.
Woo! the more i know the better =) makes it a little more realistic now
and the truth is, experience beats everything else! just learn how to simplify ur words and be humorous, like, I u wanna say opportunity, instead, u can say chance : )
* if
the girl at 5:50 looks like dancing when having interview, acted so cute
Thank you for this great video!
You are absolutely hilarious! Why didn't I find you sooner!
"I wouldn't be able to focus if the teacher was handsome".
I'm going to have a bright future ahead of me in teaching English in Japan, as soon as I learn Japanese of course... which I can do by subscribing to Yuta's email group(link in desc) and learning to speak like a real Japanese person!
7:38 my friend taught me that term ;)
It's very helpful, thank you
My best friend is teaching English in Tokyo, although her students are a bit younger she is very popular among the students and the staff. But I think it helps that she challenged herself to learn Japanese (despite not taking a Japanese Language course) and focused on learning together with the students rather forcing information on them. I've experienced learning a foreign language in both High School and a Language School. I personally preferred the way the HS teacher taught us, he still used English to explain a lot of the information, but I was able to grasp the grammar and meanings a lot better. When I went to a language school though (both HS and Language School was for German), I struggled a lot. The teachers only spoke in German, too quickly and too softly. Most were also too busy gossiping over teaching so I didn't really learn anything new.
Forget the English Grammer. Learn English conversation in Grade School. Then when you can converse easily build vocabulary and teach grammar. It really works.
Yesss that's absolutely true
I will try
English is primarily a spoken language. That's why the grammar rules are so blatantly thrown out so frequently. If you can understand the speech pattern and the words vocally, it makes writing it easier as you can think about the required sounds the individual letters make (ignoring all the blatant rule breaking.) It at least helps with beginner level grammar.
0:43 She is absolutely gorgeous!.
Yeah, I had to make sure I was looking at the real thing. You don't see that kind of 'beautiful' all too much anywhere really.
Thanks for this video ❤
6:20 put it best. Learning Croatian and French, while my first language is English, was best achieved when I was placed in an environment entirely in the language I was learning.
The moment you know you can refer to your mother tongue instead of depending on the new language, is the moment you know you don't have to try as hard. It makes you give up easily because you KNOW you don't actually need the new language within the situation you're in; instead, you just speak in your native tongue without trying.
00:45 She looks like Uraraka From My Hero Academia
Holy shit you're right!!
I really like her and her smiling face.😍😍
bruh i can't imagine her to stop smiling
"...you have to have a sexy body, or you have to be Justin Beiber."
lel.
The girl on the right at 8:19 looks like Kana Hanazawa.. 😍
Taught for three years in Koenji. Great experience and wonderful people. The key is to gear the lessons toward what people want. Some people want to chat, some want to review vocabulary and others want to review text books. Many of my more popular lessons were reading and talking about articles in Japan Times or news sources.
Customize the lessons and you won't have a problem. It is easy after the first year. Truth is, the teacher learns as much as the student. There is always a need for caring and kind teachers. If you are introvert it can be a little easier as you can read the room a bit better.
0:38 A Rolls Royce drives by in the background
7:36 more true words have never been spoken
This was a very funny interview 👌
0:44 yowza she's so pretty, what a smile on her!! damn.. Her whole face literally lights up!
I'm sorry, but I really have to say it.
7:06 This girl is beautiful, I fell in love 😅
I'm kinda attracted to the girl she's with, she's always smiling, but in seriousness everyone in this interview are all joyful and always smiling
Same here bruh I fell in love with her when I saw her for the first time cuz she was smiling and gives off a positive vibe..😍
Too bad you'll never meet her, such a shame.
@@artistrymindsstudios2531 at least we can still see ger in this vid
@@junztermax4387 It's a good and a bad thing. focus on your reality, not a manifestation.
Learning grammar is the worst way to learn a language. Memorizing grammatical rules lets you write more effectively, but it doesn't cement the structure of the language to a degree sufficient enough for people to have basic conversations. Look at the English literacy in Japan......they spend at least six years learning it in class but most people who graduate high school cannot even hold a decent English conversation. Learning to speak the language with less regard towards grammatical correctness often leads to more cemented and motivated learning, and it should be how languages are taught in general.
My japanese teacher who spent about 2 years there explained that the reason most japanese know how to write so well (most can write better than most native english speakers) is because there's a lack of native english speakers there so they don't learn the pronunciation as much as they should and instead focus on the writing.
Reziik I think you are delusional claiming that most Japanese people can write English better than most English speakers. There is no direct way to prove this, but I would like to think that spending years reading, listening, and writing in English will at least allow us to master our own language more than foreigners can through sheer lessons.
I guess you're right, why would I trust my japanese teacher over you, I'm so silly.
I've lived in and taught English in Japan for 8 years, and the average Japanese person cannot write a decent sentence in English. Your Japanese teacher probably worked in a junior high or high school where students were able to write down sentences that they have memorised with little thought to how to make a sentence or the meaning of the words.
Language should be learned through repeated examples. Students should figure out the grammar rules on their own, intuitively, by hearing (and speaking) lots of different examples of sentences with similar words but different grammar. That intuitive knowledge is the only kind of knowledge you can use in a real-time conversation. You can't calculate a sentence out of memorized mathematical rules in a split second.
I loved this vid. 😂❤
Currently working as an ALT. It can be a very thankless job but there are those moments where a student asks me a question and with my limited Japanese I understand what they are asking and I am able to help them by giving them the English translation. When I see the light go on and they thank me it melts my heart everytime.
I have been spending the last few months trying to improve my Japanese. For personal reasons but this by product of it being very effective with my teaching has definitely made me want to continue to improve. I kills me when I get a question about English in Japanese where I have to respond “Wakarani”.
I know Education fails to use ALTs most of the time, and a lot of ALTs treat the job as a working holiday, but regardless I try to take every little victory I can get.