tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post4496612408623523998..comments2024-03-25T21:14:49.666-04:00Comments on Joel Swagman (Reviews / TESOL): Beppu / 別府Joel Swagmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-67521718625406639312008-04-04T17:41:00.000-04:002008-04-04T17:41:00.000-04:00It's a common complaint of foreigners in Japan tha...It's a common complaint of foreigners in Japan that Japanese people never speak Japanese to them. That said, when I think over the day in Beppu, with the exception of the old man at the hot spring all of these conversations occured in Japanese. <BR/><BR/>Beppu has a large foreign population, but they're mostly exchange students so they can speak Japanese pretty well. So the assumption is usually that you can speak Japanese.Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-11499448189469068542008-04-04T12:58:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:58:00.000-04:00Curious about how your typical occasional conversa...Curious about how your typical occasional conversation with a Japanese speaker goes — say, w/ the waitress in the Joyfull. Mostly in Japanese, mostly in English, all one or the other, or a more random/even mix? In a city like Beppu with a high foreign population, do Japanese try speaking to you first in English or first in Japanese, on average?paul bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409615610994443652noreply@blogger.com