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What Teaching English in Japan was REALLY Like 

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Having taught English in Japan for 3 years with 2,000 hours of classroom experience, I take a look at the highs and lows that come with the job, including my most awkward moment with a student.
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@AbroadinJapan
@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад
NOTIFICATION SQUAD: I realise teaching English in Japan is a popular topic and I’d like to try and answer as many of your questions as I can in the comments below; whether it’s about the JET programme, teaching in general, the work environment etc, fire away and I’ll try to answer as many as I can when I wake up tomorrow morning and down a gallon of coffee! For now though folks, enjoy the video. - Vip De Big.
@FernandoGomez-mc8zu
@FernandoGomez-mc8zu 4 года назад
Would you recommend teaching in Japan as a way to experience the country? Or would it be better to just visit on vacation?
@mantpele3231
@mantpele3231 4 года назад
Hello. So how do you feel today ?
@dNEARb
@dNEARb 4 года назад
Chris I love your videos and is it okay if you can make a video and r videos on easiest way to learn Japanese, I’m planning on movin to Japan... PLEEEEES
@t_aikutsu
@t_aikutsu 4 года назад
How stomach much more healthy are you planning to be in the future?
@Adrian-kj6fn
@Adrian-kj6fn 4 года назад
Is it true that working in japan is very different from UK, like I understood some people dont even take a break (talking about the legal days, to have a break)
@coolbrotherf127
@coolbrotherf127 4 года назад
If the RU-vid thing doesn't workout you can beatbox as VIP de BIG.
@petrusrauhala4883
@petrusrauhala4883 4 года назад
feat Knicker Poker G
@ThomasinaJefferson-ke7xs
@ThomasinaJefferson-ke7xs 4 года назад
New album “Like a Magic”
@mischiefmanaged4422
@mischiefmanaged4422 4 года назад
On a bike, for nostalgia's sake
@hippityhoppity657
@hippityhoppity657 4 года назад
Album name: becoming the stomach
@typerez1251
@typerez1251 4 года назад
The artist we need
@Decode04
@Decode04 4 года назад
Little did Chris know that the tea stain on his JET application is what got him the position. The surefire way to know he was an authentic Brit.
@aa-yt7wo
@aa-yt7wo 4 года назад
Matcha or earl grey?
@TheMansterTruck
@TheMansterTruck 4 года назад
@@aa-yt7wo pg tips
@sirBrouwer
@sirBrouwer 4 года назад
@@aa-yt7wo earl grey obviously. It has to be British.
@MrBoDiggety
@MrBoDiggety 4 года назад
Hi Chris. BIG fan. Question for you. My wife and I were in Hiroshima last August and came across a 'Learn English' class. It looked like it was a private business that taught English. I've studied Japanese and can speak pretty well but cannot read/write(all self taught). What are the chances of getting a job teaching English at a private business versus the public educational system(which is where I assume you went using the JET). Do private businesses use JET as well? Thanks in advance. Bo
@vitalino1981
@vitalino1981 4 года назад
😅😆😁😂
@TheOriginalFayari
@TheOriginalFayari 3 года назад
Those kids are so sweet and caring. Imagine that, they genuinely felt sorry that their teacher didn't become James Bond, and they tried to encourage him to not give up his dream.
@naneo2005
@naneo2005 2 года назад
Lmao
@derekmills5394
@derekmills5394 2 года назад
The question remaining, of course, is which of his students imagined herself as his 'Bond Girl'!
@namelessking111
@namelessking111 Год назад
I think that's because Japanese people in general don't use sarcasm in their language, thus they thought Chris was dead serious with his James Bond comment not knowing it was a joke lmao.
@northstarstatepolitics1652
@northstarstatepolitics1652 10 месяцев назад
@@derekmills5394 Or the fact she put xxx at the end of the message lmao
@Unfazed1888
@Unfazed1888 9 месяцев назад
I was thinking that they were sad because they thought he wanted to ACT as James Bond, not be an actual assassin haha
@Otgel
@Otgel 2 года назад
his application be like : "so what was ur biggest culture shock?" "so i went to dubai, SAND, LOTS OF SAND" "ur fuckin hired"
@ToadstedCroaks
@ToadstedCroaks 2 года назад
Interviewer: "What ... is your name?" Broad: "Broad" Interviewer: "What... is your quest?" Broad: "To be an English teacher?" Interviewer: "What ... is your favorite color?" Broad: "Red .... No, Bl..." *Catapulted into the fiery ravine*
@Zadem
@Zadem 2 года назад
@@ToadstedCroaks good one my parents made my watch it very good
@eosa
@eosa 2 года назад
@@ToadstedCroaks Broad. Chris Broad.
@megagodzillathemagnificent5487
@megagodzillathemagnificent5487 2 года назад
And lots of camels and exotic cars 😂😂😂
@brunogamesbr1
@brunogamesbr1 4 года назад
This guy now is probably the inspiration of a light novel and he doesn't even know it
@MrAstrojensen
@MrAstrojensen 4 года назад
GTC: Great Teacher Chris.
@oaakamu
@oaakamu 4 года назад
MrAstrojensen is that a GTO REFERENCE...!!!
@Dont_be_Silly
@Dont_be_Silly 4 года назад
Man kkkkk, there are BR in anywhere. I'm BR too kkkkk
@franciscofragoeiro5229
@franciscofragoeiro5229 4 года назад
@@Dont_be_Silly ahahah "russki braziletch"
@Izanami709
@Izanami709 4 года назад
More like a Hentai
@NoName-rq8ec
@NoName-rq8ec 3 года назад
Chris is pretty much getting roasted by his students in broken english about his stomach.
@ho-leesheet5923
@ho-leesheet5923 3 года назад
Lol
@roadrunner3232
@roadrunner3232 3 года назад
😂😂😀
@OblivionNova479
@OblivionNova479 3 года назад
@munchkin42 🤣
@atree8758
@atree8758 3 года назад
why are stomack big? how do leg stand?
@bOstik210
@bOstik210 3 года назад
VIP de big
@marshmellow6648
@marshmellow6648 3 года назад
My first years in junior high, they learned the phrase "snap your fingers". Well, suffice to say, they didn't realize they had to change "your" and so i spent a good portion of the day reading papers that said "I can snap your fingers". horrifying but also a great laugh
@__________________________4597
@__________________________4597 2 года назад
This is amazing.
@SS-bu4rc
@SS-bu4rc 2 года назад
« I can snap your fingers »
@diegoferreira3444
@diegoferreira3444 2 года назад
for people who's wondering, the right way to say it is "i can snap you finger".
@stuckonaslide
@stuckonaslide 2 года назад
@@diegoferreira3444 its "i can snap my fingers" snapping someone else's fingers is horrific and a crime.
@mchsprod
@mchsprod 2 года назад
@@stuckonaslide that’s the joke
@nanoatic
@nanoatic 3 года назад
Twisted fact: he DID eat the daughter and her mother, that's why he gained weight.
@sakarasomapa
@sakarasomapa 3 года назад
Pie4Breakfast I didn’t see anything wrong. Can you point it out so I can improve as well?
@jyke321
@jyke321 3 года назад
@@sakarasomapa Nanoatic should have said something closer to: “he DID eat the daughter and her mother, that’s why he gained weight” or “he HAD ate the daughter and her mother, that’s why he gained weight.” Pie4breakfast should have said “Looks like you could use an English teacher” as well. Their English really wasn’t any better than the person they made fun of.
@nanoatic
@nanoatic 3 года назад
@@jyke321 Fixed thx
@louisaungko9150
@louisaungko9150 3 года назад
Nhentai, indeed lol . 🤦‍♂️ Just kidding.
@Wolfesgrin
@Wolfesgrin 3 года назад
If that part was animated and it showed a scared, kawaii obaachan, I’d be laughing worse than I am now. 🤣
@KuratCTA
@KuratCTA 4 года назад
“I hate sand” You’re not the only one buddy..
@tristanjoestar6756
@tristanjoestar6756 4 года назад
*ATTENTION ATTENTION* Teenage mafia boss hates sand
@lioheart55
@lioheart55 4 года назад
Is it because it reminds you of abbacchio's death.
@IR-Fan
@IR-Fan 4 года назад
I, Giorno Skywalker hate drugs and sand
@AstinCrow
@AstinCrow 4 года назад
I hate sand. It is course, it's rough, and it gets everywhere!
@bezretmet
@bezretmet 4 года назад
@@AstinCrow thank you dear god what are these other comments! respect the classics!
@yourdailydoseofstupidity9015
@yourdailydoseofstupidity9015 4 года назад
When a Japanese person has better English handwriting than you
@gummy2510
@gummy2510 4 года назад
Dude this is actually me haha 😂
@bobtheduck
@bobtheduck 4 года назад
And most non Japanese people who don't know much Japanese have better Katakana and Hiragana handwriting skills than Japanese people. It's because it's still in the "drawing' portion of their brains and not the "writing" portion where we speed it up. The better you get at the language, the worse your handwriting will get. I've seen my students' Japanese / Korean / Chinese handwriting, and it's usually awful. My Chinese teacher, too.
@ethanbenner6995
@ethanbenner6995 4 года назад
Mood.
@JadeEcho
@JadeEcho 4 года назад
Dude we had a Chinese exchange student at my school and like damn their handwriting was so beautiful!
@TerraTheWise
@TerraTheWise 4 года назад
Yea, this is pretty common. In the beginners stages of learning to write a new alphabet you are much more intentional with your writing. You move much slower and therefore make less mistakes. My Japanese teacher would always tell me I have really good handwriting when I'd do katakana, hiragana, and kanji but my English handwriting is a whole different story.
@mannyespinola
@mannyespinola 3 года назад
I taught Survival ESL to Indochinese refugees (bound for the US, Canada and Australia) from 1988 to 1991. One of my students wrote to me a couple of years later: "I always remember you in my brain." Tears of joy, that brought me.
@thecipher8495
@thecipher8495 2 года назад
damn even if it was bad grammar that's still wholesome, i aspire to be someone who helps people and get remembered for that
@k089er
@k089er 2 года назад
awe thats really sweet
@venkateshr6031
@venkateshr6031 2 года назад
@@thecipher8495 Technically, it's true isn't it?
@XMansive
@XMansive 2 года назад
@@thecipher8495 That's not bad grammar, it's grammatically correct, just that natives don't convey the intended meaning using that particular set of words.
@JaredGYC
@JaredGYC 8 месяцев назад
@@thecipher8495 0
@Jace888
@Jace888 3 года назад
The stigma during school is so true. In Asia, people rarely asks question and expected to do well with zero mistakes. On the other hand, in UK, US and Aus, it’s encouraged to asks questions and mistakes are part of learning.
@fish8776
@fish8776 3 года назад
I've experienced how my lecturer took his absent from teaching our class bcs i asked him a question. That's how asian teachers behave 😐
@Lokislav
@Lokislav 2 года назад
pretty similar in Central/Eastern Europe, VERY few people want to raise their hand and foreign teachers often times were kind of set aback by that
@waffelo4681
@waffelo4681 2 года назад
Ye that's true here in southeast Asia too
@weddywanderer8322
@weddywanderer8322 2 года назад
And then there's my country, Bulgaria, where you are encouraged to ask questions and participate but if you make a mistake you are going to get fucking shit on for it.
@Samurai-no4wu
@Samurai-no4wu 2 года назад
And then you get roasted here for asking questions you were encouraged to ask
@Oridux
@Oridux 4 года назад
Top 10 Rappers that Eminem was Afraid to Diss #1 VIP de Big #2 Knicker Poker G
@livingtrashbag1077
@livingtrashbag1077 4 года назад
You forgot be stomach much more
@Oridux
@Oridux 4 года назад
@@livingtrashbag1077 His tracks were better when he wasn't that well known tbh.
@MacCadalso
@MacCadalso 4 года назад
@@Oridux Bro ikr! Now his lyrics are so bad dude.
@duddledeedo
@duddledeedo 4 года назад
Where are the other 8?
@Chronos4088
@Chronos4088 4 года назад
@@duddledeedo VIP de Big occupies the first 9 spots.
@xxx9mission
@xxx9mission 4 года назад
"I was a great english teacher" Students English Grammar: please be stomach much more
@satoau1
@satoau1 4 года назад
no doubt because while chris gets one hour per week, the japanese english teacher gets them another 4 hours a week. the most underrated problem in teaching english in japan is how large the counter-effort against how you're trying to teach is. every hour you spend trying to make them pronounce well, someone else is spending 4 hours making it worse again. no matter how many times you can get students to correctly pronounce "bird", by next week they're back to "bard".
@youneskasdi
@youneskasdi 4 года назад
@@satoau1 even if you spent 4 hours a week with them that wouldn't be enough for them to speak english well enoug, i studied english in highschool as my third language, wehad like 12 hours a week really tried to understand it but failed horribly and couldn't really grasp^it until i started using it on the internet regularly thats like the only way to learn a language good enough is to use it regularly on your everyday life
@satoau1
@satoau1 4 года назад
@@youneskasdi that's kind of what i mean. it doesn't matter how many hours you do it if the teaching method is ineffective. the schools that do the best in japan don't have any extra classes of english, they just do more using english in class which means the teacher can't spend the whole time talking in japanese, which is the part most japanese teachers have trouble with - "how will they understand if i don't explain it all?"
@MP-cv6if
@MP-cv6if 4 года назад
Mercy
@nth7273
@nth7273 4 года назад
@@youneskasdi if they spent 12 hours a week and you didn't understand it, it's because they weren't teaching you right. They probably taught grammar and had you memorize lists of vocab words. Schools are poor at actually educating.
@Cris-qn2ii
@Cris-qn2ii 3 года назад
Honestly english teachers in non english speaking countries have that kind of charm and fun no other teacher has. Our english teacher used to give us chocolates as rewards for getting everything right, would make up lots of fun games for us to learn english, and encourage us to speak our minds no matter how awkward or bad our english was. Truly blessed
@jn8922
@jn8922 2 года назад
*charm 😉
@kertchu
@kertchu 2 года назад
Giving candy to students is something some American teachers do as well
@theknightswhosay
@theknightswhosay 2 месяца назад
My brother taught English in Colombia. He’d tell the kids they could say whatever they want as long as they only used English words.
@radiooted2481
@radiooted2481 3 года назад
Imagine seeing your English teacher make a video on RU-vid, and in the first 30 seconds he clowns on you for “vip de big” 😭
@Bagledog5000
@Bagledog5000 4 года назад
I've been teaching in Japan about ten years now. Don't underestimate the impact you can have on your kids regarding their enjoyment of English. I ran into one of my kids that I taught for three years who'd just graduated college a few months ago. She asked if I was still playing harmonica, and said that one of her favorite things was singing songs as I played them on the harmonica. She's working at a job using English now, and says it's because "English was fun with you" that sort of thing makes all the bad aspects of the job just fade away.
@user-hi7jk6fu3f
@user-hi7jk6fu3f 4 года назад
Bagledog5000 this makes me want to do this even more.
@Siterus
@Siterus 4 года назад
If you don't mind explaining, how has your job improved in those ten years? Are you still an ALT(assuming you beginned as an ALT)? or a normal english teacher? If you are still an ALT, isn't the pay too little? Did you get promoted? Thanks in advance.
@brandonhughes645
@brandonhughes645 4 года назад
Yeah I hated school and it really showed. My teachers knew but I had a couple of teachers who were understanding. They taught math and history. I now study mathematical physics and I study history during my time off. Only war history though.
@Bagledog5000
@Bagledog5000 4 года назад
@@Siterus One improvement is more involvement of ALTs in the classroom as a general rule, it's more of a team effort now then it was back in the day. Teachers and textbooks are better as well for the most part. English is being taken more seriously, and the standards are rising as well. There are still some problems, but it is a much better education system than it was ten years back. That said, they still have a ways to go... Pay depends on the area for ALTs, yes if you work for a dispatch company the pay is pretty low, however you can always look for a direct contract with various cities and get more money. The payoff of course is more work, usually you'll be working more hours in the summer than a regular ALT would. If you don't have debts, and live in a reasonable city, and a reasonable manner you can do okay on the top ALT salary. You won't be super rich, but you can make ends meet and go on vacation a few times a year. The JET program is actually pretty good because your housing is paid for, so you can actually do well on the JET wages. All that said, being an ALT is not a career, it should be viewed as a stepping stone to better things. At present I work at a university teaching English to students there, but I got the job because a visiting teacher form that university was impressed with my work teaching a class they were observing. Teaching can be simultaneously the most frustrating and rewarding career you can ever have. I have to admit that the vast majority of my experiences have been positive teaching in Japan, and my students make that possible every day. To be honest there's good points to every level of education in Japan, elementary kids are just about as much fun as you can have, and are always thrilled to see you. Junior high kids are a little more jaded around their third year, but you can have better conversations with them and it's exciting to see them putting new knowledge to work. High school kids are even better at conversation, and you can actually help them get into colleges and further their development to a greater degree because they've been using the language longer. Look into some forums if you want to get into this line of work. I'd highly recommend the JET program if you can swing it, if not ALTIA Central and Interac are not bad companies to work for, Interac can vary depending on your home office, find out which ones have the good rep and steer for that area. Good luck folks, and please do the best you can for your students.
@Bagledog5000
@Bagledog5000 4 года назад
@@brandonhughes645 I I can totally relate to what you said! I should have mentioned that a bad teacher can have just a great a negative impact on a student's attitude toward a subject as a good teacher can have a positive one. I always try to keep that in mind every lesson I teach.
@teza5876
@teza5876 3 года назад
I like "are you aware of your own defect?" Good insult.
@attackfleed1301
@attackfleed1301 3 года назад
That line cracks me up
@dandydasyt4766
@dandydasyt4766 3 года назад
it's the fact that it's so matter-of-fact that the punch hits harder
@mattfield3371
@mattfield3371 3 года назад
🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
@toniodivichi5749
@toniodivichi5749 3 года назад
Well obviously that's meant to be an ice breaker on a first date. I dunno why you think it's an insult.
@dandydasyt4766
@dandydasyt4766 3 года назад
@@toniodivichi5749 if spoken between friends, maybe. On a first date though? i doubt anyone would think twice about being called defective to their face by someone they don't know well. So, it is both a good joke between friends, and a good insult for people you don't like.
@mrgopnik5964
@mrgopnik5964 2 года назад
It’s the exact opposite when it comes to raising hands in Germany. Since about half of your grade is lesson participation, we’d often have arguments over who had already been called twice, or who had to fix his overall grade due to a bad exam. And nobody laughed when someone got something wrong, because there were cases, where no one knew what was correct. Once our math teacher asked us to explain something and nobody dared to try that at first. After some provocation, one boy decided to try his luck and explained what he could. When he was done, the teacher asked “Do you agree with his answer?” And everyone was like “Yeah, yeah, totally”, than the teacher went “Great! This means you’re all morons, because what he was talking was complete bs!”. XD
@grandhunter519
@grandhunter519 2 года назад
You had a good class huh
@BlackTigersoul
@BlackTigersoul 2 года назад
Yeah no lmao how you describe for sure isn't the norm and its actually more like it is in Japan too. You just had a good school/class
@drachenfliger1368
@drachenfliger1368 2 года назад
Tbh, in my old school (in germany) that was'nt the case. It just became a thing in 11th grade... (weil Abi)
@nadiarogo4511
@nadiarogo4511 Год назад
And this is what i hated about going to school in Germany... I was shy but studied a lot and had best grades on written exams and worst notes in in class because I never talked. Then other students got better overall grades than me because they were talking all the time, giving wrong answers left and right, despite bad written grades. Extrovert students really exploit this system...
@mrgopnik5964
@mrgopnik5964 Год назад
@@nadiarogo4511 I consider myself rather introverted, but still did better in the participation part. It’s all about confidence
@tallballa44
@tallballa44 3 года назад
“Are you aware of your own defect?” Woah, just the one?? I’m doing way better than I thought. 😂
@aoeu256
@aoeu256 2 года назад
your very existence is a defect...
@BEstudent
@BEstudent 2 года назад
Man that sentence is one notch up from "what is your major malfunction?"
@OatmealTheCrazy
@OatmealTheCrazy 2 года назад
My actual thought when he said that was "which one?"
@jdraven0890
@jdraven0890 2 года назад
Student thinks a moment. Corrects the phrase to: "Are you aware of all of your defects?" Teacher nods in approval.
@laserguidedburrito8750
@laserguidedburrito8750 3 года назад
Can’t believe this guy went clubbing with his students, disgusting, I bet VIP de big the rapper was disappointed
@abbad707
@abbad707 3 года назад
Don’t know Don’t care lmao
@khalid2733
@khalid2733 3 года назад
I don't know and I don't care
@user-dr8fm8sr4n
@user-dr8fm8sr4n 3 года назад
Lol
@laserguidedburrito8750
@laserguidedburrito8750 3 года назад
I don’t even remember posting this
@cynictime5572
@cynictime5572 3 года назад
@@laserguidedburrito8750 😂 haha
@Alexander99602
@Alexander99602 3 года назад
The story of a British boi who dreamt of becoming James Bond but instead became the Last Samurai of teaching English in a rural school in Japan
@mantosh56
@mantosh56 3 года назад
Kinda like gto no?
@jimmyvanilla5285
@jimmyvanilla5285 3 года назад
We could make a religion out of this
@Alexander99602
@Alexander99602 3 года назад
@@jimmyvanilla5285 no.
@zaheenabass778
@zaheenabass778 3 года назад
@@Alexander99602 what about a manga
@Alexander99602
@Alexander99602 3 года назад
@@zaheenabass778 ok that works
@kammikaywater
@kammikaywater 3 года назад
I think VIP de BIG is in relation to BIG BANG a Korean group whose fanclub is called VIP. The little crown drawing looks like the fandom lightstick. A few years ago they were really popular in Japan
@hydrogenperoxide7244
@hydrogenperoxide7244 2 года назад
i was also thinking about that XD The group also got very popular in Malaysia
@CTimmerman
@CTimmerman 2 года назад
"Knicker poker g" is pretty close to "Knickerbocker glory", which was named after the Knickerbocker Hotel in Manhattan.
@deez5877
@deez5877 2 года назад
Yeah, and the other kids who laughed the kid probably got it wrong too anyway.
@silentechorevived2964
@silentechorevived2964 2 года назад
Knickerbocker knickerbocker number nine 💃🩲
@CTimmerman
@CTimmerman 2 года назад
G likes to poke a knicker from time to time. 🎵
@concong4183
@concong4183 2 года назад
Cees Timmerman The New York Knicks were so called because way back in the day, they wore knickerbockers. Jong Cees was the nickname for Dutch people when they owned New York which is where Yankees came from. A Dutch friend told me this.
@gaunterodimmmastermirrors72
@gaunterodimmmastermirrors72 4 года назад
"it has sand. I hate sand" Vader: See? He gets it.
@issacalvarado9028
@issacalvarado9028 4 года назад
Lmao
@lieutenantkettch
@lieutenantkettch 4 года назад
It’s coarse and rough and gets everywhere.
@LordGingerBerry
@LordGingerBerry 4 года назад
Lucidic Dreams this is an AA class joke in the category ‘Family friendly’, perfectly fitting this video. Here, have 85 comedy points.
@cheesesalads8114
@cheesesalads8114 4 года назад
That's why obi wan hid luke on tatoine, because vades hates sand
@nielsmichiels1939
@nielsmichiels1939 4 года назад
(Gets force chocked anyway)
@marcosmedia7463
@marcosmedia7463 4 года назад
Abroad: I am a good English teacher Japanese student: *VIP de big*
@WarringFighter
@WarringFighter 4 года назад
Your Colors6 when you were taught english but you tried learning french on your own
@lewisbrownlie925
@lewisbrownlie925 4 года назад
@@WarringFighter lmao
@zhaoyangxie
@zhaoyangxie 4 года назад
FBI 😂😂😂
@willow8171
@willow8171 4 года назад
All I can think of is that they meant whip the pig. I don’t know why lol
@EffySalcedo
@EffySalcedo 4 года назад
Wrong it's suppose 2 B *VIP* de *BIG* !! 🎲🥂💰
@user-kx1me8pw6x
@user-kx1me8pw6x 3 года назад
10:25 As a Japanese, I understand this very well
@putbye1
@putbye1 2 года назад
thanks for sharing
@gamegamer9523
@gamegamer9523 2 года назад
Does it apply for most teachers?
@user-kx1me8pw6x
@user-kx1me8pw6x 2 года назад
@@gamegamer9523 Yes, I guess most ALT would notice the shyness of Japanese students as it's really common in Japan, especially in a classroom
@iAPX432
@iAPX432 3 года назад
I'm English third language, and "billie is exciting" is pure genius! Thanks!
@spencerdecoteau8038
@spencerdecoteau8038 3 года назад
I actually laugh. Sir, please allow me to thank for gifting me this chuckle. Here take this like. You deserve it.
@Anon-te6uq
@Anon-te6uq 2 года назад
I didnt get this part. "Billy was exciting" was perfectly correct english already.
@felipecorpuz2476
@felipecorpuz2476 2 года назад
@@Anon-te6uq I think it's meant to be "Billy was excited."
@Bloodeagleremains
@Bloodeagleremains 2 года назад
Why was the “y” wrong? I’m still stuck on this.
@WhammyWanger
@WhammyWanger 2 года назад
@@Bloodeagleremains It is a joke. You think he is going to change it from 'exciting' to 'excited' but instead he changes the spelling of the name.
@jonathanjoestar9289
@jonathanjoestar9289 4 года назад
Plot twist: All his students are actually watching this and are feeling proud of this
@faisholjunaria8880
@faisholjunaria8880 4 года назад
And going like, "The fuck is this guy saying?" in Japanese.
@catlaust
@catlaust 4 года назад
Great grandpa. Arent you dead.
@jonathanjoestar9289
@jonathanjoestar9289 4 года назад
Josuke Higashkata In my universe I never died, and also what’s up with your hair great grandson?
@catlaust
@catlaust 4 года назад
@@jonathanjoestar9289 Someone who finally likes my hair. It was based from the person who saved my life when I was a toddler
@jonathanjoestar9289
@jonathanjoestar9289 4 года назад
Josuke Higashkata Great Grandson, I didn’t exactly say I liked It
@FoxElliott
@FoxElliott 4 года назад
"I was a pretty good English teacher" *proceeds to read nothing but broken English*
@nutterbotter8308
@nutterbotter8308 4 года назад
Elliott meh that’s close enough
@wasteplace1705
@wasteplace1705 4 года назад
Elliott I call it engrish
@voughklry8362
@voughklry8362 4 года назад
Who actually speaks in proper English tho
@MacetazzOpina
@MacetazzOpina 4 года назад
@@ericolens3 if you need help with spanish I can help you :) greetings from Mexico
@richardchen592
@richardchen592 4 года назад
@@ericolens3 Your saying a whole Country's English is wrong. The Americans weren't the first to speak English meaning that your English is technically wrong since it differs from the original language. The original language which originated from West Germany and was brought to Britain.
@Schwarzmalerxxx
@Schwarzmalerxxx 3 года назад
VIP de Big almost made me cry of laughter. Fantastic
@Bro_what53
@Bro_what53 3 года назад
Imagine if the girl who wrote " please be stomach much more healthy in the future" Is watching this video right now and just is like -_-
@SkippingAsssassin117
@SkippingAsssassin117 4 года назад
"Why is there a tea stain on it?!" Mate we're British it just happens.
@AussieTVMusic
@AussieTVMusic 4 года назад
It's the mark of honour
@seanr6206
@seanr6206 4 года назад
Well it's England innit mate?
@Hedgehog1039
@Hedgehog1039 4 года назад
@@seanr6206 Pfft, I drink plenty of tea up here in Scotland too mate ;)
@seanr6206
@seanr6206 4 года назад
@@Hedgehog1039 I was quoting one of his earlier videos :p
@krzysztofbandyk168
@krzysztofbandyk168 4 года назад
The thing that got him hired
@WayWillow
@WayWillow 3 года назад
Got fired from a middle school in Taipei. The local teachers complained about the laughing and talking during my classes. That they were speaking English in conversation for the first time and enjoying it was apparently less important than...
@Sweetguy1821
@Sweetguy1821 3 года назад
To them its all about passing the standardized tests, conversational skills take a back seat sadly.
@tisbutascratch3655
@tisbutascratch3655 3 года назад
what school did you teach at?
@mithrasabyss2765
@mithrasabyss2765 3 года назад
You should never laugh or talk loudly in Asian cultures,it’s a sign of bad upbringing.Unfortunately this goes double if you’re a woman.I dated a girl in high school who was originally from Korea(this happened in the US) and I remember she told me how her laughing while talking on the phone with me ended with her mother basically calling her a “loose woman”.She said we had to break up and we reconnected recently.She ended up married to a guy her parents picked,dropped out of college because her mother shamed her major and is now pretty miserable.I feel guilty because I should have stood up to her parents,but knowing their culture,I know it would have only made it worse.
@joris2982
@joris2982 3 года назад
East Asian countries. It's different in west and south asia
@dennischan7189
@dennischan7189 3 года назад
@@mithrasabyss2765 Only fools worship their cultures, a true human being always put his conscience before anything else. (This is coming from a Chinese btw)
@luzziplays9559
@luzziplays9559 3 года назад
"Fix the painfully obvious error" *Changes Billy to Billie* Seems legit
@ryanblanc2351
@ryanblanc2351 3 года назад
I went to school in japan for a few months and I notice students really enjoy when the teacher is from America because they throw in types of learning that they do here in the U.S. A lot of classes in japan are pretty hard and not so much fun but with English they’re able to understand what it’s like in American classes while also having fun learning.
@233Hicks
@233Hicks 3 года назад
Bondgirl must be found. That was too sweet of a thing to do. You'll really have brightened your students days.
@phantomotion2561
@phantomotion2561 3 года назад
I am the choosen one
@DPSpade4ever
@DPSpade4ever 3 года назад
1k like
@Antody
@Antody 3 года назад
Finding her would be his first Bond assignment.
@Isaax
@Isaax 3 года назад
@@phantomotion2561 Bondgirl?
@wazu_d_wor7187
@wazu_d_wor7187 3 года назад
I see "xxx"
@HistoricalWaifus
@HistoricalWaifus 4 года назад
Chris, this has really inspired me. If someone with an application that rubbish can get in, then I'll probably make principle by week 2.
@bmtenoch8230
@bmtenoch8230 4 года назад
spelling is important...
@theexam7394
@theexam7394 4 года назад
@@bmtenoch8230 as stated, if someone with a rubbish application can get in, spelling won't even be an issue.
@bellablue7661
@bellablue7661 4 года назад
It may help if you spelled principal right. lol. On second thought, they probably won’t notice
@oredaxmc2871
@oredaxmc2871 4 года назад
@@bellablue7661 idk why but I didn't even notice it was spelt incorrectly
@CanadaBeef
@CanadaBeef 4 года назад
@@oredaxmc2871 It's not spelled wrong, he just used the wrong one.
@JohnDoe-qw4gc
@JohnDoe-qw4gc 2 года назад
I planned to join JET for two years while minoring in Japanese in college, including 20 units of Japanese language alone. I got all the way to the interview panel in Los Angeles, where I interviewed in Japanese. I didn't get in and was told later by someone I trusted that they don't accept people with any Chinese heritage. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl that I went to school with who didn't speak a lick of Japanese got in no problem. I'm quite enjoying viewing this channel all these later and realizing that I was probably lucky to have been skipped. Nothing against the country or its people, but things work out the way they're supposed to, even if it's not as you planned.
@funkthat
@funkthat Год назад
Oh my god thats horrible , sorry that you got discriminated against. I wonder if the culture is more accepting these days as the newer generation ages.
@funkthat
@funkthat Год назад
Oh my god thats horrible , sorry that you got discriminated against. I wonder if the culture is more accepting these days as the newer generation ages.
@alluringvoice7081
@alluringvoice7081 8 месяцев назад
Oh my god thats horrible , sorry that you got discriminated against. I wonder if the culture is more accepting these days as the newer generation ages.
@TheseEyesSeeDarknessClearly7
@TheseEyesSeeDarknessClearly7 5 месяцев назад
Oh my god thats horrible , sorry that you got discriminated against. I wonder if the culture is more accepting these days as the newer generation ages.
@JValTV
@JValTV 3 месяца назад
Oh my god thats horrible , sorry that you got discriminated against. I wonder if the culture is more accepting these days as the newer generation ages.
@PauloHGama
@PauloHGama 3 года назад
9:16 "This groundbreaking concept of having fun in the classroom", why am I laughing so much at something that is actualy pretty sad
@Living_Target
@Living_Target 4 года назад
Things Chris Broad has in common with Anakin Skywalker: - Clubs children - Hates sand
@ToriKo_
@ToriKo_ 4 года назад
LivingTarget hahahahha
@Hadrian1616
@Hadrian1616 4 года назад
- Chosen One who lost the high ground
@_captainmagic
@_captainmagic 4 года назад
was it coarse tho
@animetherapy2796
@animetherapy2796 4 года назад
Thought the same when he said it 😂
@duchessedeberne3909
@duchessedeberne3909 4 года назад
They are one
@ultimas20
@ultimas20 4 года назад
I have an intresting anectode about being a large guy in japan. My first day in Kyoto my taxi driver who picked me up at the station pointed out that I had a large stomache. He did this by turning 180 degrees around and pointing at me and said verbatim "you have large stomache" He then went on to elaborate that japanese people have small stomaches because of samurai genetics from many generations of eating vegtables, rice and sometimes fish but no meat. I think he was excited to flex his english skills because he also gave a mini tour and description of everything we passed on the way to the hotel. Honestly he was the best taxi driver I've ever had.
@noxregall3599
@noxregall3599 3 года назад
Now i'm wondering what comments would they make about a guy thats 1.85 and built like a viking that just came out of a eating contest in vallhalla
@ult7511
@ult7511 3 года назад
@@noxregall3599 They will look at you amazingly
@tudorg6849
@tudorg6849 3 года назад
M
@TheRealD4
@TheRealD4 3 года назад
Gaert anectode! I enjeyod yruo sroty :p
@XxCrazyxX456
@XxCrazyxX456 3 года назад
Thats honestly so funny. Im a chubby girl from the US and when i visited japan no one said anything like that to me. I wonder if its different for woman? I actually completely forgot japan was like this when i was physically there. I think i got lucky or maybe i had so many other things that stuck out about me no one said anything lol. All i know is everyone else in my group got "interviewed" by japanese kids for school and i never did ;^;
@susanma4899
@susanma4899 3 года назад
I appreciate your videos because you realistically describe situations without sugarcoating them. And at the same time, you don't come off as bitter or pretentious, as some foreign men in Japan do.
@b.christensen9669
@b.christensen9669 2 года назад
True dat
@delta-a17
@delta-a17 3 года назад
I had a teacher that said you could raise your hands to answer questions correctly or hilariously. It might have just been my group but that class was immensely entertaining and everyone was engaged with the content trying to come up with the funniest slightly incorrect answer possible. Really took the wind out of the fear of getting an answer wrong I think.
@b.christensen9669
@b.christensen9669 2 года назад
Genius. I'm stealing this.
@rhythmandblues_alibi
@rhythmandblues_alibi 4 месяца назад
This is so good! Love it!
@Alone-_0
@Alone-_0 4 года назад
I love when they were repeating the words there’s just one dude in the back going “harubalublergh”
@faisalaldrou
@faisalaldrou 3 года назад
I was searching for this comment 😂😂👍
@youthinkimthatinnocent1373
@youthinkimthatinnocent1373 3 года назад
that’s me in spanish-
@Carvie_Ostos
@Carvie_Ostos 3 года назад
Bruh
@Alone-_0
@Alone-_0 3 года назад
@@youthinkimthatinnocent1373 Was me when I was learning Japanese in High School xD Honestly shoulda taken the class more seriously.
@sepg5084
@sepg5084 3 года назад
@@Alone-_0 if you learned japanese well you could enjoy anime without relying on subtitles. sorry about sounding kinda weebish
@Ginrikuzuma
@Ginrikuzuma 4 года назад
Principal : We need your help once again. Chris: Say no more *Chris walks towards the sunset as title credits play*
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад
Principal: "Wait, the classroom's the other direction!"
@vLavour1
@vLavour1 4 года назад
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley ,,My work here is done😎" - ,,But you didnt do anything!"
@Dunkingsonn
@Dunkingsonn 4 года назад
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Wait a damn minute.... Chris is Great Teacher Onizuka!
@Rubens124587
@Rubens124587 4 года назад
@@Dunkingsonn soft one gto
@aerinax8203
@aerinax8203 4 года назад
*spaghetti western trumpet music plays*
@feijaocomarroz2846
@feijaocomarroz2846 2 года назад
The tape recorder is sooo accurate. I live in a non-english speaker country (Brazil) and those audios played for learning pronunciation are quite weird.
@hollhoz7661
@hollhoz7661 Год назад
same in russsia, even when i was in 2 grade i find those tapes very alienating and at some points even scary
@senhoritatiffany2569
@senhoritatiffany2569 Год назад
Do you teach English in Brazil? I’d love to teach there but the dangers hold me back 😩
@sekaijin8193
@sekaijin8193 2 года назад
I'm currently an ALT too in Japan. Everything he said hit close to my experience but his was probably better. I wonder if any of his past students watch his channel now. That would be awesome.
@AnakinSkyobiliviator
@AnakinSkyobiliviator 4 года назад
Chris: "I'll never be James Bond." Also Chris: Survives every single assassination attempt from Risottoro.
@AbroadinJapan
@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад
I’m more James Bond than James Bond will ever be.
@thorbergson
@thorbergson 4 года назад
Hey Anakin! How did you like that "too much sand everywhere" line at 3:00? You don't like sand, do you.
@MostlyPennyCat
@MostlyPennyCat 4 года назад
That can't be how his name's spelt.
@DivergentStyles
@DivergentStyles 4 года назад
After eating that marmite grashopper meal I would not doubt you.
@ChaBoiNeil
@ChaBoiNeil 4 года назад
Risottoro sounds like a pasta dish. Ryotoro is his name.
@davudlastname2545
@davudlastname2545 4 года назад
Comments I wrote teacher: I'll miss you, bye Comments in japan: you're fat, don't stomach too much
@RATE.LIMITED
@RATE.LIMITED 4 года назад
Japanese people take their health very seriously, that's kind of like a "get well soon" in Japanese culture. Only about 4% of people are considered obese in Japan. However, in English it's an insult as it's more common to be overweight (I don't mean that as an insult) and a sign of being weaker than the average person. Hope this helped 😊
@CharliHarvey
@CharliHarvey 4 года назад
VIP DE BIG
@calebm9000
@calebm9000 4 года назад
@@RATE.LIMITED yeah, I think he took it as a compliment, like they cared enough about his health to comment on it, and I'm sure knowing his British sense of humor that he pointed it out a lot, so it probably became like an inside joke.
@SaturnCrashing
@SaturnCrashing 3 года назад
he is lol
@ShadowDeus
@ShadowDeus 3 года назад
@@RATE.LIMITED not really a "get well soon", i feel it was more like a "take care and stay healthy".
@AyazHamid
@AyazHamid 3 года назад
"What animal and person would you take to a desert island with you?" "A goat" "Vladimir Putin" Dammit Chris I can't breathe XDDD
@juanvilas5341
@juanvilas5341 2 года назад
Are you aware of your own defect?
@spacebug30
@spacebug30 2 года назад
Because I live in a bilingual country, I studied French for 9 years: from my 5th year of elementary school to my first year of college. We would always learn from boring text books, memorizing words and repeating them, literally translate pre-written sentences etc. and I sucked at French. Until they finally changed the teaching method in my 4th year of secondary school and we started doing practical and useful things like learning about French culture, looking up French news articles, writing plays and actually performing them, doing friendly competitions with all kinds of French language skills. I learned SO MUCH during those few years and became almost fluent in French. Teachers who are teaching practical skills in class and aren't afraid to do something other than the boring old text book are incredible. Also, I swear I had a chapter about soccer balls in Afghanistan in my French text book in high school...
@Link-Link
@Link-Link 7 месяцев назад
Du coup tu es fluent en français maintenant ou pas?
@spacebug30
@spacebug30 4 месяца назад
@@Link-Link Unfortunately not anymore. I still understand most written French, and spoken French if they're not talking too fast. But my French writing and speaking skills aren't what they used to be. I haven't spoken much French since graduating college. When I was in elementary school, it was very important to be fluent in French to get a good job, but 15 years later that's been replaced by English.
@Link-Link
@Link-Link 4 месяца назад
@@spacebug30 ah ok yeah I understand
@aleksi6012
@aleksi6012 3 года назад
"I was culture-shocked by Dubai because it was hot and there's lot's of sand. And I hate sand." Ahh, a man of culture I see!
@catriona_drummond
@catriona_drummond 3 года назад
He is definitely not Lawrence of Arabia material.
@okiean1321
@okiean1321 3 года назад
He is the slayer of the younglings
@xyz2001xyz
@xyz2001xyz 3 года назад
Its rough, coarse, and gets everywhere
@roberte.ospeedwagon3681
@roberte.ospeedwagon3681 3 года назад
@@catriona_drummond he was anakin of Arabia
@rubberducky2112
@rubberducky2112 3 года назад
Gentleman... welcome to Dubai
@BarlioneManobolge
@BarlioneManobolge 3 года назад
So I had a brain blast, I think I've solved the mystery of "VIP de big." I think de is the prefix for un. So it's "very important less big," or in correct English "please loose weight"
@takumiaraki147
@takumiaraki147 3 года назад
It would be 大きいでVIP. (Or, 大きいで賞 in more common way) pretty much meaning you're being awarded by having a big stomach. 大きい=big, 賞=award
@andrewgrant6516
@andrewgrant6516 3 года назад
Please lose weight. Loose is the opposite of tight. Lose is the opposite of gain.
@Shachza
@Shachza 3 года назад
I buy it. "de," a prefix as in to remove a thing. "de-bone a fish" means to remove the bones. "de-big" could easily be remove the big [belly]. And it would fit perfectly with someone trying to scrounge their limited language experience for something that expresses their meaning.
@yliang87
@yliang87 3 года назад
Some language, like French, has adjective following the noun, eg. "the book brown". So, VIP de big is like "the big/great VIP"?
@TC-xt8ts
@TC-xt8ts 3 года назад
@@yliang87 I thought they called him the VIP of being Big? Like the coolest fat guy
@bikrambhattacharyya8051
@bikrambhattacharyya8051 2 года назад
13:33 man If someone did that for me my emotional a** would start crying on spot
@j.g.6807
@j.g.6807 2 года назад
Hey Chris, I was an ALT in Japan for a few years as well. As it turns out, we actually appear to have been in the same batch (2012)! Your experiences as an ALT are incredibly similar to mine and your perspective about teaching in Japan perfectly reflect how I feel about it as well. Thanks for reminding me of some wonderful memories! Being an ALT definitely changed my life and I cherished every single minute that I was there. Always enjoy watching your vids! Keep it up!
@DarukiiA
@DarukiiA 3 года назад
I love this channel because of the acid self-deprecating British humour versus the absurdly positive Japanese culture
@hazri8758
@hazri8758 3 года назад
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
@rikwallant9901
@rikwallant9901 3 года назад
The guy is clearly a Stewart Lee fan - his delivery and as you say self-deprecating sense of humour is uncanny.
@TypetwoAbsolute
@TypetwoAbsolute 4 года назад
As descriptive as Abroad in Japan is, I'm going to have to request you rebrand your channel as VIP de BIG, you're ready to take things to the next level.
@nagisadies7967
@nagisadies7967 4 года назад
Very Important Person Big?
@kerneltechnology624
@kerneltechnology624 3 года назад
@@nagisadies7967 I guess it could be 「VIPでBig」, which means "Because you are a VIP, so you can be big."
@Kazokano
@Kazokano 2 года назад
It's awesome that you introduced those kids to the *very Western* concept of having fun in the classroom - and that making mistakes is totally fine and even an important part of learning. Hopefully some of them will go on to become teachers and fondly remember their time with you. East Asian students are consistently some of the unhappiest in the world.
@Clickstop24
@Clickstop24 2 года назад
That skyfall poster almost made me cry. THats about the sweetest thing Ive ever seen in a youtube video
@bigun89
@bigun89 4 года назад
"Are you aware of your own defect?" Nothing wrong with that sentence, I'm adopting it and beginning its use.... today.
@Caerulean
@Caerulean 4 года назад
its* 😅
@bigun89
@bigun89 4 года назад
@@Caerulean I'm showing possession, the apostrophe stands
@Caerulean
@Caerulean 4 года назад
@@bigun89 Apostrophe for possession is only for names and not pronouns. E.g. Caerulean's comment, his comment, her comment, etc. 🙂 'it's' is the abbreviation of 'it is', like 'she's' for 'she is'.
@bigun89
@bigun89 4 года назад
@@Caerulean A quick google shows I'm wrong, no one ever told me. Fixed.
@Caerulean
@Caerulean 4 года назад
@@bigun89 👍👍
@endcsline0752
@endcsline0752 4 года назад
"okay, so... are you human?" " yes" "you're in"
@LostShipMate
@LostShipMate 4 года назад
The Grey large eyed man: YEesSs Alright your in.
@gibran.zidane
@gibran.zidane 4 года назад
captcha in a nutshell
@kr1spness
@kr1spness 4 года назад
Well technically they would have to understand the question, be able to answer yes in English and then know whether in means accepted colloquially so.... good enough?
@n0wsinn
@n0wsinn 4 года назад
@@gibran.zidane 😂😂😂😂
@carolinehutchinson7250
@carolinehutchinson7250 2 года назад
I did the JET Programme about twenty years ago - it did wonders for my Japanese, but absolutely nothing for my teaching ability. I think for one-shots who visit many different schools (I had 35) you never really get to the point where you're trusted to experiment. As a now trained and experienced English teacher back in Japan and teaching at university, I can't help but feel that ALTs are almost set up to flounder and fail to meaningfully impact existing education practices. That said, individual ALTs do have an impact on individual students - I think the most powerful is when they feel they have communicated something successfully in English that wasn't scripted.
@berendmuller1794
@berendmuller1794 2 года назад
it's absolutely mindblowing to me that a school in an area considered rural in japan still has 1200 students. i don't even think my own high school had over 1500, which covered 6 years instead of like 3 like senior highschool does in japan. and i lived in the capital for my province which is considered fairly large for our country.
@user-kt1no7yx1u
@user-kt1no7yx1u 9 месяцев назад
I'm in the US and my school is only ages 15-18 but there's 1800
@user-yj2ry5th3u
@user-yj2ry5th3u 4 года назад
I wonder how sarcastic people like us are supposed to survive living in Japan tbh :P how do you manage it?
@AbroadinJapan
@AbroadinJapan 4 года назад
Start a RU-vid channel and vent it there
@birdelpollo
@birdelpollo 4 года назад
@@AbroadinJapan b r u h moment
@eyecred4153
@eyecred4153 4 года назад
@@AbroadinJapan K, omw to japan xD
@ScibyTravels
@ScibyTravels 4 года назад
There’s many opportunities for sarcasm, but when it’s not really understood by the targets, it feels hollow and dead. Like your average JET teacher.
@Wonder7771
@Wonder7771 4 года назад
@@ScibyTravels Yup. I have a very sarcastic personality. So as stupid as it sounds.... I feel like that would be a big problem
@moshi6384
@moshi6384 4 года назад
Being American I sat there for a stupidly long amount of time trying to figure out what was wrong with "Billy was exciting". Until he changed it to Billie and I felt the need to throw tea off of a ship.
@cereskerrigan
@cereskerrigan 4 года назад
Then slap a ludicrous tax on the remaining stock on the rest of the teabags.
@archiemcnicol3471
@archiemcnicol3471 4 года назад
I also found that correction weird as it’s a name that can be spelt both ways, i for one don’t know a singly billie but know quite a few Billy’s and I’m Scottish
@juliakeeton6953
@juliakeeton6953 4 года назад
ARCHIE MCNICOL yeah I feel like you can spell it either way. It’s kind of a weird example
@Grgazola
@Grgazola 4 года назад
Nowadays such a rejection could easily leave tea stains on your résumé.
@beelzemobabbity
@beelzemobabbity 4 года назад
I was expecting for him to turn it into “billy was excited” since, y’know..names aren’t an activity or thing..but then he made it Billie lol
@DB42YT
@DB42YT 2 года назад
You're a great storyteller, that's what makes your videos so good. It gives a sense of "being there" as opposed to trying to imagine it based on fragmented memories and a missing narrative.
@aprilcook1856
@aprilcook1856 2 года назад
I laughed really, really hard during this, and for that, I thank you. Although I’ll likely never teach English in Japan, it was nice learning about your experience. I’m rapidly becoming a big fan of your channel.
@Bazilisk_AU
@Bazilisk_AU 4 года назад
“They didn’t speak like real American people... I spoke to an American person... once” (Flashes picture of Dogen) I nearly spat out my tea.
@Kenionatus
@Kenionatus 4 года назад
You must be British then :)
@harleyoyelade9988
@harleyoyelade9988 4 года назад
Kenionatus OI
@Paul-fd2ce
@Paul-fd2ce 4 года назад
LMAO
@furansusan9090
@furansusan9090 4 года назад
The Dogen picture with the "I have met an American person once" was just hilarious. Great work as usual, Mr VIP de Big
@roadent217
@roadent217 4 года назад
Mr. Knicker Poker G
@josephjagusah8668
@josephjagusah8668 4 года назад
timestamp?
@MonokhromatiQ
@MonokhromatiQ 4 года назад
@@josephjagusah8668 6:35
@josephjagusah8668
@josephjagusah8668 4 года назад
@@MonokhromatiQ damn I thought he meant the real Dogen.
@StreamHGF
@StreamHGF 2 года назад
It was great hearing about your wholesome and endearing teaching experiences! Do keep them coming :)
@CazuhLynn
@CazuhLynn 3 года назад
2:18 every single one of my ESL students so far, haha. Bless them, they are doing their best
@athirstyguy
@athirstyguy 4 года назад
"Are you aware of your own defect?" Yes, absolutely great conversation opener.
@stare9177
@stare9177 4 года назад
🤣🤣
@WerexZenok
@WerexZenok 4 года назад
Is this phrase wrong or just strange? I'm not a native speaker also.
@cowboygeg
@cowboygeg 4 года назад
@@WerexZenok It's a perfectly fine sentence in my opinion. Just a bit strange.
@Qtechbh
@Qtechbh 4 года назад
@@WerexZenok Both :)
@eddiexxxj154
@eddiexxxj154 4 года назад
@@WerexZenok it is correct in term of grammar, but not your best ice breaker in a date 🤣
@thomaslomax737
@thomaslomax737 Год назад
As another ex-JET who also taught high school in Sakata a few years before you arrived on the scene (I was there '93-'95), it's good to hear that nothing much changed in the interval, down to the English teachers who couldn't communicate in English.
@123karakoc
@123karakoc 2 года назад
Watching you always feels like talking to a very good friend. So warm and exceptionally funny.
@fabulous009
@fabulous009 4 года назад
This is an entire goodbye booklet filled with fat shaming 😂
@badhabitz69
@badhabitz69 4 года назад
Nothing wrong with that.......
@mateuszsmagacz8332
@mateuszsmagacz8332 4 года назад
Fat shaming is a good thing, obesity on the other hand isn't.
@JiMin-hh5sd
@JiMin-hh5sd 4 года назад
@@mateuszsmagacz8332 wrong.
@mateuszsmagacz8332
@mateuszsmagacz8332 4 года назад
@@JiMin-hh5sd Go on then mate, list the benefits of obesity. I am open to being proved wrong.
@despairia
@despairia 4 года назад
@@mateuszsmagacz8332 It's not that obesity is a good thing, but fat shaming is not a good thing, either. You're not helping or encouraging anyone by fat shaming them. You're just hurting someone because you want to. It's a pretty shitty thing to do.
@chrisjackson2595
@chrisjackson2595 4 года назад
Jet teacher exchange: "so what other cultures have you experienced?" CHRIS: "I hate sand. it's course and rough and it gets everywhere"
@gakamech
@gakamech 4 года назад
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS
@42Caio
@42Caio 4 года назад
First thing I thought too.
@thedarkphoenix1640
@thedarkphoenix1640 4 года назад
GakaMech Same!
@michaelmunoz8014
@michaelmunoz8014 4 года назад
Sounds like he went to dubai
@millionelectricvolts6117
@millionelectricvolts6117 4 года назад
Hey vader.
@KofiCatlovesU
@KofiCatlovesU Год назад
I was ALT on Kyushu in Saga prefecture five years. Loved it ❤❤❤
@miriamcohen7657
@miriamcohen7657 2 года назад
I love all of this. You clearly were an inspirational teacher, and coworker.
@pancake4061
@pancake4061 3 года назад
"I hate sand. It's coarse, rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere."
@cameront7804
@cameront7804 3 года назад
It’s outrageous....
@marcoroberts9462
@marcoroberts9462 3 года назад
This is where the fun begins
@JJ-zr1wf
@JJ-zr1wf 3 года назад
Man of culture
@ak26k
@ak26k 2 года назад
Oh I get it That's that one line that Yoda said in Star Trek, classic!
@SabreX02
@SabreX02 2 года назад
Hahaha as soon as he said he hated sand I went looking for this comment
@firdaussudirman8128
@firdaussudirman8128 4 года назад
"When we showed the children the balls, they gave us big smiles. It was like a magic!" Burst out in tears reading this one ngl 😂😂
@V.U.4six
@V.U.4six 4 года назад
Firdaus Sudirman that reminds me of a time in high school This has nothing to do with bad English but rather a really weird way of saying something So for some sort of idk... I think it was science? We were doing this “fun assignment” where we had to create character things (like in a arts n crafts way, 3d models) I honestly don’t even remember what it was for or why lol But...my teacher decided to call these things we were to create...”babies” So what did she say? Something along the lines of “we’re making babies in class tomorrow” That sounds so wrong 😂
@SakuraMoonflower
@SakuraMoonflower 3 года назад
Same, tbh
@minecraftnoob7830
@minecraftnoob7830 3 года назад
@@V.U.4six That's normal.
@exoinvadedmymind1006
@exoinvadedmymind1006 3 года назад
@@V.U.4six lmaoooooo
@siv1282
@siv1282 3 года назад
Was eating a sandwich when I read it... I'm surprised it hasn't choked me to death
@Jace888
@Jace888 3 года назад
This is amazing story. Quite a natural on comedy + story telling. Love to hear more.
@MuradBeybalaev
@MuradBeybalaev 3 года назад
I could know nothing about Japan and still enjoy your vids. You've got talent. Keep it up.
@user-ps5kn8kt8i
@user-ps5kn8kt8i 3 года назад
" Pls be stomach... much more healthy in the future " that killed me 😂😂
@kholi9441
@kholi9441 2 года назад
Going over that line makes me assume that the student was asking him to watch his weight which is making his stomach bulge 😂
@dominusmasteryt
@dominusmasteryt 2 года назад
VIP de big
@jamman7344
@jamman7344 2 года назад
I think she means get thin, your stomach is too big.
@Galaxy_World
@Galaxy_World 2 года назад
😂
@indrajithlal6160
@indrajithlal6160 2 года назад
@@kholi9441 thankyou captain obvious
@CMCSTAN.1
@CMCSTAN.1 4 года назад
Chris: I hate sand Me: I agree, It is coarse, rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere
@longlostwraith5106
@longlostwraith5106 4 года назад
*coarse
@aravindhkumar3976
@aravindhkumar3976 4 года назад
@@longlostwraith5106 of course
@flare380
@flare380 4 года назад
Vegard Serendahl Coarse sand is coarse, of course
@ian_5184
@ian_5184 4 года назад
you forgot irritating
@hanielmngodo8276
@hanielmngodo8276 4 года назад
Is that you Anakin?
@ephraim.47
@ephraim.47 2 года назад
This is so entertaining , I can learn a lot from your experiences as an English teacher in Japan which I am applying for. God bless!
@loneotaku
@loneotaku 3 года назад
Thanks so much for the stories and advice, Chris. I'm actually going to teach English in Japan next year, so I'm nervous but also excited for this experience as well!
@thecookie8163
@thecookie8163 2 года назад
How has it gone so far?
@adogthatgoesbark2163
@adogthatgoesbark2163 2 года назад
@@thecookie8163 he probably died
@sharlainjapan
@sharlainjapan 4 года назад
You may not have become Bond but you are Japanese Spy Man and let’s be honest that’s basically just as good
@emu9915
@emu9915 4 года назад
I have no Idea what that means, but agree completely
@justmayle
@justmayle 4 года назад
That sounds like a story to visit.
@mazedmarky
@mazedmarky 4 года назад
@@emu9915 it's a meme from his Twitter :)
@wonderzz20
@wonderzz20 4 года назад
Best comment
@thelilpippin
@thelilpippin 4 года назад
Seems like being an English teacher in japan is a great way to pick up young Japanese chicks
@internetquickie
@internetquickie 4 года назад
2:51 "it's hot and theres sand. I hate sand" Chris has Anakins spirit
@kreamy_karym
@kreamy_karym 4 года назад
I'd love to see Anakin as sarcastic as Chris.
@AddersOtter
@AddersOtter 4 года назад
Lmfao beat me to it.
@KM-om8ch
@KM-om8ch 4 года назад
and it gets everywhere?
@phoenixstone4208
@phoenixstone4208 4 года назад
@@KM-om8ch it's rough
@sandwichsupernova
@sandwichsupernova 4 года назад
Immediately scrolled for this, was not disappointed. Prequel memes forever.
@empty_thesaurus
@empty_thesaurus 3 года назад
"...I hate sand" Yea, me too, it's so rough...
@qiandiliu4869
@qiandiliu4869 2 года назад
Hi Chris, you are hilariously creative. Like the magazine that you and your students put together. It's an amazing project!
@mirutankuru
@mirutankuru 3 года назад
I'm 27yo Japanese and I've started learning English for 3years😀 First, in my opinion, english classes at a school in japan is terrible unfortunately. (I mean it works for only exams at school) Generally almost japanese thinks we don't use english in our life I think, unless when you help foreigners who's lost haha So english class is not an enthusiastic class unfortunately(this is how I felt when I was a kid). Also our way of learning English at the class is really bad as like you saw (For example I've never used Hello, how are you? I'm fine thank you, and you? Lol)🤢 We'll find phrases in text books are not common, daily English and how weird it was, when we go to abroad or try to make foreign friends. So again, the things we've learned at school is only for exams😭 And we're quite shy and don't wanna make any mistakes in front of everyone as like you said so we don't even wanna pronouns the words properly neither. (If someone is trying to pronounce words correctly, classmates would be turned off little bit🤭) Government should change the content of lessons for learning English. We should stop learning useless English that we can't use it in real life. I was a kid who could speak like only "I like apple" "I go school" something like this😂 But I'd love to have an english class now and a teacher would be you!! Lol (Sorry my English is still poor but thank you for reading😀)
@kikikutie12
@kikikutie12 3 года назад
So far, you are doing a good job with your English. Just keep working at it and you will get even better. You can do it!
@vassalofthenight9945
@vassalofthenight9945 3 года назад
You are speaking quite well mate especially for just 3 years of learning. English lessons seem to be impractical universally for the entire world, i had english classes in poland for like 9 years, since i was 9 years old up to my A levels and frankly 90% of everything i know about english, the vocabulary, grammar, speaking etc. i had to learn by myself, usually just by exposing myself to media, literature and so on in english. School lessons were more about the useless stuff like you mentioned, i like apples, the car is red and so on, people who only relied on school to pass their exams would usually end up in the lower spectrum of grading.
@vassalofthenight9945
@vassalofthenight9945 3 года назад
@Pau Mung so what is red said like?
@jootpepet
@jootpepet 3 года назад
I understood everything you said man, you're doing great! It could be better though, so keep at it! 👍
@LordRedland
@LordRedland 3 года назад
@@vassalofthenight9945 That seems to happen to language courses in the US as well. Most of what we learned in Spanish class was "book Spanish" and vocabulary that made us sound extremely formal. College placement exams are based on knowledge of specific vocabulary and conjugation but not how you use them. Thankfully, I had good teachers in grade school and they planned a number of activities like research presentations, games, and skits that got us excited to use the language. Later classes had us read and write book reports in Spanish, and translate or discuss scenes from American movies dubbed in Spanish. In our third year of high school one of my classmates wanted to tell a story about a tree in class, so he carried this really heavy tree stump up to the third floor and dropped it in the middle of the room with a floor-shaking thump. Our class had fun and we enjoyed learning. That makes a big difference in any classroom.
@OwningLuukjuh
@OwningLuukjuh 4 года назад
"Are you aware of your own defect?" Better to be selfaware than oblivious, amirite?
@andrewgrant6516
@andrewgrant6516 3 года назад
It's an important point. Some cultures value self-improvement, and it's polite to point out a flaw to somebody so that they have a chance to correct it. Other cultures value privacy, and it is considered extremely rude to point out a flaw that everybody else was politely ignoring. When travelling to other cultures, it is important to know which type you are in, or you may accidentally cause great offense.
@ilhamrj2599
@ilhamrj2599 3 года назад
Hmm, I know the intention might not be bad. But, 'defect' refers to bad goods produced by factory. Or an Error in programming code. So 'Defect' in human being is just impolite. It is more polite to use term such as 'personal weakness' , 'disadvantage', or 'handicap'.
@johnkaltine9788
@johnkaltine9788 3 года назад
The worst thing is being aware of the problem but to lazy to solve it
@gabriels2859
@gabriels2859 3 года назад
@@ilhamrj2599 If you ask any American if they aware of their own defect, you're either going to have a person crying, or punching you in the face... (we like to pretend we are super laid back, but there are words that are 'fighting words')
@user-zk1eg7pj6f
@user-zk1eg7pj6f 2 года назад
This is hilarious!! You've made my day!!! Thank you for giving such an accurate portrayal of English education in Japan.
@ArnoldsKtm
@ArnoldsKtm 3 года назад
I don't know why I thought of commenting so late but I'm amazed at the fact that you thought of your own way to learn English. It's a problem in Japan that they don't practice talking so they can't really talk English after they graduate. You are a small piece in the helping of changing the system and it's amazing!
@tox6132
@tox6132 4 года назад
Say: "Consequences" guy1: "Consequencez" guy2:"Conequences" girl1: "Consequences" guy in back of class: *"CONZECHUENZS"*
@bobtheduck
@bobtheduck 4 года назад
Consequences will never be the same.
@NoedigJK471
@NoedigJK471 4 года назад
guy4: arara...
@tox6132
@tox6132 4 года назад
@@NoedigJK471 guy5: *DIO!!*
@cocoarecords
@cocoarecords 4 года назад
Tox CRONAsenchuezes?
@lastyhopper2792
@lastyhopper2792 4 года назад
hmm wtf, I only heard male voice saying "irara.."
@briansanchez8302
@briansanchez8302 4 года назад
"Fix the painfully obvious error" -Changes Billy to Billie America: *Gasp* shots fired right there.
@jacobnm8687
@jacobnm8687 4 года назад
Brian Sanchez I was trying too hard to find an error
@Monkthegod
@Monkthegod 4 года назад
@@jacobnm8687 I thought it was supposed to be "Excited" instead of "Exciting" lol
@RaijinGod-Indra
@RaijinGod-Indra 4 года назад
@@aoikemono6414 Which doesn't really make much sense since our English (British English) is the correct one to say and write things.
@skellez
@skellez 4 года назад
@@aoikemono6414 Billie is more of a female name, so in this case it's a noticeable error
@itaricalderon4337
@itaricalderon4337 4 года назад
At my elementary school they taught both American and British English.
@JD-im4qh
@JD-im4qh 2 года назад
This was amazing, Thankyou for sharing your experiences.
@levistepanian5341
@levistepanian5341 2 года назад
Wow, this is neat hearing about your experiences!
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