Shadowing Practice: How did you get permanent residency in Japan? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Could you explain the process of getting a PR visa?
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How difficult was it and how did you do it?
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Right, so in Japan-- I don't need to go to the immigration anymore.
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Now I need to go there in five years, like, to renew the residence card.
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But like, it's not every year anymore.
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Once we knew that we could get permanent residency, or at least thought we could, it meant a sense of security, and being able to be here on our own.
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Like right now, nobody can stop us.
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I actually like living here, so I think I'll probably be here long term as well.
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If you have PR, it's a lot easier to get a house loan and stuff like that.
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I initially thought there's only two ways to get it.
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You know, you marry someone who's Japanese or you live here for 10 years. But...
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Hey guys, how are you?
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I'm Takashi.
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So today I'm going to interview people who have permanent residency visa in Japan.
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How did you get it?
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Okay, let's get started.
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Please introduce yourself.
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Hi, my name is Victoria and I'm originally from Ukraine and I live in Japan for 14 years now.
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Actually, today's my 14th anniversary.
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And I get my permit residence in Japan two years ago.
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after 12 years my name is katie and this is eric and we're married we've lived in japan since 2011
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uh so about like 13 years from states yes we're from virginia
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when did you get permanent residency visa in japan uh 2021
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during right in the middle of covid immediately 10 years after
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we came to japan basically i'm kevin uh i'm 24 years old i'm from brazil
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and I'm living in Japan for six years and a half straight.
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I got My PR visa three years ago.
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My name is Josh.
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I'm from the US and I've been living in Japan for about five and a half years.
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My name is Tokuyu.
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and I'm from Canada and I moved to Japan about two and a half years ago.
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I got PR here after living here for two years, so I just got it this year.
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What initially motivated you to get PR visa?
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I initially came to Japan on a work visa, but there's a restriction when you're here on a work visa, and that is you gotta work.
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But if you lose your job in Japan, You don't just lose your income.
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you lose everything.
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So you lose the friends you've made here, you lose the apartment you set up, all the dreams and aspirations you have of your future in Japan.
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You have to uproot everything and go back to your home country.
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Once we knew that we could get permanent residency or at least thought we could, it meant a sense of security and being able to be here on our own.
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Like right now, nobody can stop us from like doing the jobs that we want to do or things like that.
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It opens up windows and it makes you feel secure in being in Japan for a long time.
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I didn't want to be like limited on like what categories of work that I could do.
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I've been living here quite a long time and I actually like living here, so I think I'll probably be here long term as well.
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So I was thinking about maybe buying a house and if you have PR, it's a lot easier to get a house loan and stuff like that.
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If you're able to do side work also, your category of side work normally is limited by whatever visa you have, right?
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So like you can do side work in the same category, but if you want to do something else, you have to get permission for that.
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Right.
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Or like have PR, you don't have to worry about that at all.
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The first reason I know that one day I want to go back home
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and in order for me to go back and come back here to Japan, it's easier to have stable documents, not like working visa.
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So it was one of the reasons.
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And second reason, when you have a permit residency, it's actually easier for you to live in Japan because you can get loan from the bank, the same as the Japanese people.
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and it's just so much easier.
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I don't need to go to the immigration anymore and I hate
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that place because like they ask like a lot of papers like
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that you need to take every year and every year is the same.
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People working there, it's only foreigners who go there, but people there cannot speak English.
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In Japan, everywhere that you go, people are polite with you, right?
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But like when you weren't In the immigration, people always treat you bad even
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if you were speaking Japanese like they treat you like you just starving them
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and it's the only place here in Japan that I feel that.
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Could you explain the process of getting a period of visa?
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My case was based on years of living and working in Japan
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so I get my permit residence visa as I mentioned after 12 years of Japan
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and it took me like basically not that difficult but actually it was some challenges because when you start to apply
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some documents you didn't have, or for example, you need to pay taxes and pension, right?
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But as a not Japanese, sometimes you don't know that, oh, actually, when you change your job, you still need to pay.
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And plus, just collecting all the documents and waiting, it's a long as well.
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I went and collected most of the documents, or if not all the documents that I would have required by myself, but I was a little bit unsure because I've never tried to apply before.
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And like, I applied, they said it would only take like six months.
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But so many people were actually applying that now it's gotten like the timeline has gotten longer and longer.
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And I actually only heard back after about 12 months.
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And then after 12 months, they sent me something in the mail saying, hey, we want updated tax information.
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I sent that back and then it was another month and I got it.
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I initially thought there's only two ways to get it.
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You marry someone who's Japanese or you live here for 10 years.
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But after I was here for one year, my friend from Canada actually told me there's a point system on how to get PR.
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And if you have enough points, If you have 70 points, you can get PR after three years in Japan.
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And if you have 80 points, you can get it after one year.
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yeah so that's what i did and i just had 80 points exactly
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so i was able to get it after just being here for about a year
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and a half at that point we didn't have that were out to us we had to do the
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wait 10 year route and then we were able to apply.
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So this is what worked for us.
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- My father, he got married with a Japanese dissident, like a Nikkei, because of him I got my visa.
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So it was easy, kind of.
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Yeah, it was really easy.
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- You didn't hire anyone.
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to get a visa no i didn't need to using a lawyer
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while slightly expensive it's just so much less stress yes to deal with it made it so easy
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that she came to our apartment told us the things we
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needed to show they had to take pictures of our toothbrushes to show
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that we had two toothbrushes in the house
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and they were really showing our relationship we had to present them with pictures of us from the past
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which was nice as a reminiscing thing but like they needed to see that proof
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a lot of paperwork that would have been a struggle
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if we'd done it on our own it was easier
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but you still need to collect all the documents by yourself
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so they don't do that for you
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and plus you need to have a sponsor
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so guarantor basically who will give a lot of documents from their side because
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it's it's supposed to be a japanese person
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or it's supposed to be a person who has a permit residence basically
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so you need to have very close relationship with that person as well $1 ,000.
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But they'll help you with everything.
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You can ask whatever questions you have about PR.
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They'll tell you what forms to have.
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They'll help you collect some of the forms, like some of the tax forms from City Hall.
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And then they'll actually submit it to immigration.
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You basically just give them the documentation, then they take it to the immigration office for you on your behalf,
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which-- They also have to have your residence card and your passport.
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No news is good news when it comes to PR.
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If you hear back quickly, it's usually because something like you didn't have enough information or you didn't provide a document that was needed or something.
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But if you don't hear back, usually by the time you finally do hear back, it's either like, "Oh, we just need an updated tax document" or something like that.
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And then the next time you hear back, it's an approval.
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What was the difficult part of getting a PR visa?
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What was the hardest part that you would say?
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knowing about it, right?
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'Cause like, I didn't know until I'd lived here for one year.
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And then the whole process itself is so poorly known, knowing about it and then how to calculate your points.
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I actually wasted six months because I didn't think I had enough points initially.
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'Cause there's weird ways that you can get extra points.
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and then how you apply, like who do you apply to, and then the rules for keeping PR, like it's so ambiguous.
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I think that's true.
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I think people live in Japan, but they don't really, really think the peer visa.
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Peer visa is only for like expats who live here 10 years, 20 years, something like that.
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Yeah.
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That's what I thought.
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Yeah.
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Like I didn't even think about it.
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I was like, hey, you know, I had to be here for at least 10 years.
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Like, let's forget about it for now.
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Many foreigners don't know the rules of pension or like tax situation.
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So I didn't know that some of my pension was not paid just because I was changing the job.
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between like two weeks between jobs.
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And I didn't know that my previous company didn't pay for it.
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And my new company obviously didn't pay for it yet.
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And when I check Nenkin, which is you like probably know, it's a pension system, I realized, so I changed jobs three times.
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So every time when I change a job, I had like almost four months, like gap, like between actually getting like paying pensions.
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So it was a big problem.
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And the biggest problem with a pension, after so many years so it was in the beginning of my life in Japan.
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So our story is a little weird we had a difficulty
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that we created in 2017 and 18 we traveled to Europe
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and at that time we went to the City Hall
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and we told City Hall we're gonna be leaving so they took our...
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We were gone for like six months.
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Okay.
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So they took our address off of our registration.
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And on January 1st if you don't have an apply for permanent residency,
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we kept meeting lawyers and talking to lawyers who were going to help us.
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And they're like, that's totally a problem.
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We can't do anything for you.
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And then we finally found a lawyer that was like, hey, I'll work it out.
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Let's see if we can do this.
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I'll submit it for you.
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And if it doesn't work at that time, I'll resubmit it for you for free when it comes to when you can actually apply.
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The point being, you have to have 10 years uninterrupted residency in Japan to apply for the visa,
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the permanent residency route that we were that gap, it made it ambiguous on whether or not it was going to work, but she made it work.
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And it worked on the first try.
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Our lawyer was amazing.
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Like the people in this video, do you want not just to visit Japan or stay for one year or two, but build your life here?
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Maybe by getting married or having kids or even retiring.
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Any advice for those who want to get permanent residency in Japan?
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I definitely give you advice.
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So first, have a person who can be your guarantor because...
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I have a few friends again, as I mentioned, when they start the application, they told me, "Oh, but who can be my guarantor?" Which is, I didn't have this problem because I just called my friend and said,
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"I need these documents from you." And it was easier, but I would recommend definitely try to...
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like have more Japanese friends who can be helpful for you as well.
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Of course, you just don't wait for them to do something for you, give and take, you know, but this is the main thing, I believe.
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And lastly, make sure you have very stable job, stable salary.
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Then make sure you pay all your taxes and pension because many people actually get rejected based on that.
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had continued to work at a Japanese company while we were in Europe, that was what saved us, I think.
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That we could prove, like, I've always, I still plan to come back here, so here's the proof.
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So pay your bills and stuff.
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- Staying at one company for a long time helps a lot.
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What you wanna do is convey a level of stability
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to the immigration so having like a long time
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that you work at one company makes it look a lot better
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and in our opinion if you can find a good lawyer
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that would be the way to go make sure uh
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if you have like any outside income you have to do uh make sure you do
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that and just like keep up to date with all of
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that stuff like all the all the paperwork make sure you do it
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and obviously like study japanese it helps a lot right uh it's way easy to go through the process
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if you can actually - It's actually the same thing, but like, You need to learn Japanese.
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If you don't know Japanese, you don't know the real
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country the real japan you know like uh there is a lot of things
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that you only realize here in japan
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when you can speak japanese you only can get inside a japanese people's heart
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when you can speak japanese you know
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when you you can like uh follow the hierarchy
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and kind of things
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so it's really important for the pr points you get 10 points for n2 proficiency
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and 15 points for n1 proficiency you know that's great but beyond the points If you want to get PR in Japan,
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that means that you want to live here long term, you definitely should get fluent in Japanese, because that'll help you with your career,
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People who speak English and Japanese are very sought after here.
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and it'll help you with your social circle.
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Don't get it twisted.
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Not everyone in Japan speaks English like Takashi.
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Like, if you only speak English, You can only interact with like 5 % of the population here.
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But if you speak Japanese and English, it's everybody, right?
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And 5%, that's including foreigners who live here.
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If you live in a small town, like, good luck.
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You're gonna, like, meet one person, if you're lucky, who can speak English.
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What did you learn from living in Japan for a long time?
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What did you learn?
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It's hard to answer because everything that I have inside me was based in Japan.
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I'm always thinking like, "Oh, I'm disturbing someone." I'm taking the space of someone or something like that.
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I started to think too much about other people.
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And when I talk to Japanese people, older people, even if they are only one year older than me, I take too much to cross the hierarchy.
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Everyone has friends in the same age, you know, because of the hierarchy.
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It's hard to get friends when you are older or younger, you know?
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We went to America for three months over the summer and we really were confronted with the individualism instead of the community.
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And I think that we've really shed of Americans.
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Like, this is mine.
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Get out of my lane.
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I'm doing my thing.
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This is what I believe.
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Like, all of that, the me, my, and I, we've really shed that.
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The perspective of somebody who has immigrated to another country differently than I did before.
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Like, I understand, like, some of the troubles or difficulties that a person can have when they aren't from that country.
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And some of that is dealing with visa things and thinking about, like, when we were on those one -year visas,
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So I just feel like I have maybe more empathy for people
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that have moved to a country that they're not actually from than I would have before having come here.
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I kind of learned perspective from my own country, like what stuff I really didn't like about it and what stuff I did like about it.
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When I when I come to another country and live in another culture, right?
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Obviously, like you're also an outsider in that culture, but like it also gives you perspective on your own your own country as well.
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So I found there's actually a lot of stuff that I wasn't really as familiar with.
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Like when I first moved here, you know, I had been here on a few trips first, right, before actually moving here and deciding to move here.
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interesting.
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I've learned a lot of stuff about the culture here.
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I've learned to be a little bit more introspective about my own culture.
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Learning multiple languages has been really fun.
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Many actually foreigners, they kind of stick to other foreigners as a group.
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Especially Tokyo.
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Especially Tokyo.
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But I cannot give advice for everybody who come into Japan
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or like who just thinking to move already live here and still have only foreign friends.
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Try to find Japanese friends.
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challenging because culture is very different so
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but it takes time to become very close with japanese friends
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but i definitely will give advice try to find japanese friends
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because you will find a friends they will be forever with you this is one thing secondly
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when you as a foreigner you come here you can't change japan it's very unique it's very great culture
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so you need to adjust like But Japan is a country where you need to follow rules.
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And if you're not okay with that, maybe Japan will be not the right country for you.
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It's easy to get isolated.
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Like I'm from Canada and it's really far away, right?
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When you move to Japan, like I was only thinking of the adventure, like I'm gonna be a YouTuber in Japan, I'm gonna have a whole life here, it's a cool country.
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But you're leaving behind your family and the friends that you've made throughout your entire life.
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real effort to stay in touch with your old friends and family.
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Like it's easy to just put off the phone call, put off the phone call, Stay in touch, 'cause those are the people you've known forever, and that you can confide in when you really need them.
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Really make an effort to make new friends in Japan.
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'Cause before I moved here, I never tried to make friends, right?
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Like in school, like you just naturally meet people, right?
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You have all these people your age, they speak your language, they're from your culture.
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But if you were to move to Japan as an adult and you're working here, it's really hard.
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Are you going to live in Japan for good?
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For good, forever, I don't know.
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But we did buy a house a couple of years ago, which means we're going to be here for a while.
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I can't envision myself moving back to the States.
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I just don't find myself to be very comfortable when we're there.
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And I just can't see myself wanting to live there a long time.
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It's okay to visit, but...
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But on the other hand, I don't know what's going to be like in 20 years or something, you know?
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What I'm going to think.
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I think definitely, like, I see the next 10 years here.
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And then after 10 years, I can't imagine myself being like, "Oh, so where are we going to hop to now?" So I kind of do see it super long term.
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I love Japan.
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I love to live in Japan. So...
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For now, I think yes, but...
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Sometimes I'm kind of afraid because the Japanese economy is going really like a...
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Right, right.
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Yeah, it's not good.
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Yeah, it's not good.
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It's going like a really bad.
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So, and Japanese people like, they are changing their minds about a lot of things, but they are still to close mind, you know?
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So, I don't know, I'm afraid about the Japanese future.
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I don't know if Japan will be a good country to live in 30 years, I think, because of the economy.
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You probably know the political climate is a little shaky right now in the US, so...
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I'm honestly glad I'm living here right now and not having to deal with a lot of that, but...
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Long term in the future, like...
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I don't know like I honestly could see myself living here
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at least for a few decades at absolutely yeah that's wrong
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that's not yeah At least I think I could I could probably see myself doing
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that beyond that I don't like it when I retire I don't know
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if I am going to retire in Japan
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or not I'm thinking about it yeah I'm thinking about it
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but I'm not I'm not sure yet I'm not sure
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if I want to live here forever yet
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but for a long time right now yeah in indefinitely for now is there any conditions
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that you need to be in Japan like - Ah, like for the visa.
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- For the visa, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- Right, yeah.
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That's what I thought
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because in Canada you have to be there at least two years of every five years that you're there.
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In Japan, you don't even need to live here.
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It does still expire as long as you come back to Japan and just redo the paperwork, which takes like a couple days, then your permanent residency gets re -extended.
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I think for 10 more years, maybe 7 or 10, I didn't know what it is up top.
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It's not that difficult.
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Yeah, we have a friend who has permanent residency, but he's lived in Sweden for quite a while now.
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And he had to come back to get it redone and it wasn't that hard.
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It took him a couple days.
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Okay, anyway, thank you for watching so far.
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How was it?
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That was interesting.
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who have lived in Japan for 10 years, 20 years, because the competition tend to be more informative, more deeper, and I really like them.
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So if you have one of them who live in Japan for a long time, please let me know.
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Let me interview you.
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Okay, anyway, thank you for watching.
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If you liked this video, click like button.
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Please subscribe to my channel.
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And don't forget to follow my Instagram and TikTok.
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I upload short version of my videos there.
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And if you have any questions that you want me to ask people in Japan, please leave the comment too.
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See you next time.
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you.
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Context & Background
In this enlightening video, various individuals share their experiences in obtaining permanent residency (PR) in Japan. Each person offers unique perspectives based on their backgrounds and reasons for pursuing residency in the country. They discuss the challenges and motivations behind their decision, revealing that a PR visa provides a sense of security and stability that temporary work visas do not offer. Having lived in Japan for a significant period, they express their desire to remain long-term and explore new opportunities, such as home ownership and expanded employment options.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "I actually like living here, so I think I'll probably be here long term as well."
- "It meant a sense of security and being able to be here on our own."
- "If you have PR, it's a lot easier to get a house loan."
- "You lose everything if you lose your job in Japan."
- "It opens up windows and it makes you feel secure."
These phrases reflect the speakers’ sentiments regarding their experiences and aspirations in Japan. By incorporating them into your daily English speaking practice, you can enhance your conversational fluency and express your emotions more effectively.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To improve your English speaking skills, you can utilize the shadowspeak technique by shadowing this video. Follow these steps to maximize your learning experience:
- Watch the Video: Start by watching the video slowly and attentively. Pay close attention to the speakers’ pronunciation, intonation, and pacing.
- Listen and Repeat: Use a shadowing app or simply pause the video at intervals. Repeat what the speakers say, trying to match their tone and speed.
- Focus on Key Phrases: Take note of the top phrases listed above. Practice them multiple times until you can say them confidently and naturally.
- Record Yourself: After practicing, record yourself speaking these phrases. Compare your recordings to the original audio to assess your progress and identify areas for improvement.
- Engage in Daily Practice: Incorporate these phrases into your everyday conversations. The more you use them, the more natural they will become. Aim for at least 10-15 minutes of practice daily.
By following this guide, you can effectively learn English with YouTube while diving into real-life conversations about important topics such as residency and stability in a foreign country. Embrace the journey, and soon, you’ll find yourself speaking with greater confidence and fluency.
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Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — önceden başlayıp hâlâ süren bir eylem | I've been living |
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | we've lived · you've made · I've never tried |
| İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgi | people who have · person who has · Nenkin, which is |
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | is limited · was based · was needed |
Gölgeleme Tekniği Nedir?
Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.