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Which Members Speak Fluent English?

Discussion in 'General AKB48 Discussion' started by KyriosArios, Jun 3, 2014.

  1. Animeswordmaster

    Animeswordmaster Kenkyuusei

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    My thinking is that maybe the costumes aren't fitted to them individually?
     
  2. Syd4HaruNaka

    Syd4HaruNaka Kenkyuusei Stage48 Donor

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    By "which members" do we mean from the entire 48 family or just the Japanese franchises?
    If from the entire family I would say average JKT48 girls have at least some amount of English knowledge. Just like what gotbild said I am Indonesian and we do speak quite an amount of English as our second language and it's common for us to join tutoring at school and/or since childhood.
    Harugon (Nakagawa Haruka) is probably the one that have the lease of the skill compared to the other girls, but she is learning almost on daily basis, and start trying to twitt with her fans in English,
    Of course the fans are helping her to learn as well (though she's not allow to reply directly to us but she can learn more phrases
    from our replies). She's quite a fast learner as well. In one and a half year of her journey in Indonesia, she's already improving so much in Indonesian language and can actually co-host in one of the current famous TV Show, much better compared to Takajo Aki and Rena Nozawa while they were here.
    So if she goes back to AKB (which is highly unlikely considering her age and her career prospect), she would probably become one of the multi linguists amongst everyone, possessing knowledge in Japanese, Bahasa (Indonesia) and English.

    hmmm, I also wonder if I write a fan letter in English to Acchan, will she be able to read it? (if she reads it).
     
  3. Shoka

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    Tentoumu-chu! had to communicate with foreigners once on their show. It's pretty funny to see how bad they are. Kojimako is not very good but she actually understood what the guy was saying and she wasn't afraid to speak.

    http://video.fc2.com/de/content/20140415mxyGG0MP/

    Takajo Aki is also alright, probably due to being in JKT. She's had quite a few programs in foreign countries. Not very good still but she's not afraid to speak.
     
  4. Animeswordmaster

    Animeswordmaster Kenkyuusei

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    I didn't even know they had their own show o.o

    THIS IS SOOO ADORABLE. Also, Takajo Aki's English isn't too bad. She read off a few of her English texts from fans in Indonesia once. Her pronunciation is really solid, and she's confident.

    Kojimako is a typical Japanese student who excelled in English during school, but due to how English is taught in Japan (completely other topic that I'm willing to go into but take a long time doing it (I have a Japanese degree with a thesis on Second-Language Acquisition)), her English, when compared to other Japanese people, is good, but compared to native English speakers, she's passable. (I'm not bashing on Kojimako because she's one of my oshi, but I'm just using her as an example of typical Japanese English learners)
     
  5. Nighthawk141

    Nighthawk141 Kenkyuusei

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    Kitarie has a level 3 Eiken but dunno with her Speech/talk skill
     
  6. Nighthawk141

    Nighthawk141 Kenkyuusei

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    Can you give me another link man?
     
  7. Shoka

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    Yeah, I just found an even better version.

     
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    Yu HuiWen and Wang FeiSi did but they're gone now :/
     
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    I will check it later. thanks anyway
     
  10. Animeswordmaster

    Animeswordmaster Kenkyuusei

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    Cristafari Stage48 Admin Staff Member Stage48 Admin

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    Actually that is Shukan AKB. I believe it is from DVD Vol. 21
     
  13. Nighthawk141

    Nighthawk141 Kenkyuusei

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    really? I knew it from AKBingo when AKB48 want to meet Angelina Jolie
     
  14. ForrestFuller

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    That episode of AKBINGO wasn't until August of 2010.
     
  15. Cristafari

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    I'm not sure what you mean, but that linked video is a Shukan AKB episode. If you watch the intro you will see. It also says it on the video description.
     
  16. Nighthawk141

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    wait until im finished my school. Gotta upload the pic
     
  17. Animeswordmaster

    Animeswordmaster Kenkyuusei

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    Yeah the video I linked to clearly says AKB Shukan. I'm aware of the episode you're talking about as well, and here it is. I'm not arguing that she's NOT an Eiken lvl 3 lol.
     
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  18. Nighthawk141

    Nighthawk141 Kenkyuusei

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    Well im not that clearly know what you mean, reading when sleepy is suck xD
     
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  19. Animeswordmaster

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    Ok, I apologize, since I see English isn't your native tongue. Basically, the video I posted is NOT AKBingo!, it is AKB Shukan, which is a different TV show. I posted the video to give an example of Kitarie speaking English.
     
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  20. Syd4HaruNaka

    Syd4HaruNaka Kenkyuusei Stage48 Donor

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    Speaking of which, how many TV shows are they actually mainly involved in? Or special programmes that we can watch online ?

    So far I only know:

    AKBingo
    AKB Shukan
    Majisuka Gakuen
    AKB600seconds
    AKB Private video

    [SNH]
    SNHello

    [JKT48]
    JKT48 Schools
    JKT48 Missions
    JKT48 Story
    iClub48
    Harugon (仲川遥香) co-hosting every once in a while in a local show called INI Talkshow

    Is there anything else, especially with AKB and the Japanese SGs ? I love watching them all
     

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