It's fascinating how their Japanese is really bad in terms of accent, but they're way more fluent than I am after 2 years of university Japanese. Maybe I know more words, and likely more kanji, but damn they're fast at recalling. Shows how useful using a language is for learning.

@Psytronex

5 жыл бұрын

I also noticed they were essentially speaking Japanese with 100% English phonemes.

@KmouseTheAwesome

5 жыл бұрын

@@Psytronex I imagine they're almost creating a dialect of Japanese by talking amongst themselves so much. I feel like there's probably been studies on this kinda thing because it's so interesting

@slaiyfershin

5 жыл бұрын

No. Pretty much everything was grammatically wrong. Unless to you fluency is using wrong tenses and spouting out single words (sometimes completely wrong words) and never forming actual sentences most of the time...

@gg-bs1ey

5 жыл бұрын

slaiyfershin they’re children? Lmao? they’re hardly going to be grasping the complexities of Japanese grammar at that age. Unlike adults, they probably don’t really care about saying things wrong or making sure everything they say is perfect, they’re probably just having fun speaking another language. I’m sure their teacher is correcting them, but it takes time for kids to learn things. I mean at that age they’re still learning English grammar, I’m sure their Japanese skills will improve with age.

@dungareedoo2166

5 жыл бұрын

This is not Japanese. No one in Japan would be able to understand them. This is more like Australianese. The teachers are obviously non-native speakers. What's worse, their "conversational" japanese is jibberish with grammatical errors. These children are not even capable of having a pre-school level conversation in Japanese. Learning the basics at such a young age will be amazing for them but using these kids as some form of advertisement for this school....snake oil. Send your kids to a proper international school if you want them to truly grow up in a bilingual environment. The most important thing about communicating in any language is getting your point accross and I'm afraid these girls would be surrounded by a crowd of perplexed onlookers if they were dropped on a street in Tokyo. The onlookers would have better luck communicating with them in the broken English they can remember from their middle school/high school days. What's the point of attending a "bilingual" school if you can't communicate with native speakers? Further, Japanese is a dying language...while there are certain similarities between Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean it's nothing like the difference between English and French. If I were in charge of this school I wouldn't be banking my success on the Japanese language.

the new regional japanese accent

@haruhisuzumiya6650

5 жыл бұрын

Ostoraian?

@estherqin3080

5 жыл бұрын

you mean osutoraria?

@SanzuRiver

5 жыл бұрын

robotword seriously tho... some kids had an accent...

@Meileehere

5 жыл бұрын

It's like how Canadian French is just French with an English accent.

@jonecuntapay9561

5 жыл бұрын

osshie-ben????

Ive never heard japanese with an aussie accent and it's pretty hilarious

@edg6779

5 жыл бұрын

Yea, it would be easier speaking if they change it

@user-pb6bb5xu3j

5 жыл бұрын

They are pretty good tho

@emwinzy

5 жыл бұрын

i think japanese spoken with aussie accent is cute though :)

@youdeservetobehappynow7584

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeah

@saroj3462

5 жыл бұрын

Not hilarious but different

Do you want to come to my house? No. Relatable

@tnewm39

5 жыл бұрын

Howsie felt that on a spiritual level

@ahmedalhusseini9589

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao, u made my day

wish i had this when i was a kid, wouldn't need subtitles for anime

@bigkamo

5 жыл бұрын

Haha! It's never to late to start.

@Ayyy-lmao

5 жыл бұрын

Kek

@ashaw.7

5 жыл бұрын

619legend1233 I know these people

@AmuthanVethanayagam

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same even though I speak 3 languages.

@Sb-mj3zk

5 жыл бұрын

Literallyyyyy

I’m Japanese and I’m really glad that those children are interested in Japanese! Though I hate to say this, I couldn’t understand some of their Japanese... I seriously doubt that this can be called as “native bilingual” like the guy in the video said. But I hope learning Japanese would be beneficial to them in any way!

@blastoiseddr

5 жыл бұрын

Most English speakers can't understand fluent Australian English either... I think that the Australian accent has perverted their ability to speak Japanese.

@katk5205

5 жыл бұрын

I guess in time their pronunciation will become better. Aussies and Kiwis are notorious for their sloppy speech so it would only make sense that when learning another language our sloppy accent would carry over, two of my closest friends in highschool were a Japanese girl and a German girl and both struggled to understand anything anyone said and sadly when they went home their English teachers told them their English had gotten a lot worse!! Tbh I wanted to scream at their teachers because they didn't get worse, they started speaking with a NZ accent

@mm-bt5dq

5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Mckinnon Actually this accent isn’t unique to Aussie. Other English speakers have same accent when they speak Japanese and other western language speakers (like German, French etc...) have same accent too

@blastoiseddr

5 жыл бұрын

That's strange given when we speak English we just slur everything and basically have our own dialect with 200 regular-use words changed to suit our own patterns.

@blastoiseddr

5 жыл бұрын

I guess the French and German speakers do the same thing lol

"Pearl, do you want to come to my house so you can play it?" "No." Savage.

@aiocafea

5 жыл бұрын

umm she seems to have said 'hai' so idk maybe the translator was having fun

@r.m.l.5487

5 жыл бұрын

@Tony Tudor It seems like somebody else says はい and she says いいえ (which means no).

@evan.5967

5 жыл бұрын

thats true because she shakes her head as well

@aiocafea

5 жыл бұрын

ohhhhh

@saltymonke3682

2 жыл бұрын

@@r.m.l.5487 sounds like ええ

I'm Japanese myself and I don't find their accent that problematic, considering their ages and their good listening skills. For instance, Natalie had a really good accent. I think a lot of Japanese people here in comment section had hard time listening what their saying because Japanese are obviously not familiar with schwa sound and all the proper pronunciations, Just like a rookie native English teachers in Japan who's having hard time getting accustomed to English with Japanese accent, but eventually they will get used to it. lol But I agree that since they are very young, that Japanese native teachers should teach them proper pronunciation since kids learn things surprisingly quick haha Personally though, I found it really really fascinating to hear a new dialect outside of Japan!

@KeybladeMaster64

5 жыл бұрын

Donald Clinton what’s with your name though lol

@magnumjade45

5 жыл бұрын

Donald Clinton japanese my ass, bruh you got the whitest name ever.

@thesavagecommittee7539

5 жыл бұрын

こんはんわ

@MrSmith-ve6yo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! The idea of a non-Japanese Japanese dialect is quite amusing. (And guys, the name is fake. Likely a combo of DONALD Trump and Hillary CLINTON probably. Ie. DONALD CLINTON. Just my guess though.)

@mominurrahman6469

3 жыл бұрын

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The kids are really fluent, though their accents aren’t the best, they will improve as they get older

@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4

5 жыл бұрын

Elahf I feel like I spotted some mistakes but most of it was correct.

@palmapanfu

5 жыл бұрын

their grammar isn't that good though

@DBT1007

5 жыл бұрын

As they get older and... if they watch anime

@cheungch1990

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think most of them can be called "native bilingual". Their Japanese sound like coming out from a textbook, especially when they add "watashi wa" in front of every sentence. That being said, it is very nice to have English-speaking children to be taught a second language at a young age. In Hong Kong, it's compulsory for kids to learn English at pre-school and grade school. A very few of us get to speak English like a native bilingual though. But having the ability to read books, news, or watch TV shows in another language without great difficulties really means your world is twice as big as the world of monolingual people.

@xulapostasy7132

5 жыл бұрын

Their grammar and vocabulary is also quite strange.

I'm so jealous. The one thing I was interested in studying throughout school was a second language, and zero were taught. Good on these lucky kids.

@Dev.85

5 жыл бұрын

I was learning French in grade 6, went to Christian school for grade 7 and they had no foreign language classes. Got to High School and they had a choice of Japanese or German, didn't get to learn either because prior bullying affected my willingness to learn so I essentially had to attend special classes to catch up. In hindsight I would have preferred to learn either Japanese or Korean, had no interest in German but didn't mind learning French at the time.

@alfredhorg

5 жыл бұрын

Learning a second language now is a lot easier with phones.

@nat-ve5xj

5 жыл бұрын

In Canada, the part where I live there is a French Immersion Program where you learn french and all of your classes are taught in french (except for English class and other exceptions) I love the French Immersion program and all tho i wish we had an option of a foreign language since french isn’t foreign because it’s an official language where I live

I’m Japanese and I’m so happy people learn my language!! But I have no idea what are the most of them talking without subtitles😬 Edit: wow thank u for ur likes!

@tonee4024

5 жыл бұрын

Anri Lark ahhh thats because they are speaking the australian dialect !! ☺

@vamtire

5 жыл бұрын

I'm non-japanese, learnt a few years and will be going to study university in japanese there soon but I can understand them, I mean their intonation is weird, but they still say the syllables normally even with a bit mistakes, frankly they are quite amazing already to learn that much through school without a japanese environment

@JV-eh3lh

5 жыл бұрын

omg same haha I mean, I'm not Japanese but I speak the language

@pythiacael3876

5 жыл бұрын

I am a beginner in learning Japanese but I do hear they have Australian accent.

@Myobatsu

5 жыл бұрын

same haha, but they are so young, so they will improve as they get older

wish i had this as a kid

@JorgeRodriguez-kt8ex

3 жыл бұрын

But you can have it now!

@windmillkid

3 жыл бұрын

blessed that i did !! im sure (although this was 2 years ago, perhaps you’ve started!) that you can :)

That principal and those teachers deserve some major commendation for implementing such an ingenious initiative. Highest of praise to them all.

Though I’m Japanese , I didn’t know that there is school teaching Japanese like this. I’m astonished and glad that some people learn about Japanese and our culture . It is true that their pronouns is too hard to hear ,but I think it’s nature in studying foreign language .( I’m afraid that I made many mistakes in this sentence because I speak little English .)

@richarddinh851

4 жыл бұрын

I’m now studying Japanese. First, I realised that Japanese having much fewer than English so it was quite a lot of difficult for English native speaker to getting used to simplify their tongue. Secondly, we all focus on practicing to write hiragana, takatana and kanji for our first lesson

@lilyrosepunkunicorm9871

Жыл бұрын

Bro I couldn’t tell that you weren’t a native writing that…… the only thing I’ll suggest is that you don’t need a space between a word and punctuation. Other than that it was great,!!!!!!!

As a Japanese-Australian myself, I can really understand their Japanese, for me it's already fluent in my ears, I may speak japanese in our native japanese way, but I really like their Japanese in aussie accent, so fluent, really perfect👍

数ある言語の中から日本語を選んでくれてありがとう☺️ この子供たちにもっと日本語を教えたいな

This is wonderful. Australians will need deep friendship and understanding with Japan in the years to come. Bilingual Australians will really help to build a bridge between the two nations. It will be much more productive than the work of repelling incursion from China, which will become more and more of a problem for Australia. I'm English in the UK but I have visited Japan many times and love the country.

ABC News video journalist David Douglas Stuart produced this short doc and he's here to answer any of your questions.

@bigkamo

5 жыл бұрын

Hi everybody. I was initially drawn to this story because I spent about six years in Japan and even longer studying the language. I'll do my best to answer any questions that you have.

@MP-lv5vk

5 жыл бұрын

Did they capture the mis-translation at about 0:20. 'Hai' (はい) is 'yes' and not 'no.'

@bigkamo

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Matthew. She actually says 「いいえ」. I had our Tokyo-based Japanese producer check all of my translations before this went live.

@MP-lv5vk

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigkamo oh, I thought I heard the ha-sound proceeding any i-sound, and not the long ii-sound. But, I am not a native speaker. Haha

@Crinjworthy

5 жыл бұрын

Hey David - just for context I've watched your video on how you became a journalist on your channel. Just wanting to know if you have any advice for someone that's still working towards working in journalism/media and learning Japanese. I've been working towards both in the media work that I do on C31 TV/4ZZZ FM from Brisbane and would really appreciate hearing anything that you think might have helped or reassured you on your journey to working in this field. Cheers ~

Chinese music playing during the section about homestay in Japan. That's weird.

@tielohnoms

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of Japanese culture is stemmed from China.

@KanemiX3

5 жыл бұрын

yeah ok but with that logic, playing the English anthem at an American foot ball game is stemmed from England.

@tallspoon0224

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, I'm Japanese, I don't like Westerners mix, misunderstand, and have wrong stereotypes image for east Asian countries😅

@tonee4024

5 жыл бұрын

Jem not everyone 7s like u and would know the difference lol

@AntTonyLOLKID

5 жыл бұрын

china and japan are pretty similar in their traditions, at least they didn't get a stereotypical, played out Chinese songs.

Wow !! I loved the part where students were sitting on the ground instead of chair and were learning in a traditional way. These children are not only learning the language but also getting chance to explore different culture. I am sure they will have different perspective to see the world by knowing different languages and experiencing it which is other then there native place. Peace 🇮🇳 ✌🏼

My children attend a school like this in America and they are learning Mandarin. They have been at this school for a little over a year now and can already hold basic conversations with their classmates in Mandarin and can understand all directions given to them by their teachers.

@fieldriver3391

5 жыл бұрын

and they will be starting to say bad things about japan, that's the goal.

@rubytoes

5 жыл бұрын

Because that's exactly what I said above.

@fieldriver3391

5 жыл бұрын

@@rubytoes congratulations

@user-ly3ed7bu1u

5 жыл бұрын

@@fieldriver3391 exactly. they still cling to the past.

@thesuperproify

5 жыл бұрын

Learning Chinese is a better investment than Japanese, except you are a weeb

I wish we were taught Japanese like this when I went to primary school! They really only told us how to introduce ourselves and there was a big focus on culture rather than language, which I suppose is fair considering we were only primary schoolers. But this is actually pretty amazing for primary schoolers! The accent is way off and the gramnar is odd in places, but they've learnt the words and some basic speech patterns really well. I certainly wasn't this good at Japanese in primary school. Currently, I'm in high school, and still learning Japanese. There is a much bigger focus on language, which I'm happy about. I feel as if learning Japanese in this way in primary school would have given me a foundation to be more confident with my Japanese today.

I quite fortuitously discovered this channel and immensely enjoyed watching this upload!

The only problem with this sort of education for the kids that were shown in this video, is that although they are being taught Japanese by a native speaker, the teachers (both native and non-native Japanese) are reluctant to correct the pronunciation and intonation of the kids. There are a lot of people in the comment section that have either ranged from studying Japanese for 1-10 years, or for that case, have not studied Japanese at all. To the people that have never studied Japanese and are instead just defending the kids that are learning Japanese in the video, you're actually doing a disservice for the children by saying that they're "conversationally fluent", or for that matter "fluent" in any aspect of the language. The grammatical usage, selection of vocabulary, intonation and pronunciation of the language makes it extremely difficult for native Japanese speakers, or proficient speakers of the Japanese language, and so a lot of input from the proficient/native Japanese speaker is required, in order for the kids in the video to get their ideas conveyed. And finally, to the people who have studied Japanese for 1-10+ years and are in awe that the kids are what you would describe as "fluent" or "conversationally fluent" in the language, despite the amount of years that you have studied in Japanese. Just remember that they're being taught in a school environment, whereas a lot of the people who have mentioned that they've studied Japanese, mostly have done-so by themselves, and so you would often not be presented the opportunity to converse in Japanese, this is reinforced by the fact that if they're trying to be as close to the Japanese education system as possible, what is derived from that is the introduction of "group collectivism", where they would not want to stand out from the group. Which is a huge problem down the line because, in order to not stand out from the group, perhaps one of the kids understand that their pronunciation, intonation and grammatical structure are horrible, but will hesitate to change themselves in fear of being rejected. As a fellow language learner of Japanese who had first started learning Japanese for the first time in August 2016, I used to be in awe of my fellow language learners and instinctively threw around the word "fluent" to describe them, despite it being the smallest of sentences, just being able to see my friends at the time, understanding 敬語・尊敬語 when I was a completely beginner in Japanese was considered "fluent" in my book. But, the more you progress, the more you understand that Japanese takes a lot of time to develop, fortunately I live in Japan as a university student so I've been able to develop a lot quicker as a result. Which is why I can say with confidence, that in order for the school to succeed, they need to have the Japanese teachers be more harsh when it comes to teaching the kids the pronunciation and intonation of Japanese, in addition to careful selection of vocabulary, which will definitely prove to be a challenge, but if overcome, will allow the kids to work or live in Japan without a problem in the future.

@dracowar6

2 жыл бұрын

you win "reddit comment of the year"

I love that this sort of thing is happening in Australia. My main concern is the echo-chamber style environment in which they seem to be learning. It might sound good to someone who only speaks English, but by playing and spending time with native Japanese children, they would learn pitch and accent much faster than if they're only learning from a teacher.

I think it’s brilliant. I have been to Japan, such an amazing place. I love the food, the people and the culture. I am so proud of these kids and their passion for language at such a young age.well done!

I started at this school in prep and was in the bilingual program for a year and a half before I moved but I still do it and I love it

おおすげぇ、、僕はオーストラリア生まれだけど両親日本人だからバイリンガルになったけど、こりゃすげぇ。。。 We should make one of these down in Victoria...

@JOE-bm9oq

5 жыл бұрын

もっとこういうもんがあればいいよなぁ

Wow! so amazing that they use abacus so fast even in Japanese. Although I'm a Japanese,my mother didn't let me learn it when I was a kid. If they continue it for more than 10 years, it'll help them a lot in their future.

@haruhisuzumiya6650

5 жыл бұрын

It's unfair that I have interests in Japanese culture but fail to understand Japanese language structure.

This girl at the end who stayed in a homestay sounded a lot better than the other students, a lot clearer with not much of an accent

@myriamkay

5 жыл бұрын

These kids are surrounded by other non-native speakers. I'm sure they can get better over time.

I was born in Japan and at the age of those kids in the video, moved to Europe with my family. I got blown away as European kids in international school spoke like 3 or 4 languages fluently as their mother tongue ...

Wow. That's absolutely amazing. I've been studying Japanese for a couple of months now and am impressed, the degree to which they can already use the language to communicate. It sorta looks like a psuedo immersion teaching method, allowing them to learn the language the same way a child in Japan would. Trial and Error. As a 3-time immigrant to countries with completely different languages, I know what an important step it is to be able to grasp the essentials of the language, just enough for basic communication. After that you simply speak the language with all your mistakes and use whatever means necessary to get your point across, getting corrected as you go along, slowly building your vocabulary. At least that's how I learnt Danish, German & English before the age of 10. Great job!

As an Australian whose oldest friend is Japanese, I wish we had this when I was in school. Unfortunately, most Australian schools don't even teach English well these days. It would be wonderful to see all schools teaching two languages well but sadly most Australians don't care enough about languages other than English for programmes like this to spread far.

Ganbare kids- I've enjoyed many trips to Japan & have enjoyed learning it for over 20 years now. Well done to the school.

@haruhisuzumiya6650

5 жыл бұрын

I have been a wapanese In case you have not noticed the username

So glad to know Aussie kids study Japanese eagerly Much love from 🇯🇵

This is awesome! I'm so jealous. If I would've had that opportunity I could've been fluent in Japanese by now. Their accents are very heavy but when they get older and actually take it more serious they can easily correct it to sound more natural. I studied for 2 years at a language school in Japan and am kinda fluent when it comes to normal everyday conversations but I still got difficulties with the vocabulary depending on the topic. Definitely a plus for these kids. It's always a plus to know at least 2 languages.

@Kawayoporu

2 жыл бұрын

+ha na I was jealous too when there was use to be that video I never get to save a copy of that I last seen in October was White Japanese people - 白人系日本人 I watched, since 2015 and that's when I found more non-Japanese speaks Japanese after my pen pal my teacher's friend who have moved to Japan 3 decades ago and I felt jealous and also inspired to be fluent in Japanese like her to understand anime dialogue, but today still not fluent and now I was also jealous to Mai, Liana, Michael and Brad, I'm with you, we both wish we were never non-Japanese speakers right?

Is the outcome of this to learn to speak flawless Japanese? My understanding of the video is that it's about much more than that. Obviously this type of program wouldn't work for every school but it's great that they've built on what resources they have available, and created something wonderful with many benefits for the students and the community.

@Charbond

5 жыл бұрын

I doubt many of these kids would ever get to "native" levels and unless they can go onto learn Japanese in high school and beyond they are likely to forget the majority of it by adulthood. But if this makes them better world citizens and enhances other areas of learning then it has some positives.

@sapphirexwind

5 жыл бұрын

I don't see why they wouldn't continue taking it as an elective in middle and high school if they are already so much better than their peers.

@myriamkay

5 жыл бұрын

If they become fluent, they won't forget it. Fluent does not mean native level.

@megsstorystore8210

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me, a language you learn as a child, stays with you for the rest of your life. I'm asian and learnt greek at primary school with other kids too at age 5, I can speak greek pretty well and still remember a lot and im 18

@yuukimasamura5143

2 жыл бұрын

It will inspire them to move to japan. Especially during the pandemic because Australia is now an authoritarian state but japan is free.

アメリカ人の子供で 日本語の勉強をしている人が いたなんて凄いねえ。日本語 は、なかなか覚えるのが 難しいから、大変そう😓

@tsmsmokie

4 жыл бұрын

オーストラリア人の子友達ですよ！ でもすごいですよね。日本語はゼロから習うのは本当に難しいと思います！

@keiyaTa

4 жыл бұрын

日豪交流が盛んだった30年くらい前までは他の学校でも第二言語学習で日本語は結構普通にありましたよ~。もちろん将来の交易のためですが。バブル後の日本に意味が無くなり消えていきましたがw

I've been at it for ten years and I'm still learning new words, phrases, kanji, particles and sentences every day

I've been learning Japanese for two months now and I'm happy that I can understand them talking without looking at the subtitles

This is purely amazing.

Wow raw 50 study score right here

@dishamht

5 жыл бұрын

Sksksk my thoughts exactly

@anoushkaiyer4286

5 жыл бұрын

hell yeah

This school is freaking amazing! For only a couple of years of studying to have their Japanese that good is impressive!!! Their ability to construct sentences is beyond anything we got to in our education of Japanese at high school. To get my Japanese good I had to end up going and living in Japan and surrounding myself in the language to where my Japanese is probably only a little bit better then these kids here. Sure they have mega Aussie accents and that’s something you gotta adapt when learning a language but still impressed with the conversational Japanese. So so good!

I wish I had this for french! In my school in the United States I've been taking french since 3rd grade and now 9 years later I'm still taking it. I speak it really well, but that's is mostly because I'm fortunate enough to go to Quebec Canada for the entire summer doing french emersion programs there. Being in a classroom where I speak only french really helps me learn better and I loved the experience. I really wish that more schools are doing what this school in Australia is doing. It's such an amazing skill to know another language, french is one of my passions. I wish many other people In the world were able to have an experience of knowing another language

日本にたくさん来て欲しい。 日本人はもう少し海外の人と接する機会が必要だと思う。 あと、オーストラリアに留学した時そこの学校も日本語の授業やってたからすげー嬉しかった。 オーストラリアと日本のいい関係を願ってます！🇦🇺🇯🇵

@hondatoyota6855

5 жыл бұрын

自分の学校にオーストラリアの冬休みの間、日本の学校に来てくれる人がいるんですがとても日本語が上手ですw

@user-iz8gz2kp9e

5 жыл бұрын

Coca 自分達の負のイメージを晒すのは悪い事だとは思ってません。それよりもそこを認められるという事が大事だと思います。 AVをこれ以上出すなとか言える立場じゃないですからね。 それは同感です。ですがそんな勇気のある人は少数なので、日本に海外の人と交流できる場が増えるのなら今の日本には幸いなのではないでしょうか？

@abckenshin3825

5 жыл бұрын

いや、あんたが思っている以上に日本人は海外に出てますよぉ～。日本人は世界中で仕事してますよぉ＾＾

@user-iz8gz2kp9e

5 жыл бұрын

ABC kenshin 日本のパスポート所持率は3割程度ですよ。あなたが多いいと言うのなら多いいんじゃないんですか。

@user-iz8gz2kp9e

5 жыл бұрын

押すなよ〜!チャンネル登録ボタン絶対押すなよ〜! 別にいいと思いますが。

Natalie's Japanese was the most understandable in accenttt

@user-vu4oh7sr4x

4 жыл бұрын

so does Eliza.

so amazing, I self studied japanese since I was 13 and I wish I had languages like this at my school as a kid :’)

Im currently learning Japanese here in perth, in highschool. I think its truly wonderful that we are accepting this wonderful language. Theese kids know more than ME!!!!!

色々な意見はあるものの計算能力や本の速読力、理解力はかなり高いだろうね。買い物に行ってもほぼレジの計算機はいらないレベルだと思う。

すごいですね。頑張って下さい！私も一生懸命勉強して見ました。:)

YO THIS IS GIVING ME MEMORIES BRO. when i was in primary school, the language we were learning was japanese, but we weren't actually at this level.

I wish all schools would do this I want this to be on the news I am desperate for this to be in all school across the world,

Damn, I'm Korean and I wish I had had something like this when I was a kid. way to go, Australia!

Their overall Japanese is more fluent than mine, but damn is their pronunciation cringy. Still I think this is a really good idea, and wish when I was their age I could go to a school like that.

@WEYffles

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone's pronunciation is cringe in the beginning. Go easy on them, at least they are not afraid to talk or stressing over a perfect grammar or pronunciation like most.

@wick9614

5 жыл бұрын

kuroakikitsune kuro their pronunciation is cringy? Pretty sure it’s their accents that make their pronunciation sound different.

@anti-loganpaul7827

3 жыл бұрын

Well they're Australian and pronounce words differently, don't be so hard on them smh.

@catmerchant8699

2 жыл бұрын

But when Asian ppl speak English you will call it 'Engrish' and look at it with endearment, well Japanese feel same for western accent with Japanese... It definitely sounds and feels wrong but they're happy we're trying

0:57 the girl speaks it so well. 7:10 does the girl have one japanese parent? she speaks it at 75% level of those of native speakers.

As someone who would have loved to have formal japanese education when i was 9, this is fantastic to watch

Wow That's such a great idea. I've noticed that people who speak more than one language especially when you go to a non english speaking country and they can speak it well are actually high achievers in life in general. I have just finished living in Taiwan with these university students who are from Panama, their native language is Spanish but they speak english pretty well, but what I found amazing was they had to spend a year learning Chinese in English so they could start their engineering degrees taught in Chinese only. So now they can speak and read 3 languages fluently that will be a massive advantage to have in the employment market. I think learning languages should be more emphasised to school children and relevant languages to our region like any of the Asian languages and Chinese especially as it's used in so many countries by a huge population of the world. When I went to school in the 90s to mid 2000s, we were forced to learn Italian which is not very useful in the world.

かわいい。でも俺の英語もこんなふうに聞こえるんだろうな。 がんばってほしい。

@Jaredoic

5 жыл бұрын

同感。僕はオーストラリア人だけど、子供達の発音は悪くて気になった。。。同級生の人の中に、これより発音が断然上手な人がいっぱいいる。日本人の友達の中にも英語の発音がうまい人もいっぱいいるから気にしないでw

As far as I know, there are two state schools which provide Japanese - English bilingual programs in Melbourne and one in Sydney.

Have studied Childhood Education in Sydney and hope I could work in THIS school!! That’d be very fun to teach Japanese to the children!!

Really good to see, would be good to see more of a standardised approach to language across each school as well as maybe the language chosen by schools Queensland/Australia wide 2 considerations though 1. Perhaps a language such as Mandarin, Hindi or Korean might prove a little more useful in the future considering their economic prospects and their economic links to Australia are probably a bit better than Japan's. No disrespect intended to Japan, which is still an impressive country and a powerful country 2. This program may not be applicable for a lot of schools. Wellers Hill is a school definitely above average standard, it is in a good area with mostly parents very supportive of learning etc. It is also mostly white, so with a good starting base of English they can transition into this Japanese undertaking easier. This may not be as easily applicable at schools such as Woodridge where there are students from lots of non English backgrounds like Afghani, Sudanese, Somali etc. and so they should probably need to be learning English in schools first before undertaking a completely different language again.

@tacosmexicanstyle7846

5 жыл бұрын

But then you have to choose which dialect to teach. Not all of India even speaks a standardised language--Hindi is only a quarter of the population and the rest is dialect. Many Indians who would be engaged in international business know English anyway, same for China. Mandarin is just one of many spoken dialects, and unfortunately the major business centres in China speak different versions of the language (and also some parts of south east Asia still use traditional characters as well). HK speaks Cantonese, Shanghai speaks "Shanghainese". Even Singapore has some mixed up creole of English Malay Cantonese and various others. Chinese mandarin is also an incredibly difficult language to learn that is pretty much useless for majority of students, unless they have Chinese heritage and would use it with their grandparents or something (as is common in immigrant families). I would say European languages will continue to be most useful; languages like Spanish, French, German etc will continue to be spoken in lots of places regardless of economic conditions.

@zadkovichraj3246

5 жыл бұрын

tacos mexicanstyle You're definitely right about India having a range of languages. However it is their national language and a lot of the educated people there tend to speak Hindi as well as their local language, so I'd still say Hindi is useful for any dealings with India. And you're right, Indians do benefit from English being drilled into their education system. But I'd still say to learn the native language of the country you might be dealing with is beneficial whether it helps you interact with a wider range of people/customers, or even if it just tips the goodwill factor in your favour. If Hindi or Mandarin didn't stack up to learn then you would probably say that to learn any language apart from possibly Greek and French in the UN would not really be necessary for schools, which tbf could be the case.

@zadkovichraj3246

5 жыл бұрын

Hermione's Symphony Indonesia is definitely a country that is going to rise in importance for Australia due to the reasons you must listed and others and hopefully the relationship doesn't fray for any reason. Because their economy is definitely going to grow very quickly plus who doesn't love a trip to Bali I think Indonesian as a language could be a language to watch. Very few schools in Australia seem to teach Indonesian compared to Japanese and European languages, so there is some way to go

@VeryhardrockROBLOX

5 жыл бұрын

everyone in Australia should start learning Mongol because I can foresee our next occupiers

@OAS15

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Mandarin is probably the most useful, given it's the most spoken language here after English, and China is our main trading partner. Still, at this point, these aussie kids being able to communicate in any language other than their native tongue is pretty cool as it is.

I'm just started learning Japanese, and I wish that I could be able to go to a school where they could teach me how to speak (and write) Japanese. (I'm 12 btw)

I wish I had this in my school years. Absolutely wonderful. Very happy for those kids. I'm struggle to learn German right now 😅

I started learning Japanese in an Aussie school in Kindergarten. I’m now over 20 and these kids are better than me. We just had one teacher show up once a week and teach us “suwatte” “tatte” and a couple numbers. It’s such a shame I could have had a program like this and been fluent by year 6. It’s really great that these kids are getting what I always wanted though.

It's cool that they're learning new languages and all, but my younger brother goes to this school and he has dyslexia. So while he is struggle to learn to read and write in english at a normal grade 4 level, they are making him learn japanese as well

@haiiithereee30

5 жыл бұрын

Thing Peng to be fair, if your brother is struggling with this, was it not the choice of your family to send him there?

@emmalee999

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but he was there before they put placed the Japanese program into the school. Even so, legally they are meant to offer him support because of his disability but they aren't doing anything. We are also in a financial problem currently and so we can't exactly change his school right now

@haiiithereee30

5 жыл бұрын

@@emmalee999 i see. thanks for clearing that up :) i wish the best of luck for your family and hope your brother receives the assistance he needs to thrive at school

@emmalee999

5 жыл бұрын

@@haiiithereee30 thanks :))

@sapphirexwind

5 жыл бұрын

Does he have an IEP or Individualized Education Program? Not sure what they call it in Australian schools. If so, he should have the proper accommodations or modifications or the school could get into major trouble.

They speak a little slow, but it makes sense since they don't actually live in Japan.

This is so interesting to see. I work in a bilingual kindergarten in Shanghai. I share a class co teaching with a Chinese teacher. I would love to see more of these types of schools back in Australia. Australians should be learning and implementing more open language programs from an earlier age. Something I wish I had the opportunity to learn when I was younger. Time to implement languages that will enable future children a gateway into further studies and work opportunities in the future!

This Japanese immersion program is so good for the students and parents

OMG! I pass this school everyday

すご！

There is a school like this near me in the states however there is a good population of “native” Japanese students as well that attend the school, which probably helps give students a more natural accent.

This is really good. We need more schools like this. There should also be schools that teach through the medium of Australian languages such as Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Djambarrpuyngu, and Anindilyakwa.

Amazing!すごい!

Nihon go no kotoba wo oboeru no wa tottemo muzukashi demo wathashi wa nihon go ga suki na node mainichi bengkyoushiteimasu

日本人として、日本語を学んでくれることが凄く嬉しいし幸せな気持ちになる

This is just incredible, absolutely incredible!

As a Japanese guy, this is very cool!

@Kiyoko504

5 жыл бұрын

Japan can and should lead the world to peace!

Fantastic program where is the school located? And it's a state school not a private?

@bigkamo

5 жыл бұрын

It’s in Tarragindi, on Brisbane’s south. And yes, it’s a public (state) school.

@jsmith6259

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigkamo well done producing that

@bigkamo

5 жыл бұрын

j smith thank you very much

This is awesome!! I wish I had this when I went to school!!

I wish we had this program in our school

The only question I have is why Japanese? Chinese might be more useful. Regardless these children will have good skills. The trick for them will be maintaining their language skills. Using Japanese outside of this school consistently in Australia will be difficult. Adults can learn languages this well. I mastered Russian as an adult. I did a whole year of university completely in Russian at 26. Anyone can do this if they have the time, motivation and money of course.

@thesuperproify

5 жыл бұрын

If there is a Chinese languange school, the retarded australian government will close it based on "national security" concern and claiming communists are taking over the country 😂😂

They are not ‘natively’ bilingual (I see they can get by, but they are far from fluent)...

As a Japanese man, I am very happy to know that some Australian children enjoy learning Japanese culture and language. Currently, I am living in Australia, so I feel much closer to them. And I do know it is not the main issue, but the girl who talked about what she had eaten during her homestay speaks Japanese pretty well, which is good enough to say she almost sounded like a Japanese girl.

Wow! Some of them actually speaks the language pretty well and that soroban practice was amazing, too!

I love how angry this will be making old Australian racists

@jaieet

5 жыл бұрын

Don't be that guy. We're not America. We've been supporting Japanese classes and transfer students for decades. Even our 'racists' support professional immigration and are just generally afraid about losing australian culture. I try to remind them that we still have sausage sizzles at bunnings and junk, though. ;p

@MichaelTavares

5 жыл бұрын

lol at the idea that Australia doesn't have racists

@rct999

5 жыл бұрын

You love it because the exact amount is zero?

@judysum3031

5 жыл бұрын

If it wasn’t for those “old Australian racists” you will be speaking Japanese now and probably treated as a second class citizen under that Japanese reign.

@nevabegovic2905

5 жыл бұрын

😂

そろばん結構難しい。2級もってます！

this is so cool! i feel like schools are often reluctant to introduce another language to younger children which is really questionable, since it's much easier for younger children to pick up languages at that age compared to starting to learn a new language at the age of 13-14 which most people do in middle/high school

They can calculate 565 divided by 5 in 5 seconds. Teaching how to deal with abstract thoughts fast and self-monitor is a good idea. It's deeper than just languages.

😭 im so jealous. i want this

Not intended as criticism at all, but anyone else agree their abundant use of なぜなら is unnatural from a grammatical standpoint?

@meijiishin5650

5 жыл бұрын

It's actually what makes the bug user guy in Naruto the butt of a lot of jokes haha

@lisp6192

5 жыл бұрын

それ思った

@sapphirexwind

5 жыл бұрын

Well isn't it like the English "like"? They are kids after all...

@meijiishin5650

5 жыл бұрын

it's not even close at all lmao. It's actually proof to me that this school does not know how language acquisition works, and that their "research" was done sloppily, or not at all. The principal talks a lot about native level fluency, and people love to talk about how you must be young to attain native level fluency. If they are trying to get these kids on the same level as Japanese kids, they should be outputting language in the same vein as them. A Japanese kid would never, ever say なぜなら in a serious vein (and neither would most adults unless in an extremely formal setting), would not have a strong foreign accent, and would rarely make grammar mistakes when using common constructions. Yet, despite this, the kids' Japanese sounds extremely weird. It's not just me that thinks this, there are multiple Japanese comments in this comment section that confirm that they needed the subtitles to understand these kids. For years of studying, this is not what you would call native level fluency in Japanese, and the fact that they are kids makes for an even stronger argument that something is wrong here, because they should be able to acquire the language much better than adults. I'm sure you've seen example of kids who moved to a foreign country at a young age, and 2 years later were speaking with no accent, right? I know this is long, but I am passionate about this subject. I really don't blame the kids for this at all. What I see is the school parading around their "special students" being "bilingual" without putting forth enough time with the language to actually make it happen. It's the school's fault that it is not working, and it makes me sad that they are acting like it is.

@WEYffles

5 жыл бұрын

It's part of the learning process to distinguish occasions and the appropriate vocabulary. Just give them time.

My school the high school part does heavily focused Japanese and it’s really fun and all of us know a lot of Japanese

Been studying Japanese for double these kids time and I’m no where close to their level. That’s pretty incredible.

オースト弁

what cute japanese acccents 😂 i love them lol

This is beautiful, promoting friendship with and understanding of another culture at such a young age. Immersion programs are brilliant and should be more common in Australia. Overseas, kids are using and learning multiple languages every day; a second+ language is a gift too many Australian kids miss out on because not enough schools/parents understand the value

I learned abacus in my childhood. It's really like a language and needs to be sustained. I've since almost completely forgotten it.

ugh i wish i learn korean and japanese when i was young

@mrnarason

5 жыл бұрын

Peaches N Cream not if you're a kpop freak like op

@sabrina3138

5 жыл бұрын

@@VS257 No language is ' useless '. Just because it isnt a language that could specifically be benefitial in the business world, it still is something that can allow you to break a language barrier. Honestly, that comment offends me quite a bit for some reason. Anyone learning Korean would feel that way, the hard workx the effort, the good days and the bad days don't add up to just ' useless '. It is incredibly useful if you are native to one language, but you begin to learn another language. No matter if its dead or the most spoken language in the world. Its just amazing what the brain can do if you put in the effort.

@bupirochi

5 жыл бұрын

@@VS257 No, no language is useless

@Mira-wk2ro

5 жыл бұрын

Ofc you want to learn korean and Japanese. You have a picture of Kim Taehyung in your pfp ://

This is amazing. すごい。完璧(パーフェクト)な日本語です。

@user-ly3ed7bu1u

5 жыл бұрын

thought the video was amazing, their Japanese weren't perfect. you shouldn't use the word "perfect" for not perfect things.

This should be in all schools honestly.

こんなに小さい頃から凄いです👏🏻 I was impressed because in Japan we don’t learn other language in elementary school…Australia’s education is very good…..