I Tried Japanese Language School for a Day in Tokyo

Подписаться 3 млн

Просмотров 2,5 млн

50% 1

Japanese language schools are one of the most popular pathways into Japan. I spend a day in the classroom and try not to make a fool of myself.
*Due to the ongoing situation, travelling to Japan to study is difficult right now. HOWEVER the good news is Go! Go! Nihon has created a fantastic Japanese language course online. With an intensive 3 week course or an extensive 12 week course, you can get a taste of the courses for free at the below links!*
► Akamonkai Beginner Japanese 3 WEEK Course:
bit.ly/Akamonkai-beginner-3
► Akamonkai Beginner Japanese 12 WEEK course:
bit.ly/Akamonkai-beginner-12
► Go! Go! Nihon: bit.ly/GoGoNihonAIJ
Go! Go! Nihon's service is available in 7 languages
► WEEKLY Podcast: hyperurl.co/nhgr30
► BEHIND the scenes Patreon: goo.gl/NWEoQm
*FOLLOW THE ADVENTURE*
► Facebook: / abroadinjapan
► Twitter: / abroadinjapan
► Instagram: @abroadinjapan
*EQUIPMENT I USE*
► MAIN Camera: amzn.to/2HSSdmy
► INDOOR Lens: amzn.to/2jyPOPm
► OUTDOOR Lens: amzn.to/2rnAt7O
► FAVOURITE Lens: amzn.to/2jwqyJm
► BACKUP Camera: amzn.to/2jvhILY
► STABILISED Camera: amzn.to/2HR3ljI
Business Enquiries: talent@tokyocreative.jp

Развлечения

Опубликовано:

9 сен 2019

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 4,1 тыс.

@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад

Notification Squad: Well guys, I hope you enjoyed watching me make an absolute idiot of myself. I’ve decided my new goal in life is to be able to read Harry Potter in Japanese - it’s the dream I never knew I wanted. As I said at the end, the whole experience reignited my passion for learning Japanese - a passion that’s been replaced by studying filmmaking over the last 2-3 years instead. I’m considering taking JLPT1 (N1) next year though, in which case, I’d better hurry up and get studying. A huge thanks to the five students who opened up about their experiences studying at a Japanese language school and a big thanks to Go! Go! Nihon for getting us access inside to film! Definitely check them out if you’ve ever thought about trying a Japanese language school - you never know where it may lead! Go! Go! Nihon: bit.ly/GoGoNihonAIJ

@kavinpillai6515 4 года назад

How bout u have an audio book of Natsuki or Ryotaro (OR BOTH PLEASE) reading them? Could make waves across the universe

@TheD601 4 года назад

I know this is not related to the subject of the video but I notice you don't mention anything to do with disabled access in your videos. My parents plan to visit Japan but one of them is in a wheel chair. Could you somehow address this please?

@spicy933 4 года назад

Reading Harry Potter in another language helped me immensely to learn it, especially with grammar - do it! :)

@voopu 4 года назад

頑張って、ね。

@GreenSwede 4 года назад

Nice to see Go Go Nihon being represented, they're really great and have helped me a ton!

@nanakitano 4 года назад

I hate self-introductions, my brain shuts off and I forget any sort of normal language

@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад

The only upside to Japanese introductions is people are rarely creative. They just say their name and what they do. It’s a shame I could only manage to do half of that.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад

I like and hate self introductions at work because here in America, we're such a "get to know you" culture and we don't mind talking to strangers, we also add in "what do you like to do?" for introductions. I struggle to come up with something that doesn't label me as The Nerd that I actually am and usually fail, lol. Everyone gives a basic, vanilla answer because no one wants to stand out. It's a little depressing and we'd almost be better off without the question.

@GUITARTIME2024 4 года назад

Fix that.

@Mangaluvr247 4 года назад

Last introduction we had to make up a truth and lie on the spot...Hahaha i wish I lived in Japan.

@superchatoalien4905 4 года назад

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley It's the same here in Japan. I also hate self introductions because everyone expects me to talk about my hobby or what I like to do in my free time or what kind of books or movies I like etc. But many people in here think the opposite about your country like all people there are out going and well socialized. I'm glad to hear that some people there are also struggling about this kind stuff.

@efwea7743 3 года назад

imagine you're just taking a course trying to learn japanese and one day this british guy walks in with a camera crew like he owns the place, stays for a few days, flexes his japanese on you, and leaves

@redx12ae33 3 года назад

Now that you put it that way...

@shukrantpatil 3 года назад

And flexes about eating cow tongue every week .

@punbishal5874 3 года назад

Hahaha

@tindeemo1231 2 года назад

The CHAD Chris Broad

@Firnienarya 2 года назад

yea but, you never learn his name as he forgot to give it lmao

@winslow8779 4 года назад

I truly believe that first teacher is incredible. She's so engaging, plays off of what Chris says to bring the other students in, ask questions about their understanding and make them respond in Japanese. And from the laughter, you can tell how everyone feels welcome to try and engage in communication, even if they can't quite speak yet, and they can all feel that little bit of discomfort together in a safe space. Such a great environment to learn.

@winslow8779 4 года назад

I think that's why a lot of the comments think the intro class feels like it's actually intermediate. If you can turn learning into immersion, it becomes a whole new experience. Imagine: all of these students speak different native languages. You can't sit there and give deifinitions and lessons on grammar all day at that point; you just have to try to communicate, pronounce, listen. Then you worry about the grammar at the next level. It's an incredible way to learn and this teacher is doing a great job.

@deelirious 3 года назад

@@winslow8779 actually with this kind of lesson you are doing both things at the time. For instance, with presentations, You are working the grammar of the pronouns and verb person and basic vocabulary and when the teacher asks they have to change pronouns and verb person and learn how questions are constructed. It is pretty standard for any language teaching or learning. As a teacher I felt that was the same system I use for teaching Spanish at the same level and it is the same they used on me with other languages. The system where you communicate and learn grammar separately is pretty updated

@timmplay6024 Год назад

@winslow I noticed the same

@sageseeker9197 4 года назад

"It's gonna be hard with the 2020 Olympics." *Laughs in 2020* Oh Chris, you had no idea...

@macaronycheese7586 4 года назад

dude. i am so lucky i got rejected to a school. i should have went 2 months ago when everything was at the peak

@braxworld4919 3 года назад

PepeLaugh HE LACKS CRITICAL INFORMATION

@puzzledindividual2126 3 года назад

I heard that while I was looking for a new vid and just chuckled lol. If only you knew Chris, if only you knew. edit: spelling

@3katfox 3 года назад

"Oh my sweet summer child" 😂😂

@AquaTornado 3 года назад

Literally this

@alysimone 4 года назад

_“It was the perfect self introduction...except I’d forgotten to say my name.”_

@kannatheweeb8836 4 года назад

Yes

@thewanderingidiot2642 4 года назад

Sometime nervousness makes you forget something.

@samuelasanovic5047 4 года назад

@@thewanderingidiot2642 Yes hahaha for a Moment when he lookt a bit like he did forgot something it was funny tho... oh men he's always nervous when it comes to things like that and so am i but i believe that is the Kind of Human we are...

@Anima-bribe 4 года назад

I had this once as well in an test introduction and it was even in my own native tongue. In front of 12 people like that feels so bad XD

@t_aikutsu 4 года назад

「お名前は？」

@RyodanKai 4 года назад

"I eat cow tongue every week" "It's quite expensive" Not a flex at all

@luqmanmohd2737 4 года назад

That's flexing in plain sight.

@Rob-hb7wh 4 года назад

The slide in humble brag

@StepokTimkrivonog 4 года назад

Never seen a person flex by eating cow tongue

@pcrana1 4 года назад

The gesture after he says it's pricey, as if he's thinking: "Yeah, it's pricey alright but thats showbiz baby"

@FlankerX 4 года назад

To be fair, it's a speciality to Sendai

@zoeh961 3 года назад

I love how everyone had this silent agreement that they'd pick on Chris lol

@toritanishizuru4729 2 года назад

happen in real life thou

@Jess-pe8bq 2 года назад

It’s always the smartest kid that gets all the shit lol

@saldan3985 3 года назад

Chris : Was an English teacher for Japanese students Also Chris : *Be Nervous at introducing himself*

@DanNak 4 года назад

chris joining the beginner class to show off his japanese during his introduction, what a chris thing to do

@schussensalve8181 4 года назад

And forget his name at it.

@minhnguyen5767 4 года назад

100% agree

@Xingmey 4 года назад

Chris please... never change

@SukoSeiti 4 года назад

And uterly failing to flex his japanese.

@mattk6343 4 года назад

And then struggling with basic reading skills. Like direct speech.

@aboudmarzouki1551 4 года назад

"i want to look like the best kid who knows everything" *Forgets name*

@wonder777warrior6 4 года назад

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face, in this instance it was chris's ego lol.

@1701Q 4 года назад

owch

@andrewarroyo1789 4 года назад

Congrats on 666 likes

@klem-jonverdeflor821 4 года назад

Chris was hilarious haha

@Fiskie666 2 года назад

12:10 This section made me feel good. Seeing older people still going for their dream and doing things for their live. I have a lot of problems and I feel old even if I am 'just' 29 but it made me feel really good to see that second person at 50 still going to the language school and doing something new. Oh yes psychological problems.. you never know what you take for granted before you lose it.

@toffeelatte6042 Год назад

"Beginners class" these guys were good!

@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral 4 года назад

Don't pick me, don't pick me, don't pick me, don't pick me. Teacher picks you. That never fails.

@RekiWylls 4 года назад

100%. I was the only caucasian student in my university Japanese classes (rest were Chinese or Korean) and the professor picked on me every session :( Joke's on Omae-sensei though, I blew every answer.

@ezluffycr3884 4 года назад

@@RekiWylls Thats why your sensei picks you..

@meowkai3487 4 года назад

I mean Chris stood quite out. He came with a camera, sat in the middle of the room, the teacher was most likely informed beforehand and he looked like a cute harmless bear

@SourStrawberrys 4 года назад

And they love to pick on one the one day you didn't do your reading.

@jek__ 4 года назад

There could be something causal here, not just a correlation

@__-ix9lh 4 года назад

Chris: I'm gonna end this class whole career showing off my Japanese skill. Whole class: *reverse uno card*

@esqrachel 4 года назад

This made me laugh so hard 😂

@iTECiii 4 года назад

(*ﾟﾛﾟ)

@sidmier1127 4 года назад

それはウケルねwwwww

@JadeStaze1 4 года назад

I died

@harikiran4339 4 года назад

@@esqrachel 😂😂😂😂

@user-xy7le4nb1p 3 года назад

Dude got so focused into flexing his japanese that he forgets to introduce his name lmao XDD

@iconic410 3 года назад

Great. Now I want Harry Potter anime adaptation. Imagine how cool it would be: “Harry, omae wa Wizaado dayo.” “N-Nandato?!” Episode ends on cliffhanger

@coyraig8332 3 года назад

Fun fact: Nintendo tried getting the video game rights

@remote24 3 года назад

*season ends on cliffhanger

@absoluteaficionado515 2 года назад

That would be pretty funny, might even outweigh the glaring inconsistencies and laws in the books

@sweedy6647 Месяц назад

We have Mashle now

@muhammadalfatih2640 4 года назад

*it was the perfect self-introduction* *except that I forgot to say my name*

@VaricYT 4 года назад

I'd been through that

@archer9338 4 года назад

Chris is officially an anime character.

@OathOblivio 4 года назад

I've done that in my Japanese class a few times lol

@Dibxmonkey 4 года назад

hahahaha The teacher... "Who should read this next?" EVERYONE: CHRIS SAN

@Pro-dd4dv 4 года назад

Lol

@RozalinGaming 2 года назад

I actually learned Japanese by studying at a Japanese language school myself! I went on to go to and graduate from University in Japan afterwards before landing a job in translation; I also had the opportunity to help create the new textbooks that my language school currently uses.

@kingdoge69 2 года назад

Which Japanese language school did you attend? I’m interested in learning Japanese by studying at a Japanese language school too

@RozalinGaming 2 года назад

@@kingdoge69 Intercultural Institute of Japan is the school I went to.

@amerstain Год назад

How much does one have to keep in mind in terms of costs?

@eleanorgates3700 8 месяцев назад

had you been to university in your home country before going? how old were u?

@utahnash 3 года назад

“Classes will be pretty full next year...” We were so young then

@triarb5790 3 года назад

9 months on.. we were so you then 《《《《

@duhkwism 2 года назад

69 likes nice

@WnVSkipper 4 года назад

The Guy sitting next to you looks like Ryotaro about 50 years ago

@pokerboy927 4 года назад

Yeah i don't know man, maybe 250 years ago.

@bort3486 4 года назад

Risottoro the ancient the wise the undying

@isak7294 4 года назад

He has traveled back in time to assassinate you Chris!

@JapaneseJourney 4 года назад

before he discovered risotto.

@jamiep2451 4 года назад

Yes

@lucifer5379 4 года назад

korean guy : *say anything * class : *L M A O*

@NeostormXLMAX 3 года назад

i don't get it why is he constantly making everyone laugh by just saying his name?

@lucifer5379 3 года назад

@@NeostormXLMAX they're being nice i guess

@capitanjingoist5123 3 года назад

Telling someone you're from South Korea is top tier comedy, apparently

@graceohair-sherman8405 3 года назад

I think it's because they're expecting him to say his name "I'm so-and-so" but all he says is "I'm Korean"

@ruru7161 3 года назад

Grace O'Hair-Sherman absolutely wrong. Really if you think so, it’s evidence for you completely not to know about Japanese. But, That levels of Japanese of them in the class are low is right. R u Okay?

@ymhr312 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing your experience in learning Japanese. It's really amusing to see Chris behaving like a ten-year-old boy in an elementary school. 9:48 Well, it's unlikely that we forget all those kanji completely, and what actually happens to many Japanese is experiencing those silly "I can read it but I just can't write it" moments.

@gandolph999 3 года назад

Thank you, Chris. Love this look inside the class room. There is hope for me, yet.

@jovanaavramovic2485 4 года назад

imagine being in a coutry where the language is so complex that if you dont write for 4 seconds you forget how to write

@OatmealGrillBlazer 4 года назад

omg touhou

@kennytran2860 4 года назад

Lol *Then remember that I always carried paper and pen with me*

@steve00alt70 4 года назад

why write when you can converse and listen?

@HildmansBookEmporium 4 года назад

Just depends on how well you forget or remember things. ^_^

@imaremi351 4 года назад

Optic500 speaking is one thing, but reading signs is another.

@nanakitano 4 года назад

What I didn't know made me feel more stupid - proverb by Chris Broad. 2019.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад

The truth to that statement hits me on a spiritual level, XD

@davidcrackel6462 4 года назад

Im going to use this

@Cabral_del_Norte 4 года назад

I am going to use this proverb for now on

@96iceshell 2 года назад

This is a bit of an eye opener, I studied Japanese in secondary school for 4 years and by the end of it still we were only constructing very basic sentences and found any listening exercise almost impossible. Looking back I think it was more the teaching methods and syllabus than my ability as I did get an A in the final exam but it goes to show the way we learn languages in school in the UK is so unnatural that we come out without really being able to speak, read or write, just able to do enough to pass the exam. Massive respect to these students learning a very difficult language, they are amazing for 'beginners'!

@thetuckcanon 3 года назад

Revisiting this a year a year later as a fan that rewatches videos regularly I would love to see another video like this one again. After the journey across Japan 3 series finishes up.

@yutassmilehealsme6572 4 года назад

“My advice is to just go for it and get out of your comfort zone” *cries in anxiety*

@afivestarwaterboi781 4 года назад

lol same. Thinking of going to Teach English there, but being in front of 40+ Teenagers is extremely daunting.

@gilgaladinfp8452 4 года назад

😆

@madgadgetss 4 года назад

@@Notchmods oh thank you random philosopher :))) too bad anxiety cares too much about *ME*

@flom.2746 4 года назад

Work on your anxiety first THEN go do something amazing like this!!!

@stephaniem8278 3 года назад

@@afivestarwaterboi781 Japanese high schoolers are not as bad as American teenagers, though. In their culture they tend to me more respectful of their teachers, and they are more shy and reserved. Plus, you know English so you'll automatically earn cool points in their eyes. If I can teach American high schoolers, you can teach Japanese ones! Go for it!

@JamesDC42 4 года назад

That's pretty hard for a "beginner" class.

@slashitup101 4 года назад

It's four months in to be fair.

@evanbradley2790 4 года назад

How much Prior knowledge of the language should one have before attending a language school, and does majoring in Japanese equal to something like this?

@femmeNikita27 3 года назад

@@evanbradley2790 Good question. What's the point of attending such begginer's class if in fact you already have to be able to read and hold a conversation? Plus if majority of people is Korean they probably have easier start than non-Asian language speaker, so how do they organize lessons for complete begginers who are not native speakers of tonal languages??? It looks very strange to me.

@TheRealityofFake 3 года назад

@@evanbradley2790 I went to a Japanese language school after working as a an English teacher in Japan for 2 years. The school I went to had like a dozen different levels for language proficiency starting from people with zero Japanese ability to people who were fairly fluent and were studying for the N1 test (the highest proficiency level). I placed into one of the beginner's levels but it was like the 2nd or 3rd level beginner's class, so it wasn't for people brand new to Japanese. You don't need any prior knowledge to go to a language school, they accept all levels. Also, this video was taken four months into the class. The great thing about these schools is that you are completely immersed in the language so you learn a lot faster. I went to my school for 3 months and learned more in that time than I did in 2 years of studying with a tutor. If you can afford it, I'd definitely recommend it.

@leroumdeux 3 года назад

Evangelical Brandy I'm using Minna no Nihongo books in my Japanese class and you need to know how to read and write hiragana and katakana before starting (and also having a basic comprehension of kanji)

@Amaling 3 года назад

This is pretty general but languages are so cool. I remember neglecting languages outside of English when I was growing up, but fortunately I was brought up in a bilingual environment and still learnt another language a bit in school. Now I'm trying to be fluent in four languages, and well it's a work in progress but there's been good improvement. It's so cool having these different ways to communicate with different people and different cultures

@comakiller2264 2 года назад

I am learning Japanese right now at 11 years old. I attempted learning it when i was just 9, but that didn't work out. so I've decided to continue my learning just a month ago! So far it has been very good. I've memorized and written down a majority of the kanji. And I've been studying katakana and hiragana every day. I'm trying to convince my mom to help me get a Japanese dictionary to help improve my word structures and such. Watching these videos from you, just give me more motivation and it has helped a lot. I am looking forward to moving to japan and getting a job, communicating and helping others. Your videos really inspire me. If you read this thanks! -Eleanor

@nicolelouis2517 9 месяцев назад

this is so cool! how is that going for you?

@fahmiazhari1627 4 года назад

Chris : "I've been very clever, I've chosen the beginner class, hopefully I can look like the best kid" also chris : "I've forgotten to say my name.."

@tyzellchan2799 4 года назад

fahmi azhari outstanding move

@campkira 4 года назад

school like that had no break one you finish the beginner it all too fast... and you never be ready for any exam after that..... unlessl you r chinese....

@PersonManManManMan 4 года назад

Cris just casually flexing his Japanese onto other Japanese students Minutes in he gets bullied by receiving all the questions on himself

@FuzionBranz 4 года назад

Person Man Man That’s not bullying lmao

@AmazinglyAwkward 4 года назад

Sounds like me during English (Literature and Language of my local tongue) or IT

@shoot_the_glass5654 3 года назад

First time I've seen Chris since I've discovered his channel, I'm impressed.

@cassieangel8878 3 года назад

Thank you so much, this has really helped me make up my mind about travelling to Japan to study Japanese.

@carstensing 4 года назад

I like how Chris slowly became more sinister during his reading and had to restrain himself so that the class wouldn't think he was a complete weirdo

@garyhoang9923 4 года назад

Chris suddenly turns into a Samurai when he speaks Japanese.

@efloof9314 4 года назад

Gary Hoang it b like that 😂😂

@iconic410 3 года назад

kore wa pen desu

@absoluteballs 3 года назад

@@iconic410 Damare hana no boya

@kierandrilon6452 3 года назад

muda x 7 page Wait a minute...

@userandresearcher1036 3 года назад

@@iconic410 Asoko ni mado ga arimasu.

@garrettspivey Год назад

Chris is the only youtuber I know that could easily direct an actual tv show or movie extremely well based on their film style. Fantastic job, a natural

@andrewbaghai6455 3 года назад

It's amazing to see how far chris has come since he first steped foot in japan. If you look at his earlier videos he has come SOOOO far.

@Big-Wonka 4 года назад

*Signs up for beginners class. * Me: awesome. This would be the class for me. *Everything is in Japanese with no translation* Me: so where is the baby class?

@kn00tcn 4 года назад

well that's how babies learn, so time to I M M E R S E

@whatsup5914 4 года назад

@@kn00tcn fuck were the fetus class then

@glistlo 4 года назад

@@whatsup5914 imma need directions to the Sperm Class

@wayward4657 4 года назад

It is a beginner class but they've been in that class for 6 months and living in Japan, so they pick up on the stuff pretty fast.

@ZZIKOish 4 года назад

Theres three levels of beginner at isi (fellow alumni lolllll). I think Chris took the final beginner class before moving up to the intermediate level so it’s fully in Japanese. The first beginning class is for people with zero Japanese knowledge and the second one is where kanji is introduced. If you just know arigato and a few hiragana characters, you’ll most likely be put in beginner 1 :)

@fjgensothe2nd78 4 года назад

That story Chris read Legend says that the wife still angry to her husband til this day, and the garbage is still in their house

@furensuko 4 года назад

Plot twist, the garbage they are talking about is actually the husband

@Skyline_NTR 4 года назад

oof

@mousemilk4743 4 года назад

@@furensuko I'm dead omg.

@jenniferpearce1052 4 года назад

@@furensuko in my Japanese class, during a discussion of how you're not supposed to praise or brag about your family, the TA said that it was appropriate for a woman to refer to her husband as "my garbage." So she might tell her friend that she always has to nag her garbage to take the garbage out...

@harikiran4339 4 года назад

@@furensuko xD

@amarisdsage 2 года назад

This was very helpful. I will definitely look into it. ありがとうございまでぃた！

@Leila2023_ 3 года назад

I'm so happy that I found your channel... I always wanted to live in japan, I almost took a job with Westgate in Tokyo but I never went through with it and now I can watch your videos and feel like i've actually done it all...

@Kage-jk4pj 4 года назад

This made me way more intimidated. The beginners had a lot of Japanese knowledge.

@jakegaubatz 4 года назад

Keep in mind that most of these students are focusing solely on Japanese and Chris went in on who-knows-when during their semester.

@kylanoble8669 4 года назад

Right now they’re 6 months into the class. They start their school terms at the beginning of april

@Meurieza 4 года назад

WORK HARD OR FAIL

@Supernova-it1nj 4 года назад

It's fast paced but doable... Compare it to learning Japanese in college. Most colleges do half of a minna no nihongo textbook per semester... And based off of 6:11 (you can see the open minna no ningongo book) they're about halfway through the second book to. So, this is probably what 1 1/2 years of American college would do you for, but they did it in 5 or so months. Not so far fetched when you consider, language schools teach for at least 20 in class hours a week, where American colleges do like 3-4 hours in class per week.

@kylanoble8669 4 года назад

くら_おさ.める_かく.れる蔵 the problem is exactly that way of thinking, actually. Many people seem to think that you’re paying these language schools for a visa, not to be taught. The language schools (everywhere in the world) tend to be extremely inefficient in teaching. I’m not paying 12,000 USD to teach myself at home, but that’s certainly what I got with my purchase

@commanderdanny 4 года назад

“Are you aware of your own defect?” Should have been in at least one of those books.

@hyperion3704 4 года назад

Starvations

@utkarshmishra7416 3 года назад

Soy sauce reckoning of the cream cheese

@l3vielliotsstudio153 3 года назад

LMAO .

@shiddonagi0523 3 года назад

Thank you so much Chris for the information on Go Go Nihon. It came very useful for my son.....once again thank you so much and keep up with the good job, God Bless You.

@lucianoarrieta5786 3 года назад

May be obvious but videos like this one help us, those interested in Japanese, Japan itself and the whole experience, immensely. Case in point I have been considering schooling in Japan (even if I'm ready 43 years old and set in my ways) and I never heard of Go! Go! Nihon. I will definitely check it out even if the situation now in 2020 is complicated... But the future is limitless! :) That aside, thank you again Chris for bringing up a resource as useful as this one, seriously this channel is amazing! :)

@__-ix9lh 4 года назад

I'm thinking Chris has Vietnam flashback of his speech contest everytime he messed up🤣🤣

@MethylX5 4 года назад

I know I would.

@savejeff15 4 года назад

School PTSD. I had my own flashbacks whilenue was reading that excercise

@Art3mis1990 4 года назад

Teacher: Who should read? Rest of the class: Chris!!! mild bullying in action

@alkei5896 3 года назад

Your every video is inspiring! I spent 3 years in New Zealand and 3 years in Australia. Now im on my last semester of university and im planning to do my masters in Japan. The program i want to apply only take 10 student globally, but i ll still try my best. Im learning japanese right from zero. I am genuinely inspired by your story and your videos. I m gon just go for it.

@hugestfart 2 года назад

this was soo fun chris!! loved how fun and chill everyone was!! poog :DD

@KingKhan-vo9og 4 года назад

The teacher is really engaging with her students and charismatic. Wants me want to sit in her class and learn Japanese.

@TheVerxia 4 года назад

King Khan she’s probably the best teacher I had from that school

@lee-man6064 4 года назад

Wants me want to

@essayedgar 4 года назад

And the fact that you could smash her after class

@megawarpig3401 4 года назад

Me too, and the funny thing is that I have no interest in living in Japan lol

@cruman87 4 года назад

King Khan I had a teacher like that in my high school Japanese class.

@-Raylight 4 года назад

*_"What I didn't know made me feels more stupid"_* Great proverb as always, Chris xD

@iamlukito2725 Год назад

the teacher was great on the spot, loved it !

@nekosalad8308 4 года назад

16 minutes of chriss being "that kid" in japanese beginner school? hell yea

@KantanJapan 4 года назад

I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty disappointed that your jikoshoukai didn't include the phrase, "kore wa pen desu".

@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад

Kantan Japan - Japan Made Easy If I can’t remember my name, there was no way I was going to be able to deliver an advanced Japanese sentence like that

@Buracodogalo 4 года назад

I'm sorry, but that is an essential sentence

@KantanJapan 4 года назад

@@AbroadinJapan 'Watashi wa pen desu"? Go for a compromise...

@ThePsicocat101 4 года назад

that sound like croatian words kore is crust pen is penkala and desu means where are they

@dragonshadowstorm 4 года назад

@@ThePsicocat101 uh pen is what? you got the sentence messed up there. pen doesn't mean anything in croatian unlike kore and desu.

@LamplighterScott Год назад

You know these lessons are worth it when you’re out and about and benefit from something you learned in class. Early on we had to memorize the phrase “Is there a phone in this area” which I grudingly did as part of a larger dialog. Shortly after while out on the street, I needed a toilet. The phone phrase came immediately to mind and I substituted toilet for phone. The words just flowed. Unfortunately, I wasn’t yet prepared for the rapid-fire response in Kyoto-ben. Years later, I enrolled in a class that used recorded TV shows. If it weren’t for those, I would have never been able to learn to understand the news and comedy shows on my own. Now after years of neglect, if I only could remember how to write “happy birthday” without looking up the characters.

@itachiswish4705 Год назад

Did you go to japanese language school?

@kaitlynrose8508 3 года назад

Just catching up on your videos. Thanks so much for doing this! I have actually been considering going to this exact school! Now I'm definitely going to!

@miso8090 4 года назад

“Because I’m so brilliant and sneaky...” “HAH-REE PO-TA”

@dashyz3293 4 года назад

Could it be リ instead of レイ？

@sirbackenbart 4 года назад

@@dashyz3293 It's "ハリーポッター", long vocals!

@tankeryy1566 4 года назад

Filipino?

@randomdude1746 4 года назад

Potang ena

@hardlybreathe93 4 года назад

Taena makita lang pota filipino kagad

@elmore707 4 года назад

I feel like this class is more early intermediate. It seems like everyone can hold a conversation in Japanese here, when you're able to do that, you're intermediate

@lemonicowo 4 года назад

a lot of schools require you to have studied a bit and be able to hold a conversation a bit

@ernstschmidt4725 4 года назад

they were using the second of the four Minna no Nihongo books. so indeed they were early intermediate, like being able to write all if not most kana syllabes, some kanji symbols and to speak and understand short tourist-like polite sentences.

@modex4047 4 года назад

Yeah that’s why after watching this, if I would ever go there, I would need to be able to understand a bit cause I don’t want to be that clueless guy who knows nothing 😂

@theanon5906 3 года назад

I thought like you before but coming back a month later I realized how easy their japanese actually is. The are using the basics. You can hold s conversation with that but you‘d sound like a three year old

@FatMonkeyUK 3 года назад

It says that they’re four months into being taught japanese at the bottom

@mjmikaelson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing Chris!

@ArnoldsKtm 3 года назад

Amazing video. Gave it 5 stars and added to favourites.

@Simonzivoj 4 года назад

Promoting an absolute free service without giving a discount coupon? What a monster

@americanpanzer4163 4 года назад

I know atleast give us a 10% discount coupon

@amberrichey2769 4 года назад

He looked a bit salty about it too. The lovable rascal

@duckmaneuvers 4 года назад

British guy smurfing in a Japanese language school colorized circa 2019

@whatsup5914 4 года назад

British OSS agent infiltrates imperial Japanese officer meeting colorized circa 1943

@Dragonsantos 2 года назад

Thank you, I'll be looking into this with high hopes 😊

@user-nq8fc7ry5m 3 года назад

I absolutely love this video and your channel

@yogiSan 4 года назад

If that’s a beginner class - what comes before beginner?! Haha sign me up for that.

@Jackdiddly1 4 года назад

what im saying

@RetroSmoo 4 года назад

Foundation or something like that

@harshmnr 4 года назад

This reminds me of "There is now a Level Zero" from Kung Fu Panda. 😂 ~:~

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад

Say what! That was way too much Japanese for a beginner lesson for me, lol!

@KaotikBOOO 4 года назад

That's definitely a beginner class, the teacher was speaking soooo slowly, didn't realized how slow it was when I was in beginner class but now...

@DrFaustVII 4 года назад

"What's your favourite Japanese dishes, everyone?" Chris cuts away fast, but we all know. Yakitori fiend.

@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад

Dr. Faust VII Spot on. In fact I stuffed myself with several yakitori for dinner just this evening.

@majcrash 4 года назад

Who doesn't love yakitori? It's the best!

@DrFaustVII 4 года назад

@@majcrash Agreed!

@way2girly 3 года назад

Chris you were a boss during the introduction in Japanese . 👍🏽🔥 so elegant and professional.

@miguellagrimas466 2 года назад

superb editing, Very nice!

@GoobieWoobie69 4 года назад

2:59 Chris had nightmares he was back teaching English with kids prodding his stomach lol

@ThePortenyo18 4 года назад

3:47 "You're so young".."Actually my name is Soo Young.. but close enough"

@justvers 4 года назад

Haha funny.

@justvers 4 года назад

....still laughing.

@Garemiem 4 года назад

justvers Are you still laughing?

@platonicriot 4 года назад

He's still...

@justvers 4 года назад

I am.

@tokukao8987 3 года назад

It was inspiring to hear from the students

@jjhollenkoppell2975 2 года назад

you are really funny!!!! really nice to watch and informative video thats entertaining in many ways.... Thank you!!!!

@PythonPlusPlus 4 года назад

Wait! His last name is Broad? So the channel should be called A Broad in Japan.

@hriata168 4 года назад

@Mia Smith lol

@mikhailvillet9101 4 года назад

It's called Abroad in Japan specifically for that reason.

@blank6460 4 года назад

no... just no......

@dduude87 4 года назад

it is

@superhooch 4 года назад

Simultaneously getting the joke and missing the joke at the same time

@doublebuublediscoqueen1110 4 года назад

The guy who lived in Japan for 6 years participated in a beginners japanese class and thinks he's cool 😂♥️ Chris. You are amazing 🌸

@Hitsugix 4 года назад

Well, I had seven years of French at school and took the beginners french class at the university ("general key qualifications"). I was the cool kid. :D

@Ricky911_ 4 года назад

@@Hitsugix bruh. I'm bilingual and speak Italian as my second language. Back when I was in high school in the UK I was always the cool kid in French class because I just knew every word. I even got the top score in my end of year exams in Year 8 for French but I never told anyone that Italian was very similar to French. Lmao

@ken-yo2hz 4 года назад

Ricky911 lmao its the same thing with this girl I knew who was Spanish. She ended up with a 9 in French

@Ricky911_ 4 года назад

@@ken-yo2hz a 9?? I'm still 14 so I haven't done my GCSEs yet but I'm probably like an 8H or something LOL. My target for Year 11 is 7 and I was above target for French so I don't really know what my teacher predicted Edit: I moved out of the UK last year because of my parents' job so I don't think I'll be taking my GCSEs anyway

@sanduiiii6979 3 года назад

8:45 this has reminded me of school so much that I don't want to go back already, and I haven't even started

@minglis5475 2 года назад

This video gave me the push to enroll myself into a Japanese Language school in the same year, 2019. And that experience has by far been the best experience of my life. So, thank you! (I guess) :-)

@Andr3wco7 4 года назад

Everyone: "Just do it" My wallet: "Lol nope"

@gabrielbouchard2226 4 года назад

Andr3wco7 it’s sadly true

@Normal...Hinged... 4 года назад

Wow I have not seen you in a very long time, legend

@rdmz135 4 года назад

i remember your name...

@Supernova-it1nj 4 года назад

@Neppo there are no scholarships for language school pretty much... There's one really small jasso for it. There's scholarships for graduate school that will pay for 6 months of a language school though.

@Supernova-it1nj 4 года назад

@Neppo you were maybe thinking college? Sadly in 4 years of learning Japanese college and you'd know half of what you'd learn in language school in half the time.

@sakasusuk 4 года назад

Damn, even after having 1 Million subscribers, self introduction in a classroom is still nerve wrecking huh??

@MaoDev 4 года назад

Yeah, it's pretty awkward

@kn00tcn 4 года назад

cant see the subscribers in person, also the classroom isnt 'fans' of his

@ohemdoublegee 4 года назад

Classrooms are the worst lol

@jonathanowen9917 3 года назад

This immersive setting seems like a really great way to learn Japanese, but the thousands of kanji is quite daunting. Great video!

@rodannnkekw2866 3 года назад

This video changed my life. Thanks bro

@audreygeorges4982 4 года назад

That school bell alerted my fight or flight reaction

@Roadent1241 4 года назад

I thought it was a doorbell. At least it's not a normal schoolbell that's just "BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

@meaganwoolstrum2897 4 года назад

Same. I don’t know why. Heart rate picked up. The BREEEEEEE never had that effect on me.

@ChannelNotFound 3 года назад

*Boss music starts playing*

@user-qh8bc7gr5n 3 года назад

This kind of bell is really usual bell in Japan

@iconic410 3 года назад

My school doesn’t have a school bell and I remember a time my teacher let us out of the class 20 minutes early as that is all she had planned and we finished the work faster than expected. When we went into the corridor and there was a surprising lack of students, one kid checked the time and realized the lesson hadn’t ended.

@sleepines 4 года назад

THAT was BEGINNER level ???!!! o.o holy crap... beginner courses in my country were toddler level then...

@kylanoble8669 4 года назад

sleepines that’s 6 months into beginner. So they’re about to be intermediate. If they’re on track with my school, those students are just about to start studying for the N3

@Juichi 4 года назад

@@kylanoble8669 Agreed. As someone who just started N3 and used the Minna No Nihongo book you could tell that some was at the end of the second book. In Japan N5 and N4 levels are beginner while in other places N5 might just be beginner and N4 intermediate.

@Crashandburn999 4 года назад

@@Juichi N4 is beginner and still very basic.

@kylbarry4466 4 года назад

yh it's basic

@MattWorth 3 года назад

Really inspiring to trying to learn a new language!

@zesterfrost8218 4 года назад

" What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. although in my case, it felt more like, what i didn't know makes me more stupid." Made my day!😂

@zinkpopovitch9519 4 года назад

Can't wait for the 26 part series, "Journey across language school"

@Chleb42 4 года назад

All of my school anxiety came back when you forgot to actually say your name, or when you didn't know the phrase, reading the wrong fragment and the sheer stress of being called out by the teacher for everything (I'm an introvert and i always hated being called out by the teacher, even though i was very good in my english classes i still hated speaking with so many people around me). Surprisingly the classes you were in seemed so nice and wholesome, the teacher was very nice which i didn't expect (i always thought the japanese teachers would be more strict, although this not being a regular school probably changes a lot in that aspect.

@phased-arraych.9150 4 года назад

Jebla Idzie Dostać Yeah, I don’t like being on the spot in front of the entire class either. There’s a lot of potential to embarrass yourself in front of everybody.

@ossipeltonen397 4 года назад

I used to be that way. Somewhere along the way i just started to laugh at those small mistakes and just to enjoy myself.

@Firnienarya 2 года назад

yea i feel that in this case everyone is at the same level though. no one is above knowing more about speaking japanese other than the teacher. no one can tease you for getting something wrong or anything like that. so if you make a mistake its literally everyone learning how to not that mistake again. def makes it a safe space.

@schris3 Год назад

Well, this school in particular it seems that specializes in teaching foreign students, that's why they need a lot of patience on them.

@ZakkusuGaming 3 года назад

The teacher is a real beast, would have loved to have hr as an tutor. Glad those people can access this service for free

@federicomaisch6812 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing, good video

@SodaScarletMachine 4 года назад

I ACTUALLY SEARCHED FOR A JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL YESTERDAY USING THEIR SERVICE, AND NOW YOU UPLOAD THIS VIDEO! THIS IS A SIGN!

@emmemttc 4 года назад

@@Bucci_Lightyear well, I want to sign up, but the cost is expensive as I live in Singapore and boy, the exchange rate is very high as well as the air plane ticket to Japan. Dang, its expensive

@SodaScarletMachine 4 года назад

@@Bucci_Lightyear That sounds really great! They have sent the papers to the school, and I am currently waiting for a reply!

@SodaScarletMachine 4 года назад

@@emmemttc That sounds like an annoying trouble :/. I have the luxuary to save up a bunch of money, and then I can take a student loan from my country with a silly low interest rate that I will easily be able to pay back in the future!

@Joybearer 4 года назад

@@emmemttc How much was everything, in sing dollars please.

@meowkai3487 4 года назад

Maybe you are one of the ones in the video :O

@SchlaygsCS 4 года назад

"Fortunately, I was able to blame it all on Brian." I'M DYING LOL

@rockgoditachi 3 года назад

Gutted to find out about this now, as I would have 100% done this years back as I was studying for the TEFL qualification but sadly it all fell through, had I known that I could still go to Japan and learn Japanese this way I would have done it. Well hopefully if things get better I can, fingers crossed! Cheers for another awesome vid Chris! :D

@Sereny4 3 года назад

It has nothing to do with anything but, Brian is one of the cutest guys I've ever seen 👁👄👁

@masadamsahid 4 года назад

"hopefully I can be the best kid." "onamae wa?"

@wonder777warrior6 4 года назад

Is it supposed to be ore namae wa chris broad..Des? Not sure lol

@user-lk4im8rd9k 4 года назад

Wonder777 Warrior he’s talking about how Chris, forgot to tell his name

@martialartist99 4 года назад

@@wonder777warrior6 ore *no* namae wa broad chris desu or ore wa broad chris. The most polite way is watashi no namae wa ... desu. Instead of ore or watashi you can also use boku. This is something common under youngsters. So you were close just don't forget the no which makes an "I" into a "My" and don't forget to start with the last name ;)