1 ~In response to the "Bat" video~
Hello!
In this video, Yume-chan gives a lecture on the topic, "What if bats disappeared from the Earth?"
Yume-chan's lectures are not just about conveying that "bats are important,"
- Food (crops)
- Value chain (health impacts)
- Ecological cycle (the growth of fruits and flowers)
By logically connecting these points, he gave a fun and easy-to-understand explanation of just how important bats are to the Earth.
Another major attraction is the way it captures the "chain reactions caused by unexpected phenomena" and "natural spiral growth" from a natural perspective.
2 ~The ability to "learn in English" as seen in Yume-chan's lectures~
Yume-chan's lectures include the skills she has cultivated through DWE and Besty-style home English.
- Thinking in English
- Understand and express your thoughts in English
The power is very natural.
Rather than learning a language simply as a skill,They are able to use English as a tool to connect knowledge and thinking.
This is what Besty's Home English aims to achieve.The correct way to "study in English"It can be said that.
3 ~Bats and the Earth's Ecosystem~
"What if the bats disappeared?"
🌟 Agriculture and health impacts
When bats disappear, they have to protect their crops.
Pesticides are used in large quantities.
However, it seems that these pesticides can sometimes be harmful to the human body.
By eating pests, bats support farmers and protect our health.
🌟 Fruits and the natural cycle
Bats eat fruit and carry seeds as they fly.
The seeds then fall into the soil and grow into new trees and flowers.
Without bats, cocoa trees, the source of apples and chocolate, might not thrive.
🌟 A hero protecting human health
Without bats, there will be a huge increase in mosquitoes.
Mosquito bites not only cause itching, but can also carry diseases.
Bats eat mosquitoes and keep us healthy!
Thus, if bats disappear,
- Earth Agriculture
- natural cycle
- human health
It will start to affect everything!
4 ~Language expression and its development~
In this English lecture,
- Mispronouncing Earth and bats
- Confusing plural and singular forms
- A small mistake: omitting the object immediately after recognize
There are also some minor issues such as:
However, these are proof that Yume has "intuitively mastered the language."
Don't be afraid of making grammatical mistakesI can express my thoughts in Englishthing.
That is the growth process more than anything.
Besty Home Learning Institute
~Introduction to important grammar~
0:12-0:16
We are going to learn about‘What if all bats disappear?’'’
What if + S + V (present tense)?
What if S does V? (What if statement)
0:17-0:19
You must be wondering,
・must be ～
0:20-0:23
If bats disappear from the earth,
If + S + V, if S is V (if statement)
0:35-0:36
like in the television.
like ～ like ～
0:38-0:41
If bats weren't in the earth,
If + S + were not ～ If S was ～
(The conditional mood is used to express events that do not actually occur.)
0:42-0:51
The farmers don't have a choice but to spray some harmful water named pesticide.
don't have a choice but to do
0:52-0:54
which is really harmful to our health.
"Which" describes the previous pesticide. (The relative word "which" is used.)
1:05-1:09
Then, the farmer will have Lots of money,
lots of;
Money is an uncountable noun, so you cannot use many.
1:09-1:14
Because the bats want to eat bugs.
want to ～
1:44-1:46
This is going to be really bad.
be going to ~ Expressing something that will happen in the future (≒ will)
2:30-2:37
And then, the big tree have some apples and some chocolate,
trees have
The expression "fruit grows on trees" is correct in English as "trees have".
2:49-2:55
But it doesn't mean that it's only our fruit, it's the bats' fruit, too!
it doesn't mean that
3:13-3:20
The withered flower will be very great and energized.
be energized energize (passive voice) (be + past participle)
4:31-4:34
We'll continue to die.
continue to do
4:36-4:39
We have to learn about that
have to ～ must ～
- Summary of correct and incorrect English expressions -
0:32-0:34
【Incorrect】You know, because earth is our superhero!
[Correct] You know, because bats are our superhero!
[Explanation]
I think Yume-chan wanted to say, "Bats are superheroes," but accidentally said "Earth" 🐱lol
0:37-0:41
【Incorrect】Well, if bats weren't in the Earth,
【Correct】Well, if bats weren't on the Earth,
[Explanation]
The bats are on the Earth, not in it, so it is appropriate to use "on."
Yume-chan tends to say "in the Earth" 🐱
At what point does it become "on the Earth"?
1:52-1:56
【Incorrect】But, if the bats were here, they can come to the rescue.
[Correct] But, if the bats are here, they can come to the rescue.
[Explanation]
If you change it to "If the bats were ...",Past subjunctive moodThe "can" at the end becomes "could", but in this case it means that if there were bats, they would come to help (but there aren't, so they can't help).
Here, the context is saying, "There are bats, and they will come to help us."
It is in the present tense, like "If bats are..., they can...".
2:15-2:21
【Incorrect】Well, the bat will have two flowers, and get it together, like this.
【Correct】Well, the bat will have two flowers, and get them together, like this.
[Explanation]
The pronoun for two flowers is plural, so them is appropriate, not it.
2:22-2:29
【Incorrect】Then, the apple tree and the chocolate trees will go a BIG tree!
[Correct] Then, the apple trees and the chocolate trees will go BIG trees!
2:30-2:37
【Incorrect】And then, the big tree have some apples and some chocolate,
【Correct】And then, the big trees have some apples and some chocolate,
[Explanation]
This is also plural, so trees would be more appropriate than tree.
By the way, Yume-chan suddenly said "cacao tree, the raw material for chocolate.""Chocolate Tree"He says.
It's like a fantasy and it's cute 🐱
3:27-3:29
【Incorrect】And then, there’'s Lots of flowers.
【Correct】And then, there're lots of flowers.
[Explanation]
This is also plural, so "are" is more appropriate than "is" 🐱
The distinction between singular and plural is still unclear, which indicates that this is still a developmental stage that will lead to adult English.
4:08-4:12
【Incorrect】We can't recognize because mosquitoes are really small.
[Correct] We can't recognize them because mosquitoes are really small.
[Explanation]
The word recognize requires an object that means "what."
Here, it says, "The mosquito is so small that you don't notice it."We need them, which are synonymous with mosquitoes.is.
4:27-4:30
[Incorrect] Lots of mosquitoes have poisonous inside them
[Correct] Lots of mosquitoes have poison inside them
[Explanation]
Poisonous is an adjective, so in this case it is the noun poison.
*Yume's mom says, "I've heard the word poison before, but this is the first time I've learned that the adjective is poisonous. I was happy to see that he made a mistake using a word that is difficult (for Japanese people), which shows that he is learning English using his native language."
Bestie's thoughts on grammatical errors
As those who study English will know, there are some grammatical errors in the English that Yume-chan speaks in the video.
However, Besty's goal is not to enable children to immediately become proficient in proper English (the so-called "correct English for Japanese entrance exams").
They believe that if they focus on things like "You need to use 'the' here" or "It's wrong to have 'in' here" and try to correct every single mistake, it will discourage children from using English, even though they are having fun learning it and are actively trying to use it, and they will end up disliking English.
What's even more important is that at Besty, when raising children bilingually in Japanese and English, we encourage them to learn and use their native language, just as they do so.The aim is to "learn English naturally, intuitively, and through application."That's why.
If adults place too much emphasis on getting children to speak using so-called correct grammar, children will not be able to learn how to use language in an intuitive way, like how we naturally and intuitively learned and became proficient in Japanese.
Rather, the reason why Yume-chan is now able to speak English as well as a native speaker and her English ability is improving rapidly is because she is absorbing English in the same way that a native Japanese speaker learns Japanese."It's because I can use words intuitively."I think so.
Therefore, I don't directly correct Yume-chan's English mistakes.
It's only natural that children will make mistakes when they speak English, but I'm actually really looking forward to watching Yume's growth process, seeing how she will use English as she grows, correct and improve her English expressions, and turn them into adult English.
