Karakuri Funniest English and SILEC
Mar. 14th, 2007 09:21 pmKarakuri Funniest English! In which some white guy walks around Japan (Tokyo? probably Osaka) asking people for funny personal stories--and then he asks them to translate their stories into English. Bad, weird, hilarious English. "Secret zone is very cute!" "Natto twister!" etc.
I could only find three of these videos, but apparently they used to be shown every Sunday night in Japan. SO THERE ARE MORE OF THEM. Anyone know where to find them? Preferably subtitled in English, but raw Japanese would be fine too.
I've been using these videos in my adult conversation class which I teach every Wednesday night. I show them a short segment in Japanese, stop the video, get them to translate it into English, then show them the (usually horrible) English translation done by the poor schmoe on the show. I'm sure it's a good boost for their egos.
I could only find three of these videos, but apparently they used to be shown every Sunday night in Japan. SO THERE ARE MORE OF THEM. Anyone know where to find them? Preferably subtitled in English, but raw Japanese would be fine too.
I've been using these videos in my adult conversation class which I teach every Wednesday night. I show them a short segment in Japanese, stop the video, get them to translate it into English, then show them the (usually horrible) English translation done by the poor schmoe on the show. I'm sure it's a good boost for their egos.