00:00
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey guys.
Hello.
How's it going?
Okay.
こんにちは。
Thank you.
Okay.
英語の授業で気になることがあるのでお二人の意見を聞いてみたくてお便りをしました。
二つあるのですが、一つは挨拶の時に発生するのでほぼ毎回気になっています。
英語の時間は授業開始の挨拶から英語でするのですが、流れはこんな感じです。
Stand up.
Check your uniform.
Check your uniform.
Let's begin.
Sit down.
Whoa.
How was that?
Okay.
I don't know.
Yeah.
日本式挨拶の英語バージョン。
That's what they do in Japanese in this school, Iguess.
Okay.
起立。
服装の確認。
What's that?
What step is that?
Maybe the shirt isn't out.
Like you're wearing things properly maybe.
Okay, okay.
お願いします。
着席。
They do that in English.
Stand up.
Check your uniform.
Let's begin.
Sit down.
この日本式の挨拶、英語バージョンも慣れるまでは不思議な感じでしたが、
私が特に気になっているのは着席のところです。
これが毎回
Sit down.
Yes.
Sit down.
Sit down?
I see.
発音的に毎回
Sit down.
Not only?
シットダウンになっちゃってると。
Okay.
号令は生徒が交代でやるので、
ほとんどの生徒がシットダウンと言っていますと。
先生が言うときは
Sit down と言っていますが、
生徒がシットダウンと言うときは特に訂正をしたりはしていません。
私は毎回ちょっと面白く感じてしまうのですが。
もう一つは
ジャンケンをするときです。
英語の授業ではペアワークやアクティビティーの時間が多く、
ジャンケンで順番を決めたりすることがよくあります。
その際に先生が
勝った人とか負けた人と聞くのですが、
それが
Who are losers?
時には名指しで
なんとかさん
You are a loser!
とか言うこともあります。
Losers!
Raise your hand!
と言われ
楽しそうにハーイと手を挙げている子供たちを見て
これは合わせているのだろうか?
いつも気になってしまいます。
03:01
英語ネイティブのケビンさんは
シットダウンや
Loser!
は気になりますか?
またヤマちゃんは
シットシットのような些細な間違いは
訂正してあげた方がいいと思いますか?
意味は分かるのだから
わざわざ訂正しなくてもいいと思いますか?
お二人のご意見を聞かせてもらえると嬉しいです。
読んでいただいてありがとうございました。
毎日暑いのでお体にお気をつけつつ
夏を楽しんでください。
OK
Can we please talk about the Cheshire uniform
first?
What is that?
OK
Let's think
In Japan, is that a thing in Japan?
起立
礼
着席
Yeah, that's the thing
That's the most
Very common
Classic form of I-sets, right?
Yes
Did you have that?
Have you ever heard of
Check your uniform?
No
But they didn't do the
礼
Did they do the礼?
Right
They didn't do the礼
They had お願いします
So I think they do
お願いします
I see
Bowing maybe?
What was the English again?
Sorry
So that was
Stand up
Check your uniform
Let's begin
That's お願いします
Oh, let's begin is the お願いします?
Let's begin
Oh, I see
And sit down
OK
お願いします
Let's begin
You can't translate お願いします
I understand
But for the check your uniform
You don't know
Is that not a Japanese thing?
No, I don't think so
At least in my generation
OK
Check your uniform
見出し並確認
I can imagine that
Yeah
Not for like classes
Like English class
Or Japanese class
But like a 集会
Where the whole school
Gather into one 体育館
And then
見出し並チェック
I can kind of imagine
That happening
Yeah
OK
Maybe朝の朝礼の朝の会議
Maybe
OK
Alright
OK
Then we can move on then
But I've never heard that
Alright
In the real situation
Maybe it's the school's sort of culture
Maybe
Yeah
OK
So the first thing was
Sit down
Yes
Versus sit down
Yeah, definitely
Sit down is, you know
SHIT, right?
It sounds like SHIT, so
Yes
Yeah, it's better to say sit down
Sure
But, you know, yeah, sure
It's a
I guess
Pronunciation
Error
So
Yeah
It's a
Right, it is better to say sit down
Sure
Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure
06:01
Yeah
Do you think you should
Say it
Every time
When those students
Say sit down
If you were a teacher
Yeah, so like
You think
You think I should
Wait, do I agree if the students say sit down
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you were a teacher
Would you say that
Like, would you like
Tell the kids to sit down
Yeah, that's not the right pronunciation
Oh, right
So sit down
Not shit down
Yeah, I don't
It's a tough one
It's a tough one though
Tough one, okay
Yeah
I'll just, I'll tell them
That it's
The correct pronunciation is sit down
Sit down
But I don't know if I'll like
Directly one on one
Tell them
That's not the right pronunciation
It's sit down
Not shit down
Yeah
Because, you know, they're
They're students
Yeah
They're COCOSES
Right, right, right
COCOSES
So I'm like, yeah
But, right
As a teacher, maybe you should, right
Maybe you should
It's a difficult question
Yeah
But in real life
If you say sit down
To English speaking people
People will
Misunderstand you
Sit down, yeah, I guess
I guess
Yeah
Well, there are no phrases
As a, there is no shit down
As a phrase
So, maybe they'll understand
As a sit down, but, you know
It will get me wondering, like
Shit down
Do I gotta poop?
Like
Yeah
Yeah
Or like, you know
Or, like the more
I guess
I wouldn't say sit down
I would say take a seat
Ah
Yeah
Right
Have a seat or take a seat
Would be much more
Appropriate in that scenario
Yeah
Sit down is very commanding
Sit down
Yeah
Right
So
True
Yeah
A good idea
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I remember when we were
High school students
It was very
Don't know why, but embarrassing
If you pronounce
Properly
In front of people
I mean, I kind of understand that
Vibe
As
Even you?
No, no, no, I mean, I'm not embarrassed
But, like, I understand the vibe
That there were
Oh, but, like, maybe
If I were in the students
Full of Japanese students
Uh-huh
What did I say?
Maybe
Did I say students full of Japanese students?
Yeah
You did say so
I meant to say
Okay
Room full of Japanese students
Okay
I would
And they don't know
That I'm from America
Yeah
I probably would hesitate
09:01
Okay
How much of a good pronunciation
I should do
Yeah
You may go
Like very Katakana English
I
That's definitely one of the options
Yeah
Because, like, I understand how
People get made fun of
Uh-huh
If you do it too good
Yeah
Yeah
Ishirareru
Right
Right, so
So if you said, like, sit down
And, ooh
There you go
Damn
Yeah
Yeah
That's amazing
Yeah
Yeah
So I can imagine people
Even if they
The students are
Mastered already
Those sit down pronunciations
But
Mm-hmm
Shit down
Like they
They
You know
Right
Right
And that's what everybody's doing
Yeah
That's the Katakana style
Right
So I understand
Maybe
Yeah
Right
Yeah
What about losers?
Losers?
Yeah
I'm trying to think
I'm trying to think of what
You'd say, actually
In a scenario
Mm-hmm
If you want people that lost
Yeah
The janken
Mm-hmm
To raise their hands
Losers, raise your hand
Uh
Uh
So what does that mean?
Yeah, losers
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Makenu
Right
Right
That's what you want to say
So
Um
So winners
Raise your hand
Is that
That's a
That's okay
Okay
So I think that's
The loss
Winner
Yeah
Lose
Lose
Lose
Loser
Right
Logically, right?
That's the opposite
Yeah
Loser
Um
Okay
How
How should we
What
What
What would you say?
Yeah, well
Right
I'm trying to think of
The appropriate
Terminology
I don't know
Maybe I'll say something like
The non-winners
Non-winners
But I don't know
That's a made-up word
Ah
Let me
Let me ask
Yeah
Let me ask
Online
See what they have to say
Right
In France
In French
We say
Like a
Who lost
Kind of
Who lost
Yeah
Right, right
Instead of saying losers
Yeah
Who lost
That's a
That's a strategy
Right, right, right
Yeah
Right
So
Um
Everyone who didn't win
Raise your hands
12:00
Okay
Didn't win
Okay
Um
Raise your hands
If your partner won
What?
Raise your hands
If your partner won
Oh
Wow
Okay
So
There are no
Specific
Synonyms
Okay
For losers
Yeah
Maybe
Let me search
Wow
Loser synonym
Yeah
They're not good
Failure
Non-achiever
Yeah
Not good
Not good
Okay
Yeah
Wow
It's kind of
It's kind of difficult to say
With the word
Yeah
I didn't know that
Yeah
It's such a
Easy word
Like win, lose
Um
But it's hard to say directly
Wow
Yeah
I see
Right
Right
Yeah, funny
It's
Japanese English classes
They're very
Juicy
Um
A lot of interesting stuff going on
Yeah
Yeah
Right
Right
All right
Thanks for listening guys
Thank you
Bye-bye
