Good Learner, Bad Learner on Youtube

Apologies for the dearth of posts but I have been flat out translating: back-to-back assignments which leave no time for blogging. Not that I am complaining - I am (finally) making a living. In the tiny window of opportunity I found between formatting a client's PowerPoint presentation and making a cup of tea I finally uploaded my video Good Learner, Bad Learner to Youtube. I show this video at the JET Programme Recontracting Conference each year, and I once made it available via Bittorrent but Youtube is where the eyeballs are... Feel free to spread it around.

Comments

[Alex]

That's a pretty inspirational video. It must go over well. Excellent job.

I find that a lot of the "inspirational speeches" that fly around are listened to, but not REALLY listened to, you know what I mean? In one ear, out the other. A video with a comparison of lifestyles and examples seems much more effective.

This was perfect timing, as I've just resolved that I'll become the best foreign-speaker of Korean on my little island home here, along with continuing my Japanese studies at a local juku.

I'm glad to hear you're in the money now, which unfortunately means you're out of time as well.

[Joshua]

That was great! Exactly what I needed to see. very inspiring. I hope to apply it to my daily life here in Japan. I have been studying at a language school in Tokyo that is heavily Korean populated. I've been trying to stay away from other English speakers, because I notice they form groups and I didn't want to be a part of that, but then I find myself picking up Korean, when I should be out practicing my Japanese. Thanks for the awesome video post. Glad to see you found sometime to post. お忙しところをありがとうございました！

[Will]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I have to decide whether to show the same video this year (fourth year running) or whether to make something new. I had so much fun making GLBL (it took a week to shoot!) that I'd love to get into the creative groove again but time (or lack thereof) is militating towards the former....

[Coal]

By amazing coincidence, I happened to watch this last night from a local copy on my own machine, thinking "where do I know this guy from?"

[Will]

So Coal, when I move to Tokyo you can hook me up with your movie コネ and I can do this fulltime!

[Coal]

We'll see. The best I was able to get for myself (as an actor) was a 7 second cameo. You may do better...

Speaking of which, the dvd's going on sale this Friday!

[red mask]

Excellent video. Really hammers in some good points. What DVD are you guys talking about?

[Coal]

This one:
http://shorterlink.co.uk/12034

[Tim]

I saw it last year at the JET Conference, great video and presentation.

Do you still have the video available by Bit Torrent?

[Adam]

Excellent video... and oh so true...

[Devon T]

Oh man...that video is DEVASTATINGLY effective. I go through phases of being the good learner, and stages of being the bad learner, and right now it's the latter. That vid is just what I needed to see. Thanks!

[Ryan Jay Slater]

that video only made me want to watch eddie izzard.
... so i am. and definite article is hilarious! screw you japan for having the hardest language to learn in the whole world!

[Guy in Japan]

Lame. Why do you encourage foreigners to play the clown? The "bad learner" at least comes across like a normal human, not some idiot crying out for attention. You should read up on the post-war history of foreigners in Japan to understand why the clown portrayal which you encourage is a bad thing.