I've only ever studied through teaching myself and having conversations with friends and colleagues

我只是通過自學和與朋友、同事的交談來學習的。

But I often wonder what life would have been like an alternate reality had I'd gone to a Japanese language school.

但我常常在想，如果我上了日語學校，在另一個現實中的生活會是怎樣的呢？

Well today,

那麼今天。

we're gonna find out.

我們會發現。

Language skills are one of the most popular pathways into living and working in Japan

語言能力是在日本生活和工作最受歡迎的途徑之一。

and yet I've never set foot in one.

但我卻從來沒有踏足其中。

Today, though

今天，雖然

we're gonna go into a school, join the classes

我們要去學校，加入班級。

and understand how the environment and the techniques lead the students towards language proficiency,

並瞭解環境和技巧是如何引導學生走向語言能力的。

and hopefully along the way I'll try not to embarrass myself.

希望一路走來，我儘量不要讓自己難堪。

... That's optimistic

...太樂觀了

Now obviously one of the most daunting aspects of doing anything in Japan is the paperwork

很明顯，在日本做任何事情，最令人生畏的一個方面就是文書工作。

and this video is a collaboration with Japan's largest language school aggregated 'Go!Go! Nihon'

而這段視頻是與日本最大的語言學校聚合 "Go！Go！"合作的。日本 "的合作。

a fantastic free service that helps you decide which school is perfect for you

夢幻般的免費服務，幫助您決定哪所學校最適合您。

and assist you on every step of the journey from choosing a school and filling in the nightmarish visa documents,

並協助你完成從選擇學校到填寫噩夢般的簽證材料的每一步。

to sorting out your accommodation from the moment you arrive in the country.

從您到達國內的那一刻起，就開始為您安排住宿。

Normally, this is the bit where I'm supposed to offer you some kind of 20% discount... but I can't, because it's free.

通常情況下，這是位 我應該給你提供某種20％的折扣... 但我不能，因為它是免費的。

Go!Go! Nihon is actually supported by the language schools themselves across the country,

Go！Go！Go!Nihon其實是得到了全國各地語言學校自己的支持。

as it means they get more students

因為這意味著他們得到更多的學生

and Go!Go! Nihon can focus on encouraging people to come to Japan and fulfill their dreams of mastering the language.

和Go！Go!Nihon可以專注於鼓勵人們來日本，實現他們掌握語言的夢想。

You can find the link to their site in the description box below.

你可以在下面的描述框中找到他們網站的鏈接。

And a special thanks to Go!Go! Nihon for getting us access inside a school today.

特別感謝Go！Go！Nihon今天讓我們進入學校內部。日本今天讓我們進入學校內部。

Right then! Let's go and see what a Japanese language school is like.

那就對了！我們去看看日語學校是怎樣的吧。

[Music]

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So this is the language school that Go!Go! Nihon set me up with: ISI.

這就是Go！Go！Go！的語言學校。日本給我安排的語言學校。ISI

They're a big language school chain across all Japan.

他們是遍佈全日本的大型連鎖語言學校。

I chose this one because it's conveniently in the middle of Tokyo.

我之所以選擇這家，是因為它在東京的中心地帶，很方便。

I'm here for the whole day. They're gonna be teaching me Japanese, I'm gonna sit in on the classes

我在這裡呆了一整天他們要教我日語，我也要去聽課。

and be one of the students. So,

併成為學生中的一員。所以。

wish me luck, here it goes. First time for me.

祝我好運，在這裡，它開始。我是第一次。

With 1,300 students from 50 countries,

有來自50個國家的1300名學生。

this is one of the largest Japanese language schools in all of Tokyo

是東京都內最大的日語學校之一。

Students are separated into 40 classes of varying proficiency from beginner and intermediate

學生分為40個班級，從初級到中級，熟練程度各不相同。

through to advanced learners.

到高級學習者。

And because I'm so brilliant and sneaky, I've decided to jump in on a beginners class.

因為我很聰明，也很狡猾，所以我決定跳進初級班。

I've been very clever.

我已經很聰明瞭。

I've chosen the beginner class.

我選擇了初級班。

So hopefully I can look like the best kid - the kid that's learned everything, the kid that knows what they're doing.

所以希望我可以像最優秀的孩子--那個什麼都學會了的孩子，那個知道自己在做什麼的孩子。

Something I never was when I was at school myself.

我自己在學校的時候從來沒有過的東西。

This is the library.

這是圖書館。

Traditional...

傳統的...

Japanese book

日書

'Antiques and Their Prices'.

'古董及其價格'。

All in English.

全部用英文。

Don't know why that's there.

不知道為什麼會在那裡。

It's a pretty cool selection.

這是一個很酷的選擇。

Obviously one of the best ways to learn Japanese, and I used to do it myself,

顯然是學習日語最好的方法之一，我自己也曾經這樣做過。

is just reading manga comics. This is...

就是在看漫威漫畫。這是...

Detective Conan, one of the most popular ones.

名偵探柯南》，最受歡迎的一部。

Oh yeah, we've hit the mother lode.

哦，是的，我們已經擊中了母礦。

Harry Potter in Japanese.

哈利波特》的日語。

'Harī Potta'.

哈里波塔。

To be honest this'd probably be quite difficult for me to read.

說實話，這對我來說可能相當難讀。

Sounds like class is starting.

聽起來好像要開始上課了。

We better get going.

我們最好走吧

Japanese language skills use the full immersion study method

日語能力採用全浸泡式學習法

whereby the teacher only ever uses Japanese in the classroom.

教師只在課堂上使用日語。

In the early stages they communicate using simple expressions and phrases

在早期階段，他們使用簡單的表達和短語進行交流。

and gradually raise their level as the students progress.

並隨著學生的進步逐步提高其水準。

As many students come to study with the hope of landing a job in Japan,

由於很多學生是抱著在日本就業的希望來留學的。

this method helps to accelerate proficiency in the language

這種方法有助於加快語言的熟練程度。

and enable them to hit the ground running when they find work in a Japanese company.

並使他們在日本公司找到工作時能夠一鳴驚人。

And as the new kid in the class,

而作為班裡的新同學。

it's a good excuse for everyone to introduce themselves with the standard 'jikoshoukai'.

這是一個很好的藉口，大家可以用標準的 "菊花會 "來介紹自己。

Next it was my turn

接下來輪到我了

and suffice to say my nerves got the better of me.

可以說，我的神經得到了更好的我。

It was the perfect self introduction

這是一個完美的自我介紹

... except I'd forgotten to say my name.

...除了我忘了說我的名字。

This is uh- this is Brian.

這是... 這是布萊恩

He's a little bit nervous

他有點緊張

'cause we just turn up with loads of cameras and started filming his day.

"因為我們只是轉身與負載相機 並開始拍攝他的一天。

Anyway. -- I'm nervous.

總之...-- 我很緊張

Let's do it.

我們開始吧

So we're doing- we're doing like a bit of role play at the moment

所以我們正在做--我們正在做像一點角色扮演的時刻。

practicing for a speech contest roleplay.

練習演講比賽的角色扮演。

What textbook are you using?

你用的是什麼教材？

'Minna no Nihongo'.

"Minna no Nihongo"。

Yeah, this is the second book.

是的，這是第二本書。

This is pretty popular. It's quite daunting.

這是很受歡迎的。這是相當令人生畏的。

I remember when I started learning Japanese six years ago I got this, but

我記得六年前我開始學習日語的時候，我得到了這個，但

I couldn't understand anything

我什麼都不懂

'cause there were loads of kanji characters right?

因為有很多漢字，對吧？

And not enough pictures!

而且照片也不夠用!

In a moment that reminds me of why I was always such a bad student

在這一瞬間，讓我想起了為什麼我總是那麼差勁的學生

It turned out we'd actually read the wrong bit as I hadn't been listening to the teacher.

結果我們居然讀錯了一段，因為我沒有聽老師的話。

I had completely blown it.

我已經完全搞砸了。

Fortunately, though

幸運的是，雖然

I was able to blame it all on Brian.

我能夠把這一切都歸咎於布萊恩。

My attempts to shine failed once again when I was asked to define a proverb

當我被要求給一句諺語下定義時，我的努力又一次失敗了

... that I'd ever heard of.

...我曾經聽說過的。

But probably should've.

但可能應該有。

It turned out the phrase 'Amefutte, jikatamaru' meant

原來 "Amefutte, jikatamaru "的意思是...

'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'.

'不殺你的東西會讓你更強大'。

Although in my case it felt more like 'what I didn't know made me feel more stupid'.

雖然在我的情況下，感覺更像是'我不知道的事情讓我覺得自己更傻'。

The next stage was listening in comprehension and by now, you can probably guess

下一階段是聽力理解，到現在，你大概可以猜到了

who got to read it all out loud.

誰得到了大聲讀出來。

Having failed to impress my classmates with my lackluster skills,

由於我的能力不足，沒能給同學們留下深刻的印象。

I sneak into a neighboring beginner class for some listening and writing practice.

我偷偷溜進鄰家的初級班，進行聽力和寫作練習。

So we're doing some writing practice now and uh...

所以，我們現在正在做一些寫作練習，呃... ...

I'm actually struggling- borderline, I'd like, um...

其實我也在努力--邊緣，我想，嗯... ...

These days, right? I don't do writing anymore. I just write on my phone. It's up nicely daffodil de Conde

這些天，對嗎？我已經不寫作了。我只是在我的手機上寫。這是很好的水仙花德康德。

I just write on my phone.

我只是在手機上寫。

It just pops up nicely - you don't have to do all the kanji.

它只是很好地彈出--你不必做所有的漢字。

The trouble with learning Japanese is, if you stop writing

學習日語的麻煩在於，如果你不寫了。

quite easily you can start to just forget everything.

很容易你可以開始只是忘記一切。

So you really need to practicing. That's why in Japan,

所以你真的需要練習。所以在日本。

people still use a lot of paper as opposed to using computers and things

人們仍然使用大量的紙張，而不是使用電腦和東西。

because otherwise they're going to forget their 2,200 kanji characters that you need to use in everyday life in Japan.

不然的話，他們就會忘記在日本日常生活中需要用到的2200個漢字。

So classes in this school have about 15 students.

所以這個學校的班級大約有15個學生。

They're all from different countries around the world.

他們都來自世界上不同的國家。

It's quite multicultural - which I think is pretty cool. It's pretty cool.

這是相當多文化 - 我認為這是很酷。這是相當酷的。

A lot of people I know that come to language schools

我認識的很多人都是來語言學校的

end up having friends from all around the world, by the time they're done, so

最終擁有來自世界各地的朋友，到時候他們就可以了，所以。

it's one of the...

它是一個...

the uh...

呃...

the benefits of going to a language school.

上語言學校的好處。

It's not just Japanese - it's meeting people from around the world.

不僅僅是日本人，還能認識來自世界各地的人。

Tuition fees can often put a lot of potential students off going to language schools.

學費往往會讓很多潛在的學生放棄去語言學校。

So I asked one of the teachers if there's more to the school than just being in the classroom.

於是我問了一位老師，在學校裡，除了在教室裡，是否還有更多的東西。

What else can a student actually expect?

其實學生還能指望什麼？

So the class is over - it went pretty well, went pretty well.

於是，這節課就這樣結束了--很順利，很順利。

Um, it didn't all go according to plan.

嗯，這一切都沒有按計劃進行。

There was one phrase I didn't know

有一個詞我不知道

which was something to do with the calm after the storm...

這與暴風雨後的平靜有關... ...

I've never heard that and that made me look bad.

我從來沒有聽說過，這讓我很不爽。

My knowledge has got loads of gaps in it because I was just not the greatest

我的知識有很多空白，因為我不是最偉大的人。

teacher when it came to teaching myself how to do Japanese.

在教自己做日語的時候，老師。

But, I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little bit envious

但是，我不會說謊，我有點羨慕

of the people that get to study in this environment - to study Japanese.

的人，能在這種環境下學習--學習日語。

One thing that really stood out to me though was the atmosphere of the classroom.

不過有一點讓我印象深刻，那就是課堂的氣氛。

I remember when I was a teacher.

我記得我當老師的時候。

There were always classes you dreaded going in and some you were really excited about, um.

總有一些課你害怕去上，有些課你很興奮，嗯。

But the class I was in was really fun.

但我所在的班級真的很有趣。

Everyone seemed to be friends - everyone got on really well.

每個人似乎都是朋友--每個人都相處得很好。

So we've been in a class and we've seen how it works,

所以我們上過課，也見識過它的作用。

I'd like to hear a bit more about the stories of the students themselves.

我想多聽聽學生自己的故事。

So let's go and ask them what led them to come to Japan to study Japanese.

那麼我們去問問他們，是什麼原因讓他們來日本學習日語的呢？

Ever since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to live here and be here.

從小到大，我一直想住在這裡，在這裡。

I have always kind of wanted to come back to Japan.

我一直想回日本。

When I was younger, I actually did live in Japan and on a military base.

我年輕的時候，其實確實在日本生活過，而且是在軍事基地。

I was a kid though,

我雖然是個孩子。

and then I wanted to come back and be here as an adult.

然後我想回來，在這裡作為一個成年人。

The speed at which I've learned

我學習的速度

Japanese in this period of time,

日本人在這個時期。

I think I would not have- I would not be at this level trying to teach myself further on my own.

我想我不會--我不會在這個層面上試圖自己進一步教自己。

--Just kind of take the chance,

--只是有點冒險。

'cause I feel like if you don't, you're gonna look back at it later in life and wish you could have done it.

"因為我覺得如果你不這樣做，你會回頭看 在以後的生活中，希望你可以做到這一點。

I've done things I would never thought I would do in my life before.

我做過的事情，我以前從來沒有想過自己會做。

For about the last 10 years

在過去的10年裡

I've been traveling back and forth to Japan just as a tourist

我一直以遊客的身份在日本來回旅行

and during that time I've met a lot of people.

在這段時間裡，我認識了很多人。

I've become good friends with some of them.

我和其中一些人成了好朋友。

I wanted to be able to talk to them in their language.

我希望能用他們的語言和他們交談。

I knew I wanted to come to Tokyo and Go!Go! Nihon was, uh- you can sort it up by the city

我知道我想來東京，而Go！Go！Go！日本是，呃--你可以按城市分類。日本是，呃... 你可以按城市來分類。

and I- yeah, I searched specifically for Tokyo.

而我... 是的，我專門搜索了東京。

Go!Go! Nihon had a bunch of options at first and I applied to one and then they- they actually said

Go！Go！Go！GoNihon一開始有很多選擇，我申請了一個，然後他們... 他們居然說

'Yeah, you know, these are- these are better for your options because you want to live in Japan'

'是啊，你知道，這些都是--這些對你的選擇比較好，因為你想在日本生活'。

and- and so then they recommended three other schools and then I chose out of those and...

然後... ... 然後他們推薦了另外三所學校 然後我選擇了其中的一所... ...

now I'm here!

現在我在這裡！

After arriving in Japan,

到日本後。

Go!Go! Nihon actually did help me a lot.

Go！Go！Go！日本其實對我幫助很大。

I would say especially with setting up a SIM card and, um,

我想說的是，尤其是在設置SIM卡和，嗯，。

as far as getting like bank cards in Japan because that can be really difficult.

至於在日本獲得像銀行卡，因為那真的很困難。

So I think it really helps with me getting settled in.

所以我覺得這真的有助於我安頓下來。

My speaking and listening has improved a lot since coming here.

自從來到這裡，我的口語和聽力有了很大的提高。

I think it's definitely- coming to a language school has been worth it.

我覺得這絕對是--來語言學校學習是值得的。

It's a full immersion, you definitely feel like you pick up more of the language because they're constantly using it all the time.

這是一種完全的沉浸感，你肯定會覺得自己學到了更多的語言，因為他們一直在不斷地使用語言。

The stuff I've learned in class

我在課堂上學到的東西

I've been able to literally go out and use it right away and a lot of instances.

我已經可以真的出去馬上用了，很多實例。

Sometimes it can be a bit fast.

有時會有點快。

You really need to keep on the ball - like with your studies, with your homework.

你真的需要繼續努力--比如學習、作業。

If you fall behind or you decide

如果你落後或你決定

that you don't want to do your homework for the next two days, like

你不想做作業的未來兩天，像。

it really makes you struggle in class.

它真的讓你在課堂上掙扎。

If this is something that you've been wanting to do, like just go for it.

如果這是你一直想做的事，就去做吧。

Go for six months.

去半年。

If you don't like it come back, do something different.

如果你不喜歡它回來，做一些不同的事情。

But if you do like it, you can keep continuing with it.

但如果你真的喜歡，你可以一直繼續下去。

Best advice is just go for it.

最好的建議就是去做。

I would recommend it to anybody.

我會向任何人推薦它。

Get out of your comfort zone and just go for it.

走出你的舒適區，只管去做。

Do it!

做吧！

I mean,

我的意思是

You only have so much time to do so much stuff

你只有這麼多時間去做這麼多的事情

and if you really want to do something,

如果你真的想做一些事情。

just go and do it or else you end up putting it off, and putting it off, and putting it off...

只是去做，否則你最終把它關閉， 並把它關閉，並把它關閉... ...

and then you end up coming here when you're thirty.

然後你在三十歲的時候來這裡。

So that was it! That was my day in the life of a Japanese language school.

就這樣吧!這就是我在日語學校的一天生活。

It went pretty well.

進展相當順利。

I think I- I think I held my own. Although, to be fair, it was the beginners class,

我想我... 我想我還能堅持下去。雖然，公平地說，這是初級班。

so... I set the bar pretty low for myself.

所以...我給自己定的標準很低

But if you're somebody who is interested in coming to Japan and learning Japanese,

但如果你是有興趣來日本學習日語的人。

hopefully this video helped push you over the edge, you know.

希望這段視頻能幫你推到邊緣，你知道的。

Just listening to the students, that was the message they all had.

只聽學生們說，這是他們都有的資訊。

Do check out Go!Go! Nihon. They are the biggest website for language schools in Japan.

請看一下《Go！Go！》！Nihon.是日本最大的語言學校網站。他們是日本最大的語言學校網站。

Hopefully you can find exactly what you're looking for.

希望你能找到你要找的東西。

And whether it's Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka - no matter where you want to be

無論是東京、京都、大阪、福岡--------無論你想去哪裡。

there is a school out there just for you.

有一所學校在那裡只是為你。

They even help you find accommodation and settle in after your arrival,

他們甚至會在你到達後幫你尋找住宿和安頓。

and given accommodation will be scarce in the coming year due to the 2020 Olympics,

並鑑於2020年奧林匹克運動會，來年住宿將稀缺。

that support will be just as invaluable as choosing your school.

這種支持將和選擇學校一樣寶貴。

Be sure to take advantage of Go!Go! Nihon's fantastic services on the first step of your journey towards mastering the language.

請一定要利用Go！Go！日本的神奇服務，為你的語言學習之旅邁出第一步。Nihon的精彩服務，為您的語言學習之旅邁出第一步。

If anything, today reminded me that I've got a lot of work to do with my Japanese.

如果說，今天提醒了我，我的日語還有很多工作要做。