How Fakku'ed For Forignersu to Teachi Engurishu In Japan

This is what it feels like to be an English teacher in Japan. If you're thinking about being an English teacher in Japan especially at eikawa schools, well, I don't really recommend it gg. Japanese Engrishu at its finest
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[@bitchesonmybmx]

こいつおもろ

[@sorathetroll]

日本の人に言われるのは素でうれしいからもっていって 他の日本の人にもいわれたいからピンどめしておきます

[@TheSuperGod]

@@sorathetroll ''もって''....?

[@meepy2739]

@@sorathetroll 馬鹿

[@asheep7797]

i have no idea what these guys are talking about

[@waifuologist]

@@asheep7797 we're in the same boat then

[@toshi-chi8166]

when I was a teen I used to say f*ck a lot every ten minutes, but after 5 years when I finally understood what it means I started using it every 10 seconds

[@DaniZeAlmighty]

Based

[@jennyo7218]

you've done well...now try every FIVE seconds

[@AlreadyTakenTag]

Based challenge. If you stop saying FUCK every ten seconds within ten minutes you die. Plot twist: you'll die anyway because the crowds surrounding you got mad at you after the first 1 minute 30 seconds.

[@thomasbrown3793]

Evolution at its finest

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Just don't use it with greater frequency than you breathe or you may choke.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Sora reached the apex of Engrish by writing the best Engrish title to this video ever.

[@hayatod.senpai2008]

*engurishu

[@violetevergarde]

**appeksu* **tituru*

[@sherinodak7]

I had a tremendous stroke while reading that title of his

[@ryzikx]

he is an apex legend

[@Sigurddragonmaster]

Yes, and he’s basically a regendsu so, full circle !

[@Marcel._B]

I mean this actually makes sense. Letting students speaking English as much possible can be considered a lesson on itself. Practice by speaking basically. However this will most likely be a problem when a test requires strict grammar rules or something

[@AmodeusR]

Indeed, but if you learned a language just to pass tests, you already failed, to be honest.

[@zekiz774]

​@@AmodeusRwhe you're not you fail the test

[@Ricketator]

You get some common grammar too, and expressions that missing on standard lessons, occasionally check on grammar and adding it step by step is okay. Then check standardized english rules before exam to know what to look out for aside from natural speech and good to go. You will forget standardized english later anyway when you use spoken english.

[@itsaUSBline]

I took a conversational Japanese class for a few years, and there were times when we'd pair up and have to try to have a conversation entirely in Japanese for practice, and it was basically like this. We could talk about absolutely anything as long as it wasn't in English, and that's actually a lot harder than you'd think when you're speaking a language other than your native and you're not fluent.

[@pauloazuela8488]

​​@@Ricketatorot in the case in Japan since English there was meant to be passed on test. That's why they're still bad because only few get to apply it in a conversation

[@AdrenResi]

sora you've been studying japanese for 10 years? that's dedication right there

[@spiderqueen887]

it's just proof that even Americans like sora can learn Japanese

[@BlueNinjaKid]

He is Japanese lolzzz

[@mynameissongohanandamnotah17]

@@BlueNinjaKid 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐📶🈺🈺🉑❗🈴

[@BlueNinjaKid]

@@mynameissongohanandamnotah17 ????????????????????????!???????????????????????????????????????¿???????!?????‽??????????¿?????????????????¿???????????? @mynameissongohanandamnotah17 ????????????????????????!???????????????????????????????????????¿???????!?????‽??????????¿?????????????

[@ConghoaXoVietHungary]

​@@BlueNinjaKidzisu izu a joku

[@hamada3ido125]

"are you an NPC from oblivion?" I think more would be familiar with skyrim but that works too.

[@beeozan1426]

Oblivion NPC behavior is a much bigger meme

[@odotawaissaku3755]

Oblivion NPC is a meme

[@RaccoonGrrrl]

"I've been better." "Hello. Have you heard of high elves." "No. I have been better." "I hope things get better." "True... I have been better." "So long." "Farewell." Oblivion's 2 NPC dialog in a nutshell

[@x01021]

Oblivion is much more famous for having whack ass NPCs 😂

[@ennui9745]

The thing is it's Oblivion that's more (in)famous for its amazing NPC behavior.

[@hrgrhrhhr]

Mark has accomplished the impossible: being a foreigner with good Japanese pronunciation in a Sora the Troll video

[@dimitriosgladio059]

Someday I’ll go to Japan to see this stuff for myself lmao

[@chire6211]

YEAAAA SAMEE

[@mika4444]

SAMEE ME TOO

[@azubruh8787]

An original and realistic comment

[@val3mi]

sameeeeeee currently looking forward with Duolingo y'all 👍

[@euphisa8127]

Pls give us an update when you do!

[@peopleskingdomofwolcottia]

"Your Japanese... IS GOOD!" "Are you an NPC from Oblivion?" Lmao. As someone who enjoys Oblivion, that's perfect!

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Your Daedric... IS GOOD!

[@Vaennylla]

One time, I tutored english to this one dentist. Every time, he'd prepare the learning materials and simulation conversation sheets. All I had to do was read the papers to him. I was literally getting paid not to teach, but to read stuff in front of him. The guy was pretty chill though. He still paid me each session and gave me snacks after.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Hate to point this out, but since you did tutor English to someone, I should mention that you should've said "paid", not "payed". "Paid" relates to money, "payed" relates to sealing seams of a wooden ship with tar.

[@islaythejabberwokky]

Tbh, casually dropping "fuck" into the conversation is the most realistic thing you could do to sound like a native English speaker, which is kind of hilarious. "Fucking" as an adjective/adverb or a placeholder word like "um" is even more common, lol... Technically not appropriate for professional or polite conversation, but that doesn't stop us from overusing it anyway!

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Holy fuckness is the greatest XD

[@markwelch3564]

​@@SzaraSzarancza you haven't mastered english until you can casually drop an entire, grammatically correct sentence purely from various derivations of the word "fuck", and a handful of articles 🙂

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

"Fuckin uhhh"

[@deanchur]

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[@murkywateradminssions5219]

You'll only be a fluent English speaker if you manage to form a grammatically correct sentence with nothing but ENGLISH profanities.

[@alittleluckyclover]

Sora makes Japanese so fun to learn :D

[@alittleluckyclover]

also Mike the perfect toe pog

[@blackoutkitten9382]

Yes, I'm learning it very slowly because I have a lot of studies, so I don't have much time. Sometimes I think, "Japanese is going to take forever to learn at this pace," but then I see these videos, and my self-confidence and motivation get instantly restored.

[@aniE1869]

I had a social studies teacher that taught English in Japan for several years. When he got back he started driving Japanese language tour busses in the summer to make some extra money and to retain the language better.

[@stiimuli]

All hail Mike The Perfect Toe. My hero.

[@Mathayas_]

for a so called 'big trap' Sora is making this sound like a sweet deal. Speak language naturally, do no prep work, show up and chat about anything for half hour then get paid- that sounds like a nice job.

[@SilverforceX]

The trap is that because it's relatively easy and the pay is enough to live, most will get stuck there with no career advancement. It's fine when you're single with a one br apartment, but 10 years on and you have wife and kid, its no longer good enough but you're trapped in the comfort zone unable or unwilling to escape. Whereas if you had good JP & EN skills, there are many other career opportunities to move UP in the paygrade.

[@Metqa]

@@SilverforceX Sadly, Silver speaks the truth. So many "supervisors" were just teachers who stuck around when everyone left and got promoted by attrition. They weren't any better at teaching than newer recruits. I only stayed and worked for a year in Tokyou, but I had college, Boys & Girls Volunteering and Tutoring under my belt, and I became a pretty popular teacher. I felt bad for the guy from Australia who was a genuinely nice guy with good teaching skills except that no one could understand his accent...Everyone loved him tho! HA!

[@andmos1001]

@@Metqa Insert Weggimite meme to your australian guy here

[@David-eb1im]

Nothing is funnier than engrish videos😂

[@FrankUnderwoood]

As a person who learns Japanese, I love this series of "engrish" videos 😂Please, don't stop making them Sora! 😂

[@geoffreyherrick298]

Perfecto works in Spanish too! Learning two languages at at once saves time! Congratulations, Sora!

[@itsprobablysarcasm5977]

When you teach English in Japan so hard your name changes from "Mark" to "Mike"

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Yep, you start with high mark and then you end up as shitty mic.

[@TakittyLove]

​@@SzaraSzarancza😂😂😂👍

[@moongoddess1978]

Whoa, Sora is working night shift now! This sketch was perfect toe! 😂 In seriousness, it’s true even in teaching English to speakers of other languages as well. The best way to correct pronunciation is the same way parents do. Through repeating it back correctly in the response. I might say back, “You think my teaching is perfect? I try my best. You’re very kind. Thank you!” To steer away from swear words, depending on the level of English, you can either not draw attention to it and repeat back an acceptable alternative like, “I see you’re surprised,” or if they will possibly understand, you can explain that it’s a word only said in very casual context, not professional ever. 😅

[@yankeeinjapan8869]

As an eikaiwa “instructor” I can assure you a good number of my lessons have been 40-50 minute of talking about anything from video games, how to pick up girls in English, explaining the word “boner,” and discussing past relationships over wine at the basement floor of a department store in Osaka. It’s not always a bad job I guess 😝

[@hilaryhailey9163]

same with "ARE YOU CRAZY?" a lot of my taiwanese students would use this as a WOW expression but it would always take me aback whenever I hear it 😂

[@Sophie_chan00]

Sora is a perfect toe at making funny videos 🤭

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Yep he is toe perfect, he should be nerfed. XD

[@murkywateradminssions5219]

The "Are you an NPC from oblivion" line almost made me laugh out loud in the train lmao Best line

[@stringram]

This has to be the fastest i have ever been to click on a new upload. 22 secs, Sora is just too entertaining

[@Lavenderrrrrrrrrrrrr]

same lol

[@BlueEighthNote]

I listened to too much Anime Engrish to a point where ダイヤモンド (daiyamondo) sounded completely normal to me now

[@bumblebeeisfree]

IM READY (to experience culture shock and rejection 😂😂😂)

[@klipsofmovies]

lol

[@parkb5320]

The funny thing is that after moving to Japan from America it took me an entire year to find my first job. Every English school either wanted me to have a college degree or experience in teaching English in order to get the job. Just being a native English speaker is not enough. At least in the Kanto area.

[@karthikrevi9159]

Should have tried the Johto region then. Professor Elm seems more chill, compared to Oak.

[@user-bw2dd7ib4h]

めっちゃ共感。相手に伝わらないから必然とカタカナ英語で喋ることが増える

[@sorathetroll]

あーそれ逆にめずらしいかも。伝えようとしてもっとカオスになる事がおおいきがする

[@kaedatiger]

I have no idea how you ended up in my recommended feed, but I just binged so many of your videos last night and woke up to this. It's no surprise you hit a million subs at some point when you're this edutaining and peak troll humor, two things KZbin audiences eat up.

[@Varsocona]

I like how he started as Mark, but after gaining the power of the Perfect Toe he became Mike. A truly incredible character arc.

[@ilmarinen79]

"Are you an NPC from Oblivion?" 🤣 If I'll hear this irl sometime, my life will be complete!

[@SrNerd]

2:15 As a "The Elder Scrolls" fan, i must admit i broke and laughed A LOT in this part... Also: I can confirm this is 100% the Bethesda's A.I. level of quality!

[@nikola3795]

Mike the perfect toe 😂😂😂

[@StarlightAngel948]

I never get tired of listening engrishu, it's the funniest thing ever!!!! I could watch your videos for hours!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - "Oh harru marku, comu hea" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Subtitles are just the cherry on top!!! Legendary tyer!!

[@geoffreyherrick298]

Ohio, Maruku! Watta sutori!

[@StarlightAngel948]

@@geoffreyherrick298 Sorry I did not understand a word. LOL

[@Zieuaugu]

I had a Japanese friend who learned English by playing lots of FPSes, so maybe Mark talking about Apex Legends with his students has the right idea

[@no-one5310]

Don't worry Mike. The NPC from Oblivion will tell you "It just works" as long as you don't get an arrow to the knee.

[@seirahxing-lai4785]

This made me laugh out loud so much. As an English conversation teacher in Japan, I can confirm, it's all true.😂

[@yankeeinjapan8869]

It’s also cool how you use informal Japanese with subtitles. Helps Japanese learners, especially young males, understand how Japanese men talk

[@nijinokanata111]

Blessed by Sora kun for so many uploads recently! Thank you for making me laugh so much

[@OldSchoolLife]

What I love about these videos is that they're funny AND educational! I have definitely learned a lot about Japan. Not just from these videos, but from the live streams as well.

[@max72590]

Sora: Are you an NPC from Oblivion? Teacher: I used to be a Japanese speaker like you until i took an arrow to the knee.

[@shark_is_screaming]

This might sound hard to believe, but I actually learn a lot about Japan from Sora Thanks Sora 😁

[@ramonvelasquez8431]

"Apexu regendendesu" 🤣 Friggin love engrish! It's so Gintama-esque.

[@noseboop4354]

Ae-ee-pek-ku-su reh-gen-du-zu

[@SushilKumar-yp4yw]

looks like getting job in japan is easy but following the work culture is hard

[@shinobireacher4255]

Youre videos are wayyyyy to entertaining. Thanks for beeing active😊.

[@vtheory7531]

This is actually a great approach to speed up fluency in language learning. You talk in your studied language about anything that's relevant to you, because anything relevant you will remember it. It's called 'comprehensible input'. Also the part about not correcting the student is actually also part of the process. It's basically like how you would speak to a baby/child. You don't really bother correcting them, but you give them an example of how you speak while also being attentive about how they speak, and it gives them a safe space to practise and stretch themselves, building their confidence.

[@Athalfuns]

Your sketches are awesome! Keep it up ❤️

[@Yidnaleggo]

You never miss! Learning for my September Japan trip :)

[@EienOfDark]

Briefly I was a teaching assistant at an English cram school in Japan. On my first day the teacher tasked me with quizzing the children via flashcards with pictures. I held up the first one and prompted them by saying "what is it?" and she immediately stopped me and told me to say "what's this?" because that's what they had been taught because it's easier for them to say. I immediately objected to relying on recognizing phrases without knowing the individual word meanings and questioned the teaching of contractions before the individual words, as well as taking a lazy way out of teaching the kids how to pronounce things properly. She just responded that that was the lesson plan she was given. I'm American, she was from Singapore, we taught primary school aged students.

[@teacherandres8592]

I totally agree with the being lazy by not teaching full form before abbreviation of words. Just like in math one must learn the full formula and process before skip some steps

[@whatatimetobe]

Bro this is so good, makes me miss the two years I spent in Japan as an ALT. Definitely tough but what an experience. Keep it up dude

[@BreeingIan]

I'm doing a solo trip to Tokyo in December, my first time leaving Australia too! Your videos never fail to make me laugh. So excited to visit and see if I encounter similar situations to your videos haha! I would love to see a skit about foreigners drinking alcohol in Japan maybe? Being Australian of course this is one of the top things on my mind lmao

[@cassianobusattosimon]

Sora. Thanks for this. You made my day.

[@Weebcake]

These Engrish videos are an absolute joy. They get me every time.

[@noahbody9875]

Japanese people would fit right in where I live in Canada. We use that expletive all the time. Using it as a noun, verb, adverb and adjective. It truly is a multiuse word here.

[@kalinga2nihon]

It’s great how you make your video stories in an anime format. It reminds me of popular anime like JoJo, DeathNote, etc.

[@andrencfilho]

I literally LOL with "Are you a NPC from Oblivion?!" 😂😂😂

[@phenomix7386]

Sora man, I've been a subscriber for 3 years now and you're like unko because you always come back to me

[@MetalKrow]

Sora, I was on tiktok just now and saw a Japanese advertisement where a bottle of sunscreen acts provocatively. I instantly recognized your voice, and realized I probably watch your channel too much.

[@T26OG.]

I'm so happy you guys use "fuck" casually. Where i grew up in New Jersey, there is barely any stigma around cursing. Our teachers will say fuck, and only really get you in trouble for it out of spite, or if theyre having a bad day. I should note, I'm 38, so this was 1990's New Jersey. "Fuck" is just such a fun word with many uses.

[@blakebrown115]

sora uploading in the morning is a blessing within itself (im in the eastern timezone for those wondering)

[@araej9293]

This was so funny to watch! I play a lot of apex (I’m not the best but I have fun) so you bringing it up randomly in the video was great, and the oblivion NPC line made me laugh, as well as the random “fukk!” Thrown in there hahaha.

[@thexgamer8240]

I almost had a stroke reading that video title.

[@itsaUSBline]

The funny thing is if he just said "fuck yeah" or "fuck yes," it would be fine in that context. "Oh you play Apex too? Fuck yeah!"

[@eddybaldo1071]

Sora as always your video is awesome. I'd like to tell you this: yes, I'm one of those people who wants to to teach english in Japan. Even if I'm not a native speaker (I'm Italian) I gratuated in university in english and japanese language and literature and I even took a proper certificate to learn HOW to teach english. Even if teaching english in Japan could be "strange" I still WANT to do that, not only because of my love for your culture and to improve more my japanese, but also because I understand the importance of this job! I hope everything will be fine and that I can work well with my future students and colleagues, even if it can be really though! Again, thanks for your point of view on japanese society!

[@sumayahashimi1283]

Thankyou for the videos!

[@ND-ed6iq]

Mark is an english conversation teacher but sora still isnt my friend

[@norg18]

I had a family member believe that because of the accent people in Japan speak Spanish. Spanish :perfecto ! Jpn : perfec toh !

[@chefcourier8511]

Npc: good day Npc: how are you? Npc: have you heard, sora's japanese is pretty good for an american. Npc: no I haven't, good for him. Npc: bye Npc: farewell

[@okihabu9805]

Love how you make it seem like working as an English teacher is some sort of black company job… Especially since you are one

[@bloodynessie1]

You are one of my favorite Japanese comedians. I watch alot of Japanese comedians. 😂

[@wsadqwer110]

I would say this video somewhat covers Authentic Materials. Supplementing coursebooks with authentic materials such as newspaper articles, podcasts, videos, games, and songs.

[@gerardkhachaturyan4814]

Cracking two totally different systems (Japanese (Japonic family) and English (Indo-European)) and adjusting both of them aren't easy. But wait until Japanese learn Georgian language or the other way around... That would be epic...🤣🤣

[@deanzaZZR]

Add in Chinese. Welcome to my life. 👋

[@ninobaxbaxashvili710]

You knew Georgian language?

[@deanzaZZR]

@@pied6435 Isn't Japanese Japonic?

[@bianca_1005]

Your engrishu videos are the absolute best.

[@salehalmogrebi9487]

Man, this video is soo cool and i totally like it, 😊👍

[@nekomajinc335]

Is Mike going to become a foot model with his perfect toe?

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Nope, he will become leading feet guitarist in a stepping soccer club.

[@celestialstar6450]

I LOVE the Engrishu subtitles! 🤣😂🤣😂 ¡Muy perfecto!

[@Dr.Cosmar]

I genuinely love the fact that the word F*** is not completely understood in Japanese culture. That word for Japan is like the word "hentai" for Texas. It makes you quickly realize how ridiculous words can be, or maybe, how ridiculous the human need to measure everything is.

[@sadiemcnabb4444]

Native English speakers (especially younger generations) randomly and casually use "fuck" in every day language too. This students use of "fuck!" after discovering they both play the game was actually dead-on.

[@Morgan313]

Sora is telling his American backstory in this one.

[@happydoggod1819]

"take a seat" "sank u" indeed🏊🌊🚢

[@MrKata55]

I died at "Are you an Oblivion NPC?" xDD

[@Lavenderrrrrrrrrrrrr]

the legend is back

[@EvGamerBETA]

""Mark the perfect toe" was born" 😂 That killed me

[@solmanJapan]

I wasn't an English teacher in Japan though just about every Japanese person asked if I was but this sounds legit. I've heard quite a few funny english lesson stories from a lot of foreigners in Japan which I didn't believe could happen until one of the students confirmed It.

[@jasondolph2785]

OMG the 'think they will die' line is freakin' perfect. I almost died laughing.

[@NJDJ1986]

You Soras play APEX Legends!? me: *sad Valorant noises*

[@justinnamilee]

I wish I had a name as LEGENDARY as Mike the Perfect Toe.

[@Heathafoeva]

This was my life for 4 years. It’s spot on 😂

[@thenagito]

Bro I NEED a full anime about this guy!

[@justpassingbytheway1028]

Wow your videos are really entertaining 👏 👌 🤣

[@LemonJongie23]

I didn't know where this was going but that was actually really funny 😂😂

[@turbofolkabuzer6275]

日本語上手

[@timothykarlsson3126]

He went from mark to Mike the perfect toe-sensei, what an upgrade

[@dissident1337]

Ike banged his foot on the coffee table. Ike the Imperfect Toe was born here.

[@Ferrumnand]

Being an english teacher is not an easy task... But your japanese is pretty good!

[@kuroyuri04]

Holly wreck!!! Its two in the dawn and this video tittle alone can make me suffocated by silent hysterical laugh. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

very interesting. thanks for letting us know, sora. rip.

[@Metqa]

As a former Nova Sensei, I can confirm that this is 100% true! LOL The students favorite lessons were free conversation and we talked about the most random shit, whatever they wanted . It was amazing!

[@Eternal-Security]

I like how he was Mark at first, then transitioned to Marku, then Mike the Perfect-toe. (although I highly suspect Sora forgot the name of his own character "Mark" near the end of editing) :D