Japanese Language Study via TV

[pjb]

So, I've just picked up a cheapo TV for the bedroom and I've discovered it has a USB port on the back. I connected a portable HDD which I had lying around, and lo and behold I can record TV just like in the days of VHS!

I'd like to use this function to record Japanese language study programmes from the TV - are there any, and if so, what are they and when are they broadcasted?

[KansaiBen]

So, I've just picked up a cheapo TV for the bedroom and I've discovered it has a USB port on the back. I connected a portable HDD which I had lying around, and lo and behold I can record TV just like in the days of VHS!

I'd like to use this function to record Japanese language study programmes from the TV - are there any, and if so, what are they and when are they broadcasted?

The only programs would be on NHK, education channel. Im not aware of any private stations offering language lessons.

Best way is to go out and talk to people.

[pjb]

The only programs would be on NHK, education channel. Im not aware of any private stations offering language lessons.

Best way is to go out and talk to people.

I've briefly read some of the programme listings, but the educational programmes seem to be geared towards foreign language teaching to Japanese, either that or geared towards high-schoolers. Not sure it is beneficial re-doing quadratic equations, calculus and algebra in Japanese.

I suppose I could perform my own research and systematically record late night programmes in the hope of unearthing something useful...

[TJrandom]

I do not believe I have ever come across a program that teaches Japanese, even geared toward school children.

[KansaiBen]

I suppose I could perform my own research and systematically record late night programmes in the hope of unearthing something useful...

Japanese TV is for Japanese people and they already speak Japanese. The idea of using public TV to teach their own language to non-native speakers is an alien concept to the mandarins at NHK and a waste of taxpayers' yen.

[TJrandom]

... and a waste of taxpayers' yen.

Lol - and everbody knows that fereiners do not pay the NHK duty...

[pjb]

Japanese TV is for Japanese people and they already speak Japanese. The idea of using public TV to teach their own language to non-native speakers is an alien concept to the mandarins at NHK and a waste of taxpayers' yen.

Maybe so. I was hoping for something akin to the Open University which used to (and maybe still does) broadcast educational programmes in the dead of night while most people are tucked up in bed. As for waste of money - I'm not sure that it would cost a fantastic sum of money to make such a programme. It could be made in a broom cupboard with a couple of budding TV presenters and a whiteboard. No need for Spielberg inspired digital FX. In time, episodes could be repeated, saving even more money. Just think of all the prospective consumers NHK would be training!

[Deathblob]

Just record and watch the morning kid's shows. It's how babies learn to speak in Japan, so why wouldn't it work for you?

[KansaiBen]

Maybe so. I was hoping for something akin to the Open University which used to (and maybe still does) broadcast educational programmes in the dead of night while most people are tucked up in bed. As for waste of money - I'm not sure that it would cost a fantastic sum of money to make such a programme. It could be made in a broom cupboard with a couple of budding TV presenters and a whiteboard. No need for Spielberg inspired digital FX. In time, episodes could be repeated, saving even more money. Just think of all the prospective consumers NHK would be training!

Japan does have an Open university, its called Housou Daigaku.

http://www.ouj.ac.jp/eng/courses/liberal.html


You only need to step outside your door each day to hear Japanese people, listen to the radio and watch TV. You get all the content rich input you need. Study the grammar and learn vocabulary and you are in business.

[Andun]

Actually, there was a show teaching Japanese for foreigners on NHK ETV some years ago. I don't know if it's still running now though.

[Effected After]

Japanese TV is for Japanese people and they already speak Japanese. The idea of using public TV to teach their own language to non-native speakers is an alien concept to the mandarins at NHK and a waste of taxpayers' yen.

As Andun mentioned, there used to be an NHK show teaching Japanese to foreigners. I watched it a number of times when I first came here. It was good for basic Japanese. There was a cute Chinese chick in it as well.

[pjb]

You only need to step outside your door each day to hear Japanese people, listen to the radio and watch TV. You get all the content rich input you need. Study the grammar and learn vocabulary and you are in business.

The point of recording the programmes is so that thickos like me can pause/take notes/review the material. I can't get the remote controller to work on my colleagues/ladyfriends.

[Andun]

Here is the old TV show. Look it up under either of the two titles below:

NHK Japanese Lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5c8ukxIqdU&feature=related
日本語で暮らそう
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUOo...eature=related

[cumberbatch]

Actually, there was a show teaching Japanese for foreigners on NHK ETV some years ago. I don't know if it's still running now though.

Is this the one where there's a sort of boarding house for foreigners and they all learn how to speak Japanese? I think it was the landlord that teaches them. And if I remember correctly, one of the actors in the Minna no Nihongo videos is there too If it is indeed the same TV programme