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Post by wes1378 on Sept 20, 2014 13:06:08 GMT
This is one of a few new channels that I have found that are just way better than what was available before. This lady has produced so many good lessons and her views are still really low. Please check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSNzCEK3W4
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Post by Jembru on Sept 20, 2014 17:11:43 GMT
I use Youtube a lot for improving my Japanese, but tend not to get much from 'instruction' type channels anymore. The exception is Nihongomori Joey. While their style isn't exactly flashy, and the sound quality is often dodgy, it's nice having explanations of grammar and vocabulary from native speakers. The words they use to explain language features I haven't come across yet, really help me to get a feel for the structure within the context of Japanese as a whole. It's not something I watch often, but if I have a spare 5 minutes at work, I'll sometimes pop on one of their videos. I'm a big fan of Comical Reina's channel. I recently told Bokusenou about her over Skype and was really happy when she came back and told me that Reina's advice had had a positive impact on her confidence with the language. It's her Japanese advice for English learners that has been the most inspiring. She does do Japanese lessons too but I tend just to watch the videos she makes in Japanese. The exception being the bi-lingual ones she does with Tony, I love hearing her teaching him Japanese the way I missed out on by not learning it from my parents! I also like the English study videos by Nami Ishkawa (hers contain English too, but she inspires me because she can speak so well despite never going to an English-speaking country. That really makes me sit up and listen!). Honestly though, I watch her makeup tutorials a lot too! Here are some other channels I enjoy using for improving my Japanese.. Gyouten News: A friend I met through my Japanese conversation group introduced this to me. It is various short programs about all kinds of interesting stories in Japanese. Unlike watching live streams of Japanese TV, I can pause these stories and look up words if I need to. I am also a massive, massive MASSIVE fan of this guy. I follow a few Japanese minecraft letsplayers but Take is in a whole league of his own. He is off the map! Famed for His minecraft skin being completely naked but for a smart pair of red socks.. why? Because his feet get cold of course! Haha.. honestly, he's hilarious. He doesn't teach Japanese, but maan have I learnt a thing or two about how NOT to use the language from him. lol
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Post by wes1378 on Sept 21, 2014 16:27:44 GMT
Howdy Jembru, Yes, you are too advanced for my suggestion. I also really like Nihongomori Joey. I do hate the acoustics when they shoot in classrooms. That is just silly. I just got introduced to someone by loretta. So you probably know him too, but if you don't you will like www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPJfNQGzqyMI will check out Nami Ishkawa and This guy. By the way this is the first time I could see a response to any of my comments at the Gaiwa forum in about 3 months. Maybe the problem is resolved.
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Post by Bokusenou on Sept 23, 2014 19:36:35 GMT
Great thread idea Wes! I didn't really use youtube channels to help learn Japanese much, but I remember using The Japan Shop's youtube channel: m.youtube.com/user/thejapanshop They run an online store, but they also have lots of short videos on aspects of Japanese for beginners/intermediates. Also, this is a bit different, but GigaVisionCH, Itjuku, and Hbckizuna have lots of school subject prep lectures in Japanese, including elementary school level ones (easiest), for the first two. They're probably the closest many of us will get to a Japanese schoolroom. m.youtube.com/user/GigavisionCHm.youtube.com/user/itjukum.youtube.com/user/hbckizuna1They aren't the only ones out there, and if you look in the related videos for them, you'll find a lot more. I find it especially interesting looking through the English subject prep videos, because it's different to see English being taught in Japanese.
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Post by wes1378 on Sept 24, 2014 20:50:24 GMT
Bokusenousama thank you very much! I just checked these out and they are awesome! When I was in Japan I attended a couple English classes my friend taught by the yoyogi station in between Shinjuku and Harajuku. It was an interesting way to study.
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Post by 魔 on Sept 25, 2014 1:57:32 GMT
I like the little hand on a stick they use. I wonder if it has a name.
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Post by Bokusenou on Sept 27, 2014 21:58:10 GMT
wes1378 Glad they're helpful! Yeah, I tend to find the English ones & the kokugo (Japanese explained in Japanese XD) ones among the most interesting. 魔 Hmm, good question...I don't know. I'd guess it's a fancier version of a standard pointer stick.
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Post by 魔 on Sept 30, 2014 0:24:19 GMT
魔 Hmm, good question...I don't know. I'd guess it's a fancier version of a standard pointer stick. I asked on Lang 8 It's 指差し棒. If I had one I think I'd call it 手ちゃん What's the best way of using these videos? Just Watching. Taking notes while pausing. Etc
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Post by Jembru on Sept 30, 2014 9:06:18 GMT
Hey D, I imagine Rin probably watches these things without much issue with vocab, but if you work out a good system let me know! At the moment, I just follow the advice from Loretta and Nami Ishikawa and watch things several times over. On the 3rd or 4th play through, I scribble down words I don't know, pausing if I need to. Then I look them up and play again, hopefully catching a bit more.
Some days I get really frustrated though. I don't know why this happens, but it might be that I've taken on something too difficult. I just know that when I feel like that, it's better if I do something else and come back to youtube videos another day. I'm definitely open to other methods for handling monolingual material.
Also, I agree 手ちゃん is much better! It reminds me of Mr Hat from South Park!
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Post by kathleen on Oct 13, 2014 18:00:37 GMT
That first link that you have posted Wes is amazing. it really helps me to understand how the sentences work. It's hard for me to understand how the sentences are build when they use english words like nouns verbs etc. I'm Dutch and learned English by myself so I never heard of these words before I started with Japanese but she uses colors for the words so it's super visual for me! Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Post by wes1378 on Oct 14, 2014 16:27:25 GMT
I'm glad it helped Kathleen. Her videos production value is excellent, and her lessons are very well done, and yet her views are still so low. Share the link with your friends.
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Post by Jembru on Oct 14, 2014 17:47:35 GMT
My newest favourite channel is this one. www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlreGCqby4Qg9Vuem5scpwChika is another Japanese bilingual teaching English to a Japanese audience. I've only been watching her channel for a little while, about 2 days, but already learnt a lot from her. She usually takes English phrases, particularly casual phrases that don't always come up in text books for learners of English, and compares their use with similar Japanese expressions. There's a lot of really good stuff in there. Check her out! I'm glad it helped Kathleen. Her videos production value is excellent, and her lessons are very well done, and yet her views are still so low. Share the link with your friends. I'll try promoting her on the Newcastle Oshaberikai Facebook page. A few of our members there have asked for help in learning or improving their Japanese. Miki sensei might offer to share it with her students too.
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Post by wes1378 on Oct 15, 2014 23:13:17 GMT
That would be great. I don't have any connection with her, but I hate seeing good resources that people work hard on languishing in obscurity.
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Post by Jembru on Oct 31, 2014 7:53:51 GMT
I shared chika's channel a little while back, but I only just discovered she has started making Japanese lessons too. She is 100% bilingual as in, she grew up and went to school in the States so speaks English natively, but has spent a large enough portion of her life in Japan that she speaks Japanese naturally too. This really puts her in the best position for teaching the kinds of awesome expressions she's been teaching in her English lessons.
It's a different channel and I've only checked out a few of her videos but they really are refreshing.. I definitely recommend her to any beginners here. Here is her take on teaching greetings, for example...
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Post by wes1378 on Oct 31, 2014 21:18:04 GMT
I did not know she had this channel. I wasn't interested in her main channel because it is so food oriented.
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