How much are you studying every day in school and once you come home from school?
You can go out eat the whole time. - Temptations! How did you stay strong studying?
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Will you learn Japanese faster if you come and learn it here in Japan?
What is the truth about learning Japanese language here at language schools
we are gonna go, find out and ask Actual students here at language schools in Japan
about their honest opinions. I am curious to find out about that one. Don't forget to
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Japanese culture and learning Japanese let's go and ask foreign language students in Japan
I think here it's like you're forced to learn it because
you have to interact with people. It's more natural to learn it here.
Plus it wouldn't be as exciting to learn it back at home. - Teachers and Japanese
people they only speak in Japanese. Sometimes they throw in English words but
just to help us but mostly it's Japanese so I really like it. - When you said the teachers
ONLY speak in Japanese, I could hear you sigh. - Yeah
Sometimes you just have to...
guess on what they're saying. It's mainlyGoogle translate
it will be your best friend. - Our teacher is amazing he draws a lot of small pictures...
on the white board and every time they are so funny. It's very helpful.
I thought like...
The best time for me to learn and experience a new culture and language...
is just to go there and since I am still young, in my 20s , once I get older I
might have it harder to do it. So I will go now. I thought being in Japan
is a different experience of learning it in the US or something like that. - What's the difference?
Have you learned it in the US and in Japan. What's the difference? The difference is learning it
everything is taught in Japanese. You really have to be on top of it and just like...
focus on studying. There is times when you go outside of school.
You walk around and everyday conversation you hear Japanese and you have to...
Pick up on those words, in time and then you learn it without translating it into English
You will start to think in Japanese which makes it a lot easier.
Whereas in American you can fall back on English. - You don't get that help. - Yeah
Now let's be honest.
How much are you actually studying everyday in school and once you come home from school?
I am quite bad in the week cause I have a parttime job so I have to ... sort of after school
finishes at 16:00 I sort of go do my job and then I finish sometimes at like
10-11pm. By the time I get home I am shattered and by the time I wake up I am ready for school again so
after coffee and breakfast so uhm... - Do you speak Japanese at your job?
I guess I am an English teacher, it's completely the opposite so
actually the students are starting to help me with my Kanji which is
really sweet. I say "Give me Kanji to learn" and they give me the HARDEST kanji
like "dragon" is one of the hardest to write. Ok thank you
I am just gonna teach you English now. Studying is quite hard I usually try and catch up on the weekends
Usually on a Sunday is when I got to the library and I just sit
and catch up. It's very hard to study in the week. A lot of homework unfortunately doesn't get
completed in time. - Your classes when do they start and finish at 4 - They start at 1
finish at 4 every day monday-friday. Usually I got to work, wakeup
sort of 10 have breakfast and by that time I am making my way to school.
If I get a bit of time in the morning there is a library in school and
I do my homework real quick when I should have done it the night. Maybe ask in class "have you got the homework?"
Studying Japanese in Germany and studying Japanese in Japan what are the big differences?
I think basically somebody teaching you stuff and kicking your ass for
"you have to study now" because we're gonna have tests of the teachers gonna call you
out and say "Nina what do yo think" and you're like mmmh ok\
Yeah you really gotta study. Japanese schools in general are a little bit...
more ... strict when it comes to that. I didn't expect it to go this fast.
People were just like "You gotta study this until the next day"
and then we start a new lesson. We did two days of one lesson
and then the next day we started a new one, new grammar, new vocab two pages and like
whoops ok you really gotta sit down and study.
Which was really great. It gives you so much more motivation as when you're at home and just
on the couch and there is TV. - No tempting distractions for you
here? - I mean of course Japan is like
wonders what you can do the whole day. You can just go out and then spend a whole
day doing random stuff like karaoke, game centers,
you can go out eat the whole time. - Temptations! How did you stay strong to study
Well reminding me of my teacher the next day being like "You didn't
study?!" - So it's good to have a strict teacher to kick you a little bit?
Yes, that's the type I like the most.
Do you feel it's easier to learn Japanese now in Japan?
Absolutely. I have a lot more opportunity. I made a lot of Japanese friends, everyday
just ordering food I am forced to use it at the grocery store. Back
at home there is just no opportunity. I am a kind of person that really needs that constant engagement in order
for me to remember something as far as language goes. - How has your Japanese changed
before and after coming to Japan. - Before it was....
tourist handbook Japanese and making good use of "sumimasen" "oishii"
"arigatou gozaimashita" Now two days ago I was with some friends and
someone in Shinjuku was inviting us into a restaurant and my friends wanted
to compliment them on their ugg boots and so I was able to
be the middle person on that. - You were able to translate for them? - Yeah
Not very well but I don't have any sort of fear in
going out and talking to another person even though I know I am gonna struggle
I just try and ... if I don't know the word I describe it as best as I can
The little hint for you guys if you don't know that word and can't look it up just
describe around it right. You got it.
Now guys let's be honest we are lazy creatures, humans are lazy creatures so when we get
forced to learn something, we generally tend to learn it faster. When you put yourself
in an environment when you HAVE to speak that language, your brain will catch up and it will
level up a little bit more, put itself in there as some of the tips
that I can really like...
what's the word in English right now? I can CONFIRM that if you are forced to
speak it a lot more in you current environment it will help a lot. Even if yo can't come
to Japan, same counts for you, make friends who speak the language, speak it maybe at your work
find an environment in which you can use it the most so
The students that I know that have a job in which they speak mainly their native
language don't level up as quickly as those who work in a convini and are forced to speak the language
put yourself in that environment. Make friends which which you can speak the language, it really does help
First 3 months are incredibly frustrating. I had the same in the UK I had...
the same in Japan. The first 3 months are the most frustrating and it's important to stick with
it and push through that one and then keep on using the language as much
as possible. Integrate that into your environment. I hope this helped you guys
Good luck with your studies. - Hello! I heard from a couple of students
that they used "Take me to Japan" to come to Japan now I
heard you work for them...
What is "Take me to Japan" actually. - "Take me to Japan" is a website where I give free
personalized advice to students from all over the world
to help them choose the best language school that suits them.
So you help them find their language school. Are you in-between the schools and their students?
Yes, I give them options, recommendations of what would suit
their individual goals, help them apply, go though the whole process of
visa if they needed it and even help with accommodation. - I heard from a couple of
students that they were like "oh know it's easy you only need the documents and the money"
and they said apart form that it's easy. So YOU do the running for the documents? - Yes the hardest for me
is the documents and many emails ... but it's fun.
Mentioning many emails ... one of the students has mentioned you send over 100 emails to
someone at Take me to Japan. - Yes that was me. - In case you guys are curious about
"Take me to Japan" and maybe have Sayaka help you find your school, the link is down below, and it's
a free service? - Yes. - Well it's free then it doesn't get any cheaper. So there's links down below
check it out and thank you for watching. Catch you soon for more stuff on Ask Japanese. Bye.