What a nice guy, the Korean gentleman

@afizi1213

27 күн бұрын

@@0ptriX 😞 they speak english like they have a friend from usa

Subscriber number 14 here! This is a great video, you have a very natural interviewing style that encourages people to respond well. All the best! 😊

Do not say their English is good when it isn't, this gives a false positive.

@arceus54321

13 күн бұрын

i agree, the two highschool boys and girls were nowhere near fluent.

I have been to Japan in 2008 and I loved it. I have started learning Japanese now in 2024.

@user-ie5bh3tl8h

25 күн бұрын

Very nice.

Wow you are very kind to your interviewers. English conversation practice is the best way to learn English 😊

i enjoyed this video and i enjoyed some of the other videos on your channel. i currently live in tokyo and find it interesting. i subscribed!

I'm curious as well! I'm Taiwanese and have been fascinated by Japanese culture since middle school, all the way through university. I've been to Japan at least seven times, visiting places like Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Fukushima. However, I've really never met any Japanese who can speak another language. Do Japanese people, like Americans, mostly focus on what happens within their own country?

@user-mv5ss3lz8l

Ай бұрын

btw i can speak Japanese, just too much effort for me to type it. much love~

@Djl472

Ай бұрын

It is a wealthy country. They have no need to learn other languages up till now, I suppose.

@user-mv5ss3lz8l

Ай бұрын

@@Djl472 They are wealthy which made them have no general interest towards the world?

@Djl472

29 күн бұрын

@@user-mv5ss3lz8l like you mentioned, United States is the same way. Most people don’t know what’s going on in the world

@user-mv5ss3lz8l

29 күн бұрын

@@Djl472 Kinda makes sense… but sad at the same time. 🥲

Oh, was this filmed in Hirosaki? I think I recognize some of the places. I love it there, it’s so beautiful! I went last year for tourism because I love Ringo Music ❤🍎

1,日本人の多くは海外に行くことに興味がないから（例えばスキーも北海道や長野に行けば出来るしバカンスも沖縄に行けばいい　それに日本は比較的安定した国なので他国に移住も少ない） 2,日本では英語を使わなくても暮らしていけるから 3,日本には豊富な文化があるためわざわざ海外の文化に興味を持ったり触れようとする人が少ないから（例えば洋楽は現在日本ではほとんど人気がない） 4,日本語は独自の言語形態で英語とあまりにもかけ離れた言語だから(英語圏で日本語が話せる人が少ないのもこれが理由) 5,日本の教育がインプット重視でスピーキングに力を入れてないから 多くの人が日本人の英語力を語る時大抵の場合5番にしか注目をしないがそれ以外にも根本的な原因はたくさんある 今は小学校低学年から英語のスピーキングを始めたり英語の学習時間を増やしたりして昔より間違いなく英語学習に力を入れているが日本人の英語力はTOFLEなどの点数を見れば分かる通りむしろ低下しているのでそれは教育というよりもそもそも日本人の英語に対する意欲の問題の方が強い 私個人的な考えでは英語のスピーキングなどの学習は興味のある人がやればいいだけで他の大多数の興味がない人は英語のスピーキングなどをやるより彼らが興味のある分野を勉強させた方がいいだろう

@tonymitsu

17 күн бұрын

② 英語を使わなくて普通に暮らしていけるからと言って、その国の平均英語能力が必ず低い訳ではないでしょう。 ③ 英語が話せる人が多いから、その国の文化が日本みたいな話せる人が少ない国ほど豊かではない訳だと言ってるんですか？そもそも日本の文化が豊富だと言ってるなら、そうではない国は例えばどこ？ ④ ベトナムは日本ほど恵まれてない国だし、言語も英語から離れたし、それでも、ちゃんと学校で教育を受けた人なら、ほとんどみんな英語が日常会話が出来るぐらい喋れますよ。日本人は英語あまり話せない理由は、教え方がとてもダメなのに、文部科学省には頑固なおじいさんしかいないから、ずっと何も変わらないままですよ 僕も興味がなかったら、強制的に勉強させようとするのはやめた方いいと思うど、日本は勉強したい人でもハードルが高い国ですから（つまり、教育に心を配ってくれないお金持ちの親がいなかったら、大体無理）

GREAT CONTENT!! ^_^!!

It’s interesting that service staff in Osaka and Tokyo can hold basic English conversations (nothing too complicated), but their default reaction when you speak English is often panic mode. 😄Thank god for copilot for handling the translation.

It’s hard to tell if you speaking extremely slow to everyone. That’s unnatural English.

you asked the interviewees excellent questions

Wow.. you can speak Japanese too. Good job. Keep it up👏👏

I can tell you learning english was a very great experience. I think it’s an important language if you want to communicate with foreigners or if you work in economy. Else, I think it’s not really necessary unless you enjoy learning a new language. Learning english as a japanese person is not a piece of cake. In addition japan is the third highest economic power so I think english is very interesting for japanese people.

みんな！日本語を勉強したいです！とにかく、I’m from Singapore. Enjoyed the interviews, keep up the good work! 💯

No one can speak english but the Korean guy 😅

They never needed before because it was a rich country. They didn't need to go abroad to earn money so there was less motivation to learn English. Sadly those times have changed and its not a very affluent country anymore, many want to go abroad and send money back but don't have the English skills.

I personally dislike korea and people from korea even though I'm half japanese and korean born in singapore. However, the korean guy was absolutely true and speaking his heart honestly for the development of japan. I sincerely appreciate this guy for his advice to all japanese

Sou has very good English ❤

but in my country malaysia also so many japan people living in this place in kl area and we are the most cheapest country they like to come ,if you ask usa ,they know what malaysia is look like ,good education good relationship good attraction and rich about the high building like pnb 118 ,petronas twin tower,and tun razak exchange that have japan souvernier and many shop from luxury brand even more luxury that in japan is just have budget things and expensive cause tax ,and they living in good and rich even more rich when compare to they place

Just as American students learn foreign languages, but cannot speak them fluently, due to no chance for daily speaking practice in real conversations; Japanese students never become fluent. Speaking a foreign language begins with a silent period of just listening. If a person is not immersed in a language, speaking it is more difficult. There are programs which bring native English teachers into schools; however these are not trained teachers, but rather young people wanting to experience a foreign culture.

@user-mf3sm2ds7j

15 күн бұрын

I think the bigger issue is that the education system for language learning in Japan is a demonstrable failure. ALTs come to Japan to teach but they have to follow the lead of Japanese faculty that are often not even conversational in English themselves. Young Japanese students are completely unaware of the benefits of learning English so the only motivation they have to study is to pass written exams to get into a good high school and university which does not make them fluent.

if me in malaysia almost my people can speak english wery good cause its second important language after malay ,also we use same abcdefghijklmn character and its easy to write not like japan what i fell easy to write in japan is they hiragana adn katakana ,kanji is a little hard expecially when so many line need to write to create a one and two character meaning that we need to remember and if we dont we cant write it ,its automatically make you japan language terouble ,also english is international language its also famous bilion of people undestand english ,they learn from tadika before enter the secondary school and high school ,and for me that not really good at english ,learn japan is my choice cause we plan to living in japan and find our happiness that this place is even have many issue ,and people cant stand with it

"Brazil". We know the reason to that ladies~~

a simple advice for japanese people.don;t try too hard on english. just listen and practice,even alone. i'm not fluent in english,never learn'd in school,as you see now, but i have a ,how o you say in japanese,a musical hearing. so,please,take it as a joke and just listen and have fun!!

Well most of the people I met in Japan spoke more English than I spoke Japanese. Good for them. I don’t think it should mandatory education but an elective

Korean man has good vibes

Most of it is just pore English education in schools 20 or more years ago, younger japanese are usually better due to better education. Because of extreme national pride there is also a bit of stigma around people speaking English when it's not connected to work, Mainly for females.

Meanwhile me being asked why I want to learn Japanese fluently: 「食べ物と夫。」

Because they are Japanese not English.....In the same way you wouldn't expect English people to speak Japanese if you came to the UK or the US...I have visited Japan and loved it!....I do not understand the language..and I did not expect them to understand me..I can speak a hand full of Japanese words...not enough to have a conversation....or to understand what is being replied......But I got by using google translate and basic hand gestures for 3 weeks...I did meet one Japanese gentleman who did speak enough English to hold a conversation with me..He chose to speak to me after we crossed paths at a hidden temple. I think he was surprised to see a westerner there. He was a little older than me..maybe in his mid to late 60's..I think he was happy to try out this English on me...very nice man. He was waiting for his wife.

@blackcatwcg

29 күн бұрын

Japanese here. There are a lot of non native English speaker that can speak English. Just look at the South East Asian…Singaporean, Malaysian etc. Many other non native English speaking Westerners can speak English. Sure you don’t actually NEED to be able to speak/understand English but then you will tend to end up becoming like those group of Japanese who have delusional ideas about the West/Western people partly due to them not able to understand English.

@hannesRSA

28 күн бұрын

English is accepted as the universal language. Africans speak it, India and many in SE Asian countries.

@shizuokaBLUES

27 күн бұрын

Nope. Sorry. They have had 6 years MINIMUM of formal instruction but since most Japanese do enter university and English starts in elementary school then it’s more like 8-9 years. So it’s not fair to compare on that basis. Also English , for better or worse, is the Lingua Franca of the world. But the reason they can’t is because they focus almost solely on written exams. In a sense they do it backwards to how it should be done in order to SPEAK natural language.

@Blue_trainn

26 күн бұрын

Everyone speaks English in this day and age, it’s not the same thing.

@RoobJanalo

22 күн бұрын

I hate to say this but learning English will helps ur life bettet

Why 95% of British can’t speak Japanese?

I enjoy your videos I think they are very underrated. 私はあなたのビデオを楽しんでいる。とても過小評価されていると思う。

Sou desu ka?

@hypebunnyreisen

12 күн бұрын

???

@justagerman140

12 күн бұрын

@@hypebunnyreisen his name was Sou, and "sou desu ka" means "is that so?". Little play on words for ya :)

@hypebunnyreisen

12 күн бұрын

@@justagerman140 Ahh I see😅

When in Rome speak the same as local so why English. No logic

Why the 2 girls wear masks in open air during an inerview? Made me feel anxious

@Bodneyblue

19 күн бұрын

It's very much a Japanese thing...If someone feels a little under the weather..they will wear a mask..so as to not spread any germs they feel they may have...especially your basic cold...Especially in a work enviroment..Not wanting to pass on any possible health issues...And visa versa...Not wanting to catch other peoples grems...Like when on very crowded trains (can get intense at certain times of day)...When you do it offen..it just becomes a habit to wear...Certainly since COVID.

日本人に英語は必要ないから

English teaching is a form of post colonialism 😢

@Cunningstunts23

25 күн бұрын

Lmao what?

@med2904

19 күн бұрын

1. Japan was never colonized. 2. Japan is literally the only non-Western country that exports more of its culture abroad than it imports from the West. 3. It's also racist of you to assume that everything is white colonialism when it clearly isn't. Black Americans are the most racist people on the planet right now. Simply because no one's pointing out when they're acting racist and it's pretty much accepted as normal in America. But what you're saying is like saying "It's all due to black hood culture" whenever someone sees a white or Hispanic thug. Either both this and your statements are racist, or neither of them are and it's okay to blame black people for anything gang-related in America. You don't get special privilege to be racist only against white people.

@Rylinx.

18 күн бұрын

They obviously don't have to learn it but it's recommended to learn it because it's the most spoken language they don't need to learn it calm down

@slapthedirtylittlejap8217

12 күн бұрын

oh my god just shut up