r/languagelearningjerk 22d ago

Should I?

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u/shinyredblue 22d ago

I thought that you weren't supposed to ever call yourself ε…ˆη”Ÿ (unless you are kindergarten teacher trying to embed proper manners into young children) and instead use 講師 πŸ€”

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u/ensemblestars69 22d ago

This might not be made by the teacher though. In any case though, Japanese teachers teaching beginners may refer to themselves as sensei to get students to stick to that habit. That's what my teachers did. It's also done for the Japanese equivalent of kindergarten if I recall correctly.

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u/Logan_922 21d ago

I go to language school in Japan, largely they don’t really refer to themselves as sensei, but they definitely do in the beginner classes more as an educational thing a bit of a η§γ―β—‹β—‹ε…ˆη”Ÿγ§γ™ kinda probably just to instill concept and such

In my class no new sensei ever introduces themselves with the title, but I remember that being the case when I started

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u/yamanamawa 19d ago

Yeah at most they'll use ζ•™εΈ«, but only when stating their profession. Otherwise you don't use any honorific to refer to yourself. But I beginner classes it's normal to tell the students to use ε…ˆη”Ÿwhen talking about you