spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 I want to visit Japan too.Can i go in your baggage? I'm thinking of taking a English Language As, then the 3-4 week teaching course. So i can teach English to the japanese - It's what my aunt did and she loved it - but i want to take eng lit to open up jounalism possibilities. I'm only 14 so i shouldn't realy be thinking of this:p Anywho, recently bought Karas after watching clips on manga.com e.t.c. Haven't actually watched it yet and was wondering if anyone else has?
Supergrunch Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 I'm thinking of taking a English Language As, then the 3-4 week teaching course. So i can teach English to the japanese - It's what my aunt did and she loved it - but i want to take eng lit to open up jounalism possibilities. I'm only 14 so i shouldn't realy be thinking of this:p Anywho, recently bought Karas after watching clips on manga.com e.t.c. Haven't actually watched it yet and was wondering if anyone else has? If you are fluent in English, you don't really need to take it as an AS in order to help you teach it to others. If you do JET, you don't need any teaching qualifications either. (but you do need a bachelors degree )
spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 I liked all the Ghibli films i have seen but my favourites are probably Spirited Away,Princess Mononoke and Castle In The Sky (Laputa). I havn't seen it but Grave of the Fireflies is supposed to be really good aswell. Grave of the fireflies I would say is on par if not better than SA. Really great anime If you are fluent in English, you don't really need to take it as an AS in order to help you teach it to others. If you do JET, you don't need any teaching qualifications either. (but you do need a bachelors degree ) My aunt just took a month teaching course after her AS then went to Japan. Is it the same nowadays?
Dark Wolf Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 I'm thinking of taking a English Language As, then the 3-4 week teaching course. So i can teach English to the japanese - It's what my aunt did and she loved it - but i want to take eng lit to open up jounalism possibilities. I'm only 14 so i shouldn't realy be thinking of this:p Anywho, recently bought Karas after watching clips on manga.com e.t.c. Haven't actually watched it yet and was wondering if anyone else has? Surely you need to be able to speak Japanese too? I've been learning it for 2 school terms, but I'm finding it very hard. I need to start doing work outside my lessons. edit: And thanks Dark Cloud
spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Surely you need to be able to speak Japanese too? I've been learning it for 2 school terms, but I'm finding it very hard. I need to start doing work outside my lessons. Yer im going to start this year, then when i go to Uni probably take lessons there. I'm told by my sister you can learn any/most languages you want at Uni, or maybe that's just Warwick.
demonmike04 Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 I would learn Japanese, but considering how terrible I did picking up french, i'l give it a miss.
darkcloud Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 You don't need to know any Japanese as they only want you to speak English to the students as English people using messed up Japanese will do more bad then good. =P
spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 You don't need to know any Japanese as they only want you to speak English to the students as English people using messed up Japanese will do more bad then good. =P Twas what i thought.
dabookerman Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 If you are fluent in English, you don't really need to take it as an AS in order to help you teach it to others. If you do JET, you don't need any teaching qualifications either. (but you do need a bachelors degree ) Yeah Baby, thats me
dabookerman Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 What's JET? Japan axchange and teaching program
spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Japan axchange and teaching program thanks, what's a bachelors degree :p
dabookerman Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 thanks, what's a bachelors degree :p You get it once you finish your course at uni. Its a pass basically
spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 You get it once you finish your course at uni.Its a pass basically You at Uni still then? or starting new term in a few weeks?
dabookerman Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 You at Uni still then? or starting new term in a few weeks? i start my second year in october. Basically, i could be living in Japan 2 years from now, hopefully
spirited away Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 i start my second year in october. Basically, i could be living in Japan 2 years from now, hopefully good luck with that. Only 8 years for me Gives me time to learn basic Japanese
The3rdChildren Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Most people in Japan speak decent English, I think you'll be fine. You've all read Megatokyo, right? That's EXACTLY what life in Japan is like. All except life in Japan moves along a little faster, no offence to Fred.
Supergrunch Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Most people in Japan speak decent English, I think you'll be fine. Unless you're taking the piss, you should know that English is as known in Japan as French is in England...
darkcloud Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 Most people in Japan speak decent English, I think you'll be fine. You've all read Megatokyo, right? That's EXACTLY what life in Japan is like. All except life in Japan moves along a little faster, no offence to Fred. I'm not sure if you're taking the piss or not. >.<;; Most people in Japan don't speak decent English though.... Just incase confusion is caused. o.o;; I'll report more on this when I get back on the 1st of October.^^d
Domstercool Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 Finally got Naruto episode 1 - 148 on HKDVD the other day. I'm around episode 30 at the moment. ^_^
Mundi Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 Just finished watching Hellsing OVA episode 2 and it´s freaking awesome!
Blue_Ninja0 Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 Most people in Japan speak decent Engrish, I think you'll be fine. You've all read Megatokyo, right? That's EXACTLY what life in Japan is like. All except life in Japan moves along a little faster, no offence to Fred. Fixed for great justice. By Megatokyo do you mean this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatokyo
demonmike04 Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 Finally got Naruto episode 1 - 148 on HKDVD the other day. I'm around episode 30 at the moment. ^_^ Do they have english subs? Im on episode 33, the second season so far owns season one.
Domstercool Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 Yes they do have english subs. Although they sometimes seem to refer to the characters by there last name too, couple of engrish throughout as well, but it's easily understandable. They are suppose to get better as well as they go throughout the series. I'm just about to go watch episode 35!
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