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Honestly the video's super tragic when you relate to most of it. I felt this way taking Spanish electives in highschool, math and especially sports. It's hard not to compare yourself to your peers when they're already so far ahead and will continue to be. The hard part about learning a language is that you need to practice it verbally too, and if you don't have someone to practice with, you'll stagnate at reading and writing. It's better to start early when you have less responsibilities and the most free time you will ever get.

I love this channel!! It’s funny, when I think back to my childhood my mother would say to me not to tell people I can speak Japanese, probably bc she felt my Japanese had a heavy English accent……………it still does! 😂

If you’re perfect, there’s no need to progress. All you have to do is keep doing the same thing over and over without innovating. If nothing is changing then it’s perfect. If something is changing then it’s imperfect. Imperfection is progress and perfection is stagnation.

My hobby is language learning i learned English and other language by just trail and error i would type something in broken English people insulted me and then i slowly learned over the years it took me 20 years to get decent grammar.

@comradetovarish7823

2 жыл бұрын

it's "trial and error" :P but yes, do not let mockery stop you in anything in life

When I went to Japan, I was shocked that the level of English proficiency was either non-existent or completely fluent: there were very few in-betweens. After watching this, this observation seems to fit the reasons you mentioned.

I have two friends born and raised in Japan who have different parents (one Japanese, other either Korean or Filipino). They were taught English by their parents along side Japanese while they were growing up. For example in their household the parents would speak their native languages alongside English because they knew the importance of this universal language, but the mentality of perfecting the language really stands out when they speak and text. Luckily for them, they surpassed the barrier of this so called “Engrish” and almost sound native to both ends of the languages.

Before I listen to this video, I'm going to take make a prediction and see if I'm right by the end: Based on the introduction alone, my best guess as to why they can't speak English (or for those who do, are reluctant to speak it often) is BECAUSE of their inability to perfect it. As in, they can never be native to the language to master it, so why bother learning a language you can't perfect? Perhaps, there's insecurity, and/or fear of appearing incompetent or a "bumbling fool", as they say. If they can avoid the growing pains (on their own accord), they will. But if they're in a position where they have no choice, they rise to the occasion. Quite simply, Japanese people have no incentive to learn English. No real motivation. What major benefit could they derive from sinking so much time and energy into it when they could better spend their time perfecting their product/service sector? And, to be fair, they really don't "have" to learn it. It's not a major economic or social benefit to them. Reality is, most of them stay IN country, and a lot of us travel to THEM. So, the burden is on us to learn their langauge if we are to get the most out of her stay in Japan. At least, that would be my reasoning if I were Japanese, and world #3. Maybe if I were #50 in the world, but being top #3 is not too shabby, so learning English would be more like a hobby, not a neccessaity. So, part of it is an innate ability to perfect a non-native language, and the other part is not having a need to do so for survival or positioning in the world. EDIT: Looks like I got it right :) - And the reverse appears to be true, sadly. They're intolerent of THEMSELVES making grammatical mistakes, and are just as intolerent of foreigners doing the same when speaking their langauge. The irony is, to learn any language, you have to make errors from speaking with someone who is proficient to iron out the kinks.

A few times I tried to explain to my Japanese colleagues this kind of logic and they just stared at me and the response was always the same: あそう or たしかに... Then I just stop trying to explain that their linear thinking is a heavy double-edged sword and said: You people think too much. I was very tired after all that explaining and it didn't work much.

Sounds like they need to free themselves

Bro you nailed it

Speaking of perfection, the population of Japan will shrink from 140 million down to 70million in the coming years. I wonder how their ' perfect ' culture contributes to this fact.

@kingmaafa120

2 жыл бұрын

I did my part😎👌🏿🤐

@kingmaafa120

2 жыл бұрын

@@gordonbgraham facts saw all of it 1st hand Did my population increase part 😎🤐

@DarkstarDarth

2 жыл бұрын

@@gordonbgraham ..one more bullet point sir.....the US does not have 1200 mostly students commiting suicide per month in Japan.

@wunclerlaufenbumcorneliusu7047

2 ай бұрын

Say what you will, but collectivism has clear overarching while individualism mostly works for business and capital (neoliberalism for example). And the US is having their birth crisis, especially with suicide rates and rampant drug use. Read Mouse Utopia, bro.

@DarkstarDarth

2 ай бұрын

@@wunclerlaufenbumcorneliusu7047 ..China killed 5 million people spreading COVID-19.