How English Sounds To Non-English Speakers l Japan, Spain, France Italy l FT. TOZ

[@spacemono5419]

i think the french girl knew all of them , she spoke very good english and seemed to know all the words and spelling but gave the rest a chance too :)

[@vidhiney]

for realll i was looking for comments like this... like i kinda felt bad for her at a point cause she had to refrain from answering questions she knew the answer to. :')

[@bobmartien]

She has defo the best english there

[@charlottelucyd]

yes she always had her hands up but she was never took

[@iii9591]

true, she was so kind

[@nedjlalaraba8539]

She actually know how to speak english she is an influencer in fRance

[@seunkwoo]

'when did she become a fisher?' I AM IN TEARS

[@rickwrites2612]

I know im 💀

[@chrism9294]

😂😂😂 I was in tears too.

[@pacathepan-roadto200]

LOLLL😂😂😂

[@jrmartinez1354]

@@rickwrites2612 Jesus Christ saved my life he can save yours to. No body is perfect we all have sinned fallen short of the glory of God, except Jesus Christ. So he was the perfect sacrifice for the world and he became that sacrifice. So that we can be perfect in God’s eyes all we need to do is. Repent from our sinful wicked ways and surrender our life’s to him. Jesus Christ. Repent meaning acknowledge and forsake your sins. Know you have sinned and know you are not good in God’s eyes. (Until you accept his gift of salvation. You will be seen perfect in his eyes because Jesus Christ paid the price.)Forsake meaning do not sin. (You may stumble but just rely on the Lord he’s got you in Jesus name.) We have to be clean and filled with the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ said we must be born again of the spirit to enter The Kingdom of Heaven. (John 3:3) ! God bless you all. I love you all may you all find Jesus Christ as your Lord Savior . God bless brothas and sisters ❤❤! Thank God ❤️❤😊❤😊

[@jrmartinez1354]

@@chrism9294 Jesus Christ saved my life he can save yours to. No body is perfect we all have sinned fallen short of the glory of God, except Jesus Christ. So he was the perfect sacrifice for the world and he became that sacrifice. So that we can be perfect in God’s eyes all we need to do is. Repent from our sinful wicked ways and surrender our life’s to him. Jesus Christ. Repent meaning acknowledge and forsake your sins. Know you have sinned and know you are not good in God’s eyes. (Until you accept his gift of salvation. You will be seen perfect in his eyes because Jesus Christ paid the price.)Forsake meaning do not sin. (You may stumble but just rely on the Lord he’s got you in Jesus name.) We have to be clean and filled with the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ said we must be born again of the spirit to enter The Kingdom of Heaven. (John 3:3) ! God bless you all. I love you all may you all find Jesus Christ as your Lord Savior . God bless brothas and sisters ❤❤! Thank God ❤️❤

[@avsambart]

Actually Takuto wasn't bad in the telephone game, I think a fluent person would understand him with no problem.

[@wittykittywoes]

i can understand takuto pretty well, and im native english

[@neeryofficial]

@wittykitty me too

[@luksi870]

the problem is that he doesn't understand others

[@_3.14]

EXACTLYYYY

[@eyez.withoutaface]

agreed, i just think it’s more difficult for the non-native speakers to understand his pronunciation because they don’t make the same inferences as we do

[@jamesreactionroom]

The Japanese guy who doesn't know English but he tries to do the best he can in the game. Well done

[@ace-asce]

that’s takuto ! hehe

[@mr.potato2399]

I think he’s Korean despite the title… when he speaks, he speaks in Korean (If we’re talking about the 2nd guy)

[@maiiapacomio6202]

@@mr.potato2399 the both of them are actually japanese, they're kpop singers in korea that's why they speak korean, they are from an all japanese kpop group called TOZ.

[@mr.potato2399]

@@maiiapacomio6202 Ah that makes a lot of sense actually. I figured the title just got it wrong mb 😭

[@BurntSushi.]

He's literally so sweet 😭

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

i was rooting for the japanese guy because he seems to know the least english but he is surprisingly good at pronunciation

[@Gatozparty]

Bro did so good, and his accent is so cute too 😭😭😭

[@Sir_Rat6225]

where did the second one get his jumper from

[@desertrose3511]

He’s so cute, English words are just hard for Japanese😭

[@KozmoTheKozmo]

Once I started learning Japanese I realized how different accent and pronunciation is. Poor lil guy was doin his best :'>. Honestly I think most locals would know what he meant if he had a good vocabulary (sorry bout the long text :p)

[@Heheishsy289]

Jesus is the way Jesus loves for you is eternal God bless you❤

[@nohemicamberos9620]

I don't know them but "I will do my best :3" broke my heart, someone give him a hug right now 😭😭😭

[@jeupater1429]

This is so fake.

[@gallts]

@@jeupater1429 ?

[@totrp]

fax ​@@jeupater1429

[@user-ttaguri]

@@jeupater1429타쿠토가 얼마나 성실한 애긴데…

[@Jeeeehhh]

Takuto did so well!!! I'm proud 💖 Also, Haruto was so funny while being stressed over the telephone level part of the game lmao

[@kokobi7482]

how tf do y'all know their names, who is who?

[@technicalmelora929]

​@@kokobi7482 well takuto is the japanese guy and I'm pretty sure haruto is the guy who was the one telling the words to the players (the fluent English guy).

[@altsam9]

Is Takuto a minor?

[@Jeeeehhh]

@@altsam9 yes, he was born in 2007.

[@heartz4lix]

@@kokobi7482they’re from the same band.

[@sakkikoyumikishi]

This video shows a very interesting phenomenon in language learning: Japan and many other countries in (Eastern) Asia focus almost entirely on spelling and some reading. You don't usually say anything in class (in your target language) and listening practice is hardly ever done either. So they are often very competent at spelling things or gathering meaning from text, but barely able to express themselves verbally or understand other speakers. They often tend to learn formulaic phrases by heart (whole sentences or at least sentence elements like phrases). So when something only *roughly* fits their situation, they can have trouble changing the details of what they're saying to truly fit their situation. You may find a Japanese learner of English who has studied the language for ten years and can express himself flawlessly in work emails about highly technical and complicated topics, but struggles to do something as basic verbally as ordering at a restaurant. Most (Central) European countries on the other hand choose a more well-rounded approach with a stronger focus on communication. You can easily find first-year learners of English who will already have had enough practice in speaking and listening to carry on a (simple) conversation with someone. School typically teach in the target language from the start, so you may walk into your first ever English class in a German school and the teacher will communicate *exclusively* in English. Their learners' vocabulary is usually less deep and much broader, meaning that they know fewer words over all but can generally choose the best words for their specific situation, making communication, especially rapid spontaneous production of verbal output, fairly easy. You may find a German learner of English who has studied the language for ten years, can hold a verbal conversation about everyday topics at a level near-indistinguishable from a native speaker (accents notwithstanding) but will struggle to write a text on very specialised technical topics.

[@shiberoffical]

As a German who learned english since 1st grade, this is highly accurate. I consider myself nearly fluent, but I've been reading english books since 4th grade and always watch movies or series in english, what definitly helped me more than the English lessons we received at school. Also, maybe the number of lessons varies from country to country (where I live it's two 90 minute lessons per week), even in Germany some start learning English from 1st grade on like I did, some from 3rd grade, and some only start at 5th grade. I also had a very competent English teacher during elementary school, I was one of the best when I entered middle school. It highly depends on the environment, but it's definitly true that our English is more broader and less specific

[@tezzanoia]

​@@shiberoffical another German here! Yes this exactly. I started having English classes in 3rd grade and used to not be great (not bad, but also not good) until about 7th grade because up to that point we did a lot of vocabulary work (writing them down, having tests on just them etc) and I'm a practical learner and can't sit down an just learn a bunch of words by heart with no actual use to them. But once we were past that initial "building a vocabulary" phase I started getting better and started consuming more and more media in English too, to a point where now I've gotten compliments by native speakers who didn't wanna believe its basically just school English paired with consuming media and learning from that, as well as compliments on my pronunciation. Guess having friends to talk to in English helps as well. Most of my friends are pretty fluent English speakers as well and we talk in English in varying amounts, from slipping the occasional sentence in to almost exclusively talking in English because we are just able to word things much better in English, especially on topics we've mostly learned about in English lmao

[@shelbywatson1752]

Great analysis honestly. To be frank, telephone game even in English yields wild results. It's so much fun to see it mixed with English speakers from other languages

[@mmaxine1331]

Fecking accurate

[@solitarelee6200]

We also have this problem learning foreign language in America! The teachers are constantly trying to get us to focus on communication, but because the curriculum is geared around reading and writing, we wind up good at that (I can read at a high level in French!) and bad at the rest (I can't understand native French speakers at all because they go so fast lol).

[@baakojernigan7095]

I love Haruto's sass and Takuto's bright, innocent eyes are so adorable! TOZ fighting!!

[@Zallylol]

wow i thought you said something completely different for a sec

[@Justarandomperson-_-]

Takuto's eyes were like doe eyes- he was trying to hard it was very impressive. The Japanese don't use 'ss' sounds, so that was a bit of a struggle

[@ARIUS_C_vibes]

The fact that it went from “can i go to the bathroom😄” to “she sells sea shells by the seashore” in 1 round 😭

[@SammyGold2001]

I loved the "When did she become a fisher?😨" part

[@pizza_pants]

That was in two different rounds 🧐

[@nati_lxv]

LITERALLY

[@anonnnymousthegreat]

As an american who is a native english speaker, i always thought english was the easiest language the speak. Well, i’m realizing that english can be just as difficult for non-native english speakers as it is for non-english languages can be for native english speakers.

[@Senii2100]

It is indeed one of the easiest languages to learn, due to easy gramatic rules, not having genre for articles, etc. The only thing that might be a bit complicated at the beginning is that it doesn’t have clear pronunciation rules

[@cmmndrblu]

You are correct. It all depends on your mother tongue. Some languages in general are more difficult than others due to grammar. English has a medium to large collection of vowel sounds, and the TH consonant sound which is not very common. Grammar-wise it's not too hard to get to a pre-intermediate level, however English is difficult to learn to read due to complicated spelling- it's better to first acquire a good base vocabulary and nail pronunciation first as this will prevent problems later on. It also has phrasal verbs- if you speak a language like German or Mandarin, phrasal verb constructions won't seem so bad, but if you speak a latin language or a language with highly inflected verbs, phrasal verbs look very strange.

[@misaagoo3410]

The grammar is indeed easy, but so is the grammar in chinese, which is even more simple actually! It depends of how close your mother tongue is to the language you’re learning in terms of vocabulary and grammar too! My first language being french, even if it’s a latin language and english is a germanic one, they have looots of similar words. So when i hear, let’s say “cardiology”, i know what it means as it’s “cardiologie” in french. For someone talking a totally different language, they’ll have to learn way more totally new words than me. Also personally what helped me learning english is how easy it is to surround yourself with it, as it is a language widely used for communication online. So despite never living abroad, you can kinda “immerse” yourself in it!

[@kginmyheart]

Depends on your mother tongue. English is not a phonetic language. You dont read words the way they are spelled

[@Lysandredemontespan]

I speak several languages, and English was super easy to learn. I actually watched the series« six feet under » with English subtitles and after a few seasons I was able to speak English!

[@eggsandwhichian]

i feel bad for the quiet guy. bro was trying his best, other guy was kinda being rude. but they all looked like they had fun

[@Unknown_-..]

yeah he was being a bit too harsh on them cause it looked like the knew but just struggled with pronunciation

[@ace-asce]

they are friends hehe and in a group together! he truly doesn’t mean harm and just being playful ❤

[@UnkownWonders]

​@@ace-asce Ooohhhh still hate the first guy for doing it tho. Like Jesus that's beyond being playful it was so rudeeee the second guy was doing his hardest and even wasnt that bad like the first guy said, literally without a doubt anyone would've understood what he says in English. Like the amount of discrediting was a bit overstepping :^ he even went that far to call him a villain of this group despite being on the side of the better English understanding ones

[@budum3]

⁠@@UnkownWonders Hate is a strong word. I do agree that he was being a little rude, but that may have to do with English being his 2nd or 3rd (can’t remember exactly) language. His choice of words were blunt, and they were more impactful. Might have to do with his English courses, and how he was taught to speak in English. It’s genuinely not that serious, and he said he was ONE of the villains. He wasn’t singling him out, and honestly the first guy just wanted the game to go smoother. Also villain, in this situation, doesn’t rlly have that much of a negative connotation. It was said with a lighthearted tone that doesn’t match with actual contempt. You’re putting yourself into the second guy’s position, and using your own perspective and thoughts so ofc it seems mean or rude. He’s a stranger to you, so you have no real connection with him. The guy in the video didn’t seem all that affected 🤷‍♀️

[@UnkownWonders]

@@budum3 did we watch the same video?? Cuz ain't no way you telling me this wasn't personal. Literally he been trash talking him the entire time while he couldn't even hear him WDYMMM. Also to everyone else he was like omg it's ok you tried it's fine you miss heard it and then when it comes to him he the entire fucking Video went it's all his fault he can't even speak English he is the reason we fail

[@DanielleSheets-tl4vt]

Not me realizing how hard the English language actually is while watching this lol

[@ayrimmontoya]

Fr

[@nicoleyeuchuk]

As non native english speaker english is actually one of the easiest languages to learn

[@page.norahh]

english is one of the easiest languages to learn what do you mean..😭😭

[@louezmikasa2494]

English is pretty easy

[@enilehcodramramlised8716]

I said this before the language English is considered a hard language and a lot of Americans wanted to argue with me and some foreigners. I told them that you have to understand why English is considered hard, because not only that our grammar sometimes has some words that sound alike in the dictionary, there’s also certain ways to pronounce them that would make English hard. And they could still fight me on it. I said what I said, and this is coming from an English speaker, because sometimes us English speakers That are born and raise in freaking English speaking countries, struggle with it and have to go to speech therapy to get shit right. If that wasn’t the case, a lot of foreigners that has English as their second language that speak other language that is not English, wouldn’t have an accent that’s literally battling the language like that and you would be able to understand them with no issue. 🤔

[@franciscerborino5895]

Takuto did the second one perfectly. That tongue twister is difficult but he pronounced it verbatim the first time he relayed it. He was falsely accused of messing it up he did great overall!😭

[@LM-he7eb]

The Spanish lady messed up. However, her predecessor didn't repeat sentences

[@anithono]

The Spanish and Italian lady struggled a lot here. Honestly I thought the guy takuto did a really good job. But he kept getting called out by that sassy fella...the French girl sounded like English was her native tongue to be fair. But this was entertaining to watch. I hope the boy in the sweatshirt learns English because he can do it! ❤ Love from India

[@Heheishsy289]

Jesus is the way Jesus loves for you is eternal God bless you❤

[@k-pop_Lover.forever.]

Takuto was so confused but learned quickly and he was so cute

[@koukakouta]

Takuto is so precious 🥺 I'm so glad he has Hart with him to help him out

[@glencoconut]

0:43 "I think he's going to ruin this game but okay" did no one else get a weird vibe from that? didn't even let takuto try and his pronunciation ended up being fine😭 idk if its just me, no one else is commenting on it.

[@mingkoos]

I don’t think he meant it in a negative way and maybe he didn’t expect him to actually be good but who knows

[@glencoconut]

@@mingkoos yeah I was thinking that it's just the enunciation that puts me off. that and the choice of saying it like 'he's gonna ruin this game' is a lot more negative than 'i think he might struggle'

[@mingkoos]

@@glencoconutAlthough he’s fluent in English it’s also not his first language so maybe that was the only choice of words he could put together in that moment. I’m just trying to give the benefit of the doubt I guess lol. I do agree with you though, the choice of words could’ve been better

[@glencoconut]

@@mingkoos oh thanks for letting me know his pronunciation is so good I didn’t even think english wasn’t his first language. you’re right to give him the benefit of the doubt i think

[@GiovanniTellez-wu2ej]

Yea I did but he was so supportive of the other Spanish girl which was kinda weird to me

[@phrhann]

Okay but Haruto is such a KZbinr, he should defo have his own KZbin channel haha💙 and Takuto is really sweet and tried his best, I'm proud of himmm TOZ fighting!!

[@kaylahall1219]

Main Character vibes for sure

[@litzyantero5274]

What’s toz?

[@phrhann]

@@litzyantero5274 TOZ is a Japanese boygroup. The boys from the video (Haruto and Takuto) and 2 of the 4 members

[@thebxsketcxse]

@@phrhann isn't haruto the one who learned english from watching spongebob LOL if that's true his pronunciation is amazing, i would've thought english was his first language.

[@daughterofthebat2203]

@@thebxsketcxsenah haruto lived in the us for a while

[@neontigerxx]

Takuto is the most adorable thing ive ever seen 😭 his excited clapping when he would get something right i cant🥰

[@gaspofthesoul]

"The squats read the squats...Why are you doing squats...?" killed me💀

[@jackiemason5654]

I’m American and I don’t get the squat one 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@hancocki]

Thats a new tongue twister to me

[@pinkittens]

​@@jackiemason5654they blanked it out at first for some reason, but it was, "The squirrel read the scroll while doing squats."

[@lovrboi]

yeah why was it blacked out that was weird?

[@Parkiiee]

Takuto is so sweet and did so good , my boy had no faith in him 💀💀

[@jlz4278]

Actually takuto did a good job. He really copied and pasted well what he heard 😊

[@megn5148]

Agreed

[@maximem.4930]

France is always the first one to raise the hand but they didn’t let her because she’s like a native English speaker

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

I wanted them to call on her every so often rather than ignoring her like they did

[@synkaan2167]

Yeah they shouldn't have picked her for a game with supposed non English speakers lol

[@khanhngoc2404]

I think they did pick her but it was cut, maybe? Since she's already good enough as an English speaker so the editors might have cut her parts out?

[@mattbattaglia4694]

she didnt sound close to native lol but she is really good at English

[@robyntheslytherin]

Non native it says, ofc she's best cause french people learn English from being very small ​@@synkaan2167

[@ichigo_chanUwU]

Okay but can we recognize how smart the Italian lady is?!? She speaks Italian, English, sign language, Korean, and I’m not sure if I heard her throwing in some Japanese but 👀 she’s awesome! 🎉 Edit: guys I never specified on which sign language she was using 🙃 ASL isn’t the only sign language there is and since I’m not sure which one she’s using I didn’t specify it for that reason! Common sense no?

[@megn5148]

I'm not sure what sign language she was using though. Not ASL. Maybe BSL?

[@mitchystuff]

@@megn5148 id imagine the italian variant

[@minakoperegrinus2636]

Actually its not the official italian sign language, but a way to communicate letters with your body, some are easier to understand like putting down your hand with only 3 fingers outstretched for a M or 2 for a N, while some are hard, like touching the lower tip of your earlobe to indicate a G or use two fingers to trace both sides of the outline of the eye at the same time to indicate an E. Usually its taught by mothers to their kids in their early school years. Source: being an italian kid

[@rosie2871]

​@@minakoperegrinus2636wouldn't that just be the italian sign language alphabet? or is that different?

[@franc6sca]

@@rosie2871​​⁠I used to call it 'mute alphabet' (alfabeto muto) when I was little. Let's say it's like talking in code with your friends using movements and your hands. The official Italian Sign Language has different and more specific hand gestures

[@cmmndrblu]

All of them except the french one speak languages with much smaller vowel inventories than English. That's why this was so difficult.

[@LilyUnicorn]

Castillan spanish has significantly less phonemes than english with the same quantity of vowel phonemes as japanese. But they have a better time at accuracy than the french do and definitely more than the japanese. I assure you. The biggest problem is HOW they are listening and learning the sounds. English speakers always mispronounce simple japanese vowels all the darn time wgen reading solely romaji, but found that they could enunciate it properly when reading only hiragana/katakana characters with no romaji. Some people may be instinctively applying their native language sound rules to things they see and hear. Take jackie chan for example who (in early career) spoke English with all the words at once, without pause (gosh darn chinese breathe between your words. Breathe!). Its not that his pronunciation was wrong, but his melody was completely incorrect. And unless your language is tonal like chinese mando/canto, all languages have a specific melody. Hence why babies come crying in the melody of their mothers language the very day they are born (language learning starts in the womb). Yeah...babies cry in accents/dialects. Hilarious to think about. And Japanese...have very poor teaching methods for English. For other languages? Who knows.

[@hallowen4279]

@@LilyUnicorn I was with you until "And unless your language is tonal like chinese mando/canto, all languages have a specific melody" because Chinese languages most definitely DO have their own melody as well? Ever heard of tone sandhi? It's when the tones of words and phrases change literally so they can be more melodic. I'll give you Cantonese since apparently Cantonese avoids tone sandhi the most, but besides that tonal languages are actually some of the most strict languages when it comes to producing melodies. Especially the tonal languages of Africa. Those guys don't play

[@ELP1125]

"She's a fisher by the T-shirt" I'm 💀🤣🤣🤣

[@noname8354]

I was actually CRYING when that part came up. Shit's beyond hilarious

[@gogakushayemi]

As an English teacher in Japan, I love how little faith dude has in Japan's English. Also, I find it funny that the ones who struggled a bit on telephone did so well in vocab and spelling. Maybe a commentary on the way we teach/study/learn languages. Lol

[@EtherealSunset]

He'd clearly perfected "pear". His pronunciation was perfect.

[@ooo-gu9wh]

haruto looks so proud of takuto whenever he gets it right! cuties

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

Maybe Italy struggles with pronunciation, sure, but no one can beat them on Spelling. Bravo everyone! As a native English speaker trying to learn new languages, I applaud how much this group already knows. I will work harder to speak better.

[@wolfyy_yt83]

Did you know that "Bravo" is an italian word? Sorry if I correct you, but since with everyone you indicate two or more people you need to transform "Bravo" into "Bravi" that is the plural form of it, but if you indicate a group of girls then it's "Brave" because it changes gender then if you want to indicate a girl you need to use "Brava" bc it changes gender but this one is singular! Sorry if I made some mistakes but as you migth understood I'm italian!

[@spiritsavage]

​@@wolfyy_yt83The more you know 😆

[@naiadelacrimosa5234]

​@@wolfyy_yt83actually I once got corrected here on KZbin and apparently we're not the only ones using "bravo". French and Spanish do too. Let's dig into the etymology tho 💀 Ok apparently, according to treccani, it comes from Spanish and ultimately Latin but yeah we borrowed it from spain so, no Brave since the plural is built differently in Spanish. Sorry to inform you.

[@naiadelacrimosa5234]

​@@wolfyy_yt83vabbè la punteggiatura si è andata a far fott**e. Dicevo: so, no "Brave", since bla bla bla.

[@ayok6391]

ハルトのMCが上手すぎて初めてとは思えない！タクトも頑張っててかわいかったー！！ またこういうの観たいのでお願いします！

[@PaperChives]

Wowow Takuto did really well repeating what he heard. Maybe with some more practice, it makes me think that if he was talking in an environment outside of the game any English speaker would be able to understand him just fine.

[@ssamtif]

Aida is so kind to let the others a chance ❤🇫🇷

[@ridhasari8367]

I think Takuto exactly has the potential! Just need the right tutor coz he already got the spirit to learn. And he is so bright!! Wow

[@HeartzFromViii]

“WHEN DID SHE BECOME A FISHER?” 😂😂😂 *Wheezing* BAHAHAHAHA.

[@francegamble1]

😂😂😂 We did this in our English class, too. So funny. 25 students who all spoke English as a second language. 😂 We had so much fun that year in 6th grade. We weren't allowed to make sure the person got it, though, like they did at the beginning of this.

[@alessagp]

I felt the same way too. Like, why is he so mean to Takuto but incredibly forgiving to Sarah when Takuto barely made any mistakes relaying the message whilst Sarah did on her round??? Like, he didn't just ignore Takuto doing so well; he even devalued Takuto's efforts by calling him a villain... even though Haruto witnessed the mistakes happened somewhere else. Just feels so passive aggressive. English is my third language, and even I know how passive aggressiveness sounds in all the languages I can speak. There's no mistake in his choice of words

[@-bme-]

I’m pretty sure he was just teasing Takuto bc they’re in the same boy group and are actually quite close! Haruto is known to be a bit sassy but it’s all light heartedly 🥲

[@Julian-loves-sharks3]

Its just some simple teasing😭

[@lobaetoile8440]

The clueless guy is super adorable 😢

[@Scimitars-in-sandstone]

“I will try my best” love this guy!😂

[@Dommie911]

Takuto was so cute trying to say the "she sells" sentence, my son :< and he did well! easy to understand imo

[@AutumnSwatches]

This video is a great example of why accent matters for communication across speakers from different backgrounds. Lots of people act like the only reason to try to get a mainstream accent is because Americans are racist jerks, and while we certainly have a lot of those here, there is value in having some more consistency to pronunciation even when Americans are not involved because it can be hard for speakers of English as a second language to even communicate with each other when they're from different language backgrounds!

[@Pidalin]

English speakers are at least used to many different accents, so they can understand better. In my language (Czech) when you have some accent, nobody understands you at all, when you say some schwa sound insteaf of E or A, it's not understandable, or when you can't hear the difference between long and short vowels or difference between H and CH, you can say totaly different word then. 😀 So, yes, I consider English pronunciation pretty hard, but when you don't say it perfectly, it can be still understandable, but that doesn't work in many other languages. I absolutely hate it when I meet some American or Russian at street and he is trying to say something in Czech and I don't want to offend him by sayng I can't understand anything, so I am really trying, but I still don't understand anyrthing, so we have to switch to English. 🙂 With English, I understand non native speakers even better than native English speakers, especially British speakers are really hard to understand. Only exception are Asians, especialy Inds, I can't understand anything what they say.

[@AutumnSwatches]

@@Pidalinexcellent points as well. I think about that part too about depending on the language some people have way less experience with foreign accents in their native language than English speakers do. Even as a native speaker of English with a lot of exposure to foreign accents, I am still much better with the specific ones I’ve heard before and have recent practice listening to. I know a lot of Chinese people from school and can understand them fairly well, but then I met a Nigerian guy and really struggled to understand what he was saying because I had less exposure to his accent even though he was more proficient in English than a lot of the Chinese students. Funny thing is, they Chinese and Yoruba (Nigerian) non-native speakers of English could understand each other pretty well but they all struggled with understanding Spanish and Indian accents in English, which I understand pretty well. I think similarity (or dissimilarity) to English and familiarity/exposure are both big factors.

[@Pidalin]

@@AutumnSwatches Yeah, it's definitely about exposure. We have actually a lot of regional accents and dialects + a lot of Slovaks (which is very close language that we can understand it mostly), but sometimes when I go to part of my country where I am not that often and it's on totaly opposite side of the country, I can have problem to understand them even when they are native speakers of my language. I am used to Vietnamese people, because we have a lot of them here, but I still struggle with many Russian speakers, which could be a surprise for someone, because it's the same language group as Czech and still, I understand better Vietnamese than Russians, it's definitely about exposure, because you go to Vietnemse shops almost every day and younger generation is not that silent like their parents, they really talk to you, while when a Russian person turns all U sounds to V, it's really hard to realize what he is trying to say. And ofcourse, when you speak with Vietnamese and you don't understand, you are trying to avoid saying that you don't understand to not offend them, while most of people is not that patient with other speakers, especially when you hear that accent mainly when someone wants a cigarette from you. 😀

[@AutumnSwatches]

@@Pidalinvery interesting. You have great insights. Even though you say Russians can be hard to understand, it probably helps that you have pinpointed some of their sound changes in your language. I find that often, being made explicitly aware of the pronunciation differences of an accent can help with the listening comprehension skills.

[@Pidalin]

@@AutumnSwatches That helped me a lot with Polish speakers that I looked at their alphabet and learned (at least in a simplified way) how to read that, so I can now read Polish comments and with at least some experiences, I am now able to understand much more. But problem with Russian or Ukrainian is that they use cyrillic, so I can't read anything. 🙂 With English speakers trying to speak my language, sometimes I also understand only because of I can imagine why they pronounced something like they pronounced it, but when you pronounce J in English way, older person (who doesn't speak English at all) would never get it.

[@coraliev9110]

Thank you so much Awesome World for inviting TOZ Haruto and Takuto, I really enjoyed the video, they are very entertaining, cute and funny, I hope to see them again on this channel in the futur. For all people new to TOZ, please listen to their first mini album and watch their music video Magic Hour. This group is full of talent and they will bring a lot of joy into you, they fr are the best :) TOZ I love you

[@hearts.4.felix_yongbok]

France definitely knew all of them 😭

[@OliviaWilson-ww9jr]

“She is a fisher by the disher” I can’t-😭✋

[@AdaminaCarden]

OMG the Japanese guy is so cute! I think his understanding of written English is probably pretty good but just listening comprehension/ speaking are more difficult

[@daviddupont517]

Im sure French had a lot of the answer. Just had to work on her speed to take the point 😂

[@synkaan2167]

She didn't want to ruin the game, she was obviously not a "non English speaker"

[@Achelois313]

@@synkaan2167I mean I think they all learnt English as another language… she might not actually ‘speak’ it persay

[@iliciart]

Hahaha haruto throughout this was so sassy and hilarious I love seeing him and takuto on this!

[@rjshipp]

I've only seen a couple of these clips, but I love the interaction between the participants. They seem like a fun bunch!

[@annaanhvu2874]

4:10 The first guy’s expressions makes it even better 😂

[@exoljiu]

'Why did she become a fisher'- I'm crying

[@yuduki119]

動画伸びてて嬉しすぎ　タルトset見てるだけで幸せだし次のカムバでも絶対また出演してほしい

[@Heavenly_16]

2:19 man even English speakers struggle saying that so ik they would struggle 😂😂

[@abandonedchannel]

3:59 this cracked me up 😭😭😭 why did she become a fisher lolll

[@KillerKatz12]

She tried so hard to correct it but they insisted it was "bedroom"! 🤦‍♂️ 1:21

[@CarolinaGirl2816]

I have so much respect for all these people who can speak multiple languages.

[@aaronaguirresaba397]

protect takuto at all cost! my boy is pure and wholesome af.

[@jessicaloveridge2759]

I lived with a woman who was studying English as a second language l. She spoke very well but she struggled a lot with “sh” “s” and “j”. I used this tongue twister to help her

[@naofg]

Thank you for having TOZ on the channel! I occacionally watch the videos here, but it's especially fun when idols I like take part in them. I'm guessing they maybe filmed another part before this one where they introduced themselves? I felt like this part was kinda confusing because there was no explanation at the start about everyone's nationalities and names, and what languages they speak (for me it wasn't so confusing because I know Hart and Takuto, but I imagine that those who don't know them won't understand they're Japanese idols, Hart speaks English + Japanese + Korean fluently, and Takuto basically only speaks Japanese, knows some Korean enough for basic communication and barely knows English, I think).

[@phosphenevision]

takuto really doesn't know any english at all which is kinda impressive when he manages to pronounce things well 😭

[@louis_X]

Thanks for this information! I didn’t understand who is the one from Korea cuz everyone could speak Korean, and I was really confused 😂 I also wondered why they are so cool, but now I know they are an idol!

[@naofg]

@@louis_X I think that this channel's videos are filmed in Korea, so most of the guests live there and speak Korean reasonably well (many are fluent). That's why there are people from different nationalities and they usually have Korean and/or English as their common language. And to give you a little more context, the group TOZ, that Hart and Takuto are a part of, is a 4-member boy group. They're all Japanese, but they all took part in the Korean survival show Boys Planet. Since they're under a Korean company, I believe they're still going to make their Korean debut, but for now they have one mini album in Japanese. I suggest you check out their music video, Magic Hour 😊

[@benpurcell4935]

@@naofgTOZ is made up of one full Japanese member, two Japanese Americans and a Filipino Japanese member.

[@shine199723]

The French girl is clearly fluent in English, but I guess she was giving others a chance. This was a cute video

[@dokessezeaka5159]

Omg haruto was already good at English but this pronunciation today sounds so native

[@phosphenevision]

he lived for about 5 years in NY from when he was 5! he's actually said he's more comfortable with English than japanese, and from what I heard japanese speakers say he actually has a slight english speaking accent when speaking japanese even though it's technically his first language 😅 he considers english his "native" one

[@baracapyy]

@@phosphenevisionhe only lived there until he was 5 and then moved to japan?? wow that’s crazy he’s still so good i thought he may of lived in the states for most of his childhood, i guess it makes sense though since they say the best time to learn a language is when you’re that young so he already has the vowels and things japanese would find hard to say down from a young age.

[@phosphenevision]

@@baracapyy no no he moved there WHEN he was 5 and lived in new jersey until he was like 11 or 12 when he moved back to Tokyo.He's not actually american on paper he just feels more american based on how he grew up and stuff 😭

[@baracapyy]

@@phosphenevision oh ok thank you!! still so impressive how good he still is at english

[@ysf-d9i]

@@baracapyy We immigrated to Canada when I was 7. I never went to Chinese school. However, Chinese pronunciation is still much easier for me, and as I'm getting older, I'm actually finding that there are sounds in English that I can no longer pronounce 100% perfectly. However, Chinese always feels completely natural.

[@Saveme-g1x]

*when did she become fisher* got me rolling on the floor😂

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Fascinating insight into language perception, thank you! 🌍🗣️

[@skynet3]

‘She is a fisher by the disher’ is the kind of English you get in 2nd Gen K-Pop 🎍

[@caelanxy]

HELP I was like "wait a minute this cutie looks familiar" and then I realised it was Takuto 😭

[@MysticMorigan1998]

God bless poor Takuto❤ he tried so hard

[@mari6694]

Haruto is totally good doing youtube content!🎉❤ And Takuto's korean is getting better or is it just me? XD

[@nadiameriouli5348]

The Japanese guy did really well I don’t understand why the first guy was constantly blaming him and saying he was the villain haha

[@julesishere7836]

So happy to see Haruto and Takuto after so long!! last time I saw them was in Boys planet and I was so mad when they eliminated Haruto that I didn't continue watching the show!

[@lubbyLB]

theyre in a group together now along with antony

[@xo.adoratio]

⁠@@lubbyLBharuto is so cool what’s the group called i’m interested now

[@joshikumar7048]

@@xo.adoratioTOZ

[@ldp7651]

Well tbh french raised her hand à lot of time but all the time they would ask Italy and french had the best accent so yhhh for me France is first

[@dolleene]

12:20 For them to get it better it may be better if they give a description because the word “Mini” could be “Minnie” or “mini” based on the context but they both sound the same, so the girl spelling it as “minn-“ could’ve been right. English pronunciation is really like a guessing game

[@ayzn..]

im pretty sure minnie isnt a word

[@giadaolivieri3449]

8:25 in italian jar is “barattolo”, “bottiglia” means “bottle”❤️

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

That's what I was thinking

[@naiadelacrimosa5234]

EXACTLY. And are we even talking about "vaso"? Who the heck calls it a pot? Come on... At least "vasetto" but it makes me think of something about babies like omogenizzato or, worse, where they pee... yeah I think that's how we used to call it ngl I'm just questioning her itslian-ness or her hometown: maybe it's something regional? Idk. She looks like she's from the south but I can't really tell, I should relisten to pick up on her accent but I don't really have the sbatti to 😂

[@bernarditadelmilagrofuente8108]

Haruto is so hilarious 😂 i love him

[@sunghanbinswhisker-du3wl]

takuto is so cute 😭😭 and ofc haruto being so iconic i love him

[@JimFeig]

I recognize Haruto from Boys Planet. Takuto is so innocent looking lol.

[@phosphenevision]

they debuted together in a group called TOZ, takuto is also from boys planet :) and anthonny and yuto from boys planet are in it too!

[@JimFeig]

@@phosphenevision I was watching because Woongki was on it so I remembered the supercharger performance

[@DeveusBelkan]

Oh that second one was too cruel! She sells sea shells by the sea shore is painful to say for even native speakers. I said it to myself, trying to repeat it slowly as if I wanted someone else to understand and that only made it more difficult to say than simply saying it fast.

[@LiJun-]

Takuto and Hart! Lovely episode ♥

[@SinilkMudilaSama]

Shannon and Hart are excellent loving teachers, what is missing in France, Italy, Spain and Japan is that these countries have English as their international and domestic language and have more teaching, the guys understand well until, they are only insecure and ashamed to speak and make mistakes, but it is making mistakes and learning that if you master any language in the world, you do not have to be ashamed of anything. Takudo sent well has a desire to learn. Legal Video. One language that should be tested on the cordless phone is Greek, Greek is present in all languages.

[@NimrodClover]

Out of all the Awesome World videos I've seen, this one is my favorite. The Telephone game is the best part. It really shows how those who have English as a second language can inadvertently distort things due to their underlying phonetic bias of their native language. I hope they make more videos following this format. Like everyone said, it was a fun combination of challenge and silliness. Everyone wanted to have a rematch too ! ! Yes, let's have a rematch.

[@midorimochi]

I don’t know why the fisher part was so funny XD the face at 3:43

[@tomi1_nn_965]

ポイント入って喜んでる拓斗可愛すぎねえかwwwww

[@deepbluehue3]

This really hits home that a person NEEDS to be able to internally visualize the meaning of the words they are saying in thier head to be able to remember to pass them on ... ( not just the sound of the words ) ...

[@sagejennings4342]

The french girl had very good pronunciation!

[@MayaVenice]

7:21 it's so cute how the 5th girl took off a piece of hair/lint from the 6th girl's back 🥹 i love observing small wholsome gestures like these 🫶🫶

[@martinapili9798]

8:40 I don't know if someone already said this, but I wanna correct the girl, because in Italian "bottiglia" is bottle, while for jar we say "barattolo"

[@fish_drums]

3:53 this is so funny bahahahah😂 when did she become a fisher???😂😂😂

[@angelaiannetta2596]

Takuto and Haruto. Nice to see you again ❤

[@きゃらめる-f4x]

こういうの見ると改めてデビューしたんだと実感する🥹

[@tokinGLX]

14:02 as a maui resident, i know exactly which beach that is! technically named "makena beach" or as the locals call it- "big beach"

[@giorgiaschito3590]

8:45 actually in italian is "barattolo"

[@FantasyandScienceFiction]

Esatto, barattolo di vetro per l'esattezza.

[@raffaelefederico5427]

Come può aver detto bottiglia!!???....

[@InfoRome]

Regá confondersi è possibile, davanti alla telecamere, mentre pensi ora in italiano ora in inglese ora in coreano.

[@giorgiaschito3590]

Sisi ovvio volevo specificare per il pubblico non italiano

[@melinda6921]

It's strange to me that she misspelled the word mini, it's an Italian word. But maybe she understood Minni or something like that, maybe we hear everything well because they have microphones but there is a lot of echo there and they have more difficulty... Boh.

[@jolienvsndijk]

#1 was so rude to #2 😢

[@critically.panned]

Right?? Speaking English as a non-native language is hard, especially if you’re from a monoculture like Japan. He did really well considering and I wish the first guy would have had a bit more faith in him.

[@sea9195]

Dw they’re friends

[@Jayylinnn]

They're members in the same Group, don't worry they're friends

[@AntonellaMejia-z2t]

Dw they are pals 😊

[@ToProsca]

People is really slow to notice an obvious previous relationship.

[@aidoruotakuchan]

Did you see how Takuto sits? 😏💕very cuteeeeee!!!

[@liamparker98]

Not Shannon out front texting while she waits for her turn 😂👏🏻

[@auryangus6303]

As an Italian this was hilarious I loved it 😂😂😂

[@feetpolice7135]

What Takuto lacks in english skills he makes up in star power lol, he's so much fun to watch

[@akshayr7282]

My head is aching coz of the laughter😅😂🤣

[@TealComet]

The emotional damage at 5:11💀

[@kjw1412]

I love Haruto sooo much, he did so well, and Takuto is so cute! fighting TOZ!!!

[@SorrYNOTsorry-]

It appeared to me thta the French girl was pretty fluent in English but she kept silent as she wanted to give others a chance.

[@nathanspeed9683]

That was fun! Chinese Whispers or Telephone is always hilarious 😂 but kudos to everyone for doing their very best! ❤

[@jeanne9771]

It is fun because in France we call this game the arab telephone 😂

[@nathanspeed9683]

@jeanne9771 😄 it seems to be known as a lot of different names!

[@MuisHissingHalf]

I love how confused the Japanese boy was it was so cute❤