The Real Truth About Project Uproot (+ Matt vs Japan New Scam)

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8 ай бұрын

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In this video, I give an update about the project uproot course that was designed by Matt (matt vs japan, MIA, Refold) and Ken Cannon (Japanese through anime, Protocol 80) to help Japanese learners learn pitch accent in order to sound more like a native Japanese speaker. Project uproot is a course that received great controversy when it was announced due to the marketing used and the price of the course. This is a review of that course which is meant to improve the learners pitch accent and intonation in Japanese. Many Japanese learners in the ajatt (all japanese all the time), DJT (daily japanese thread), and Refold (formerly mass immersion approach) were disillusioned by the promotion used to market the course. I am taking the project uproot course for the purpose of review and to help people learning Japanese to be able to decide if they want to spend their money on this course or not. I also talk about the new scam that MattVSJapan and Ken Cannon are selling. Refold was once called Mass Immersion Approach, which was based on AJATT (All Japanese All the Time.)

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@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

tnx fr watch. plz subscrib

@japanesefromzero 7 ай бұрын

$800??? For just pitch-accent?

@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

Yes sir, $500 for the course + $300 upsell to “hold your hand to fluency.” Big fan btw

@joesavag 7 ай бұрын

It was $500 For early entries. Some had the free $300 upsell. The course is still going after the 1.5 years.

@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

@@joesavag I got it the day it released and I paid an extra $300 for platinum. They haven’t put anything up for a few months so I think it’s done but I could be wrong.

@terrieedwards836 7 ай бұрын

Good start on exposing the scam and giving good and bad reviews. Seems fair. You’re really funny, too. Loved the travel videos

@HakuYuki001 7 ай бұрын

You are an absolute moron to think Matt is not a scam artist as you stated in a recent video. Matt's entire stint on KZfaq has been about ingraining the idea that to learn a language all you need to do is lots of reading and listening, to build up vocab through anki and to shadow other people's accents whilst learning about pitch accent. One doesn't need any textbooks, grammar manuals, classes or teachers. This new project of his is just him being your teacher and teaching you about the Japanese language. THE LITERAL ANTITHESIS TO EVERYTHING HE HAS EVER TAUGHT. He's just preying on people who just follow his every word.

@CScott-wh5yk 7 ай бұрын

It’s kinda funny Matt took all the good will he built over years and used to to do this. 🤣 Pretty ridiculous.

@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

Very short sighted on one hand, but on the other, he smartly distanced himself from the Refold brand and is undoubtedly still making a good percentage off that, so he can milk his personal brand and still have something to fall back on.

@HakuYuki001 7 ай бұрын

@@yokai1 Yep, most scammers are smart.

@yishihara55527 3 ай бұрын

Typical Big Nose tactics

@lazydictionary 7 ай бұрын

For $120/month, just hire a tutor/teacher for multiple Zoom sessions a month. They're just searching for whales to continue milking.

@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

I like the term paypig

@yishihara55527 3 ай бұрын

@@yokai1 He a pretty horrible person. I've interacted with him live a few times.

@happyunicorn2468 Ай бұрын

@@yishihara55527 I know this is a late reply but can you elaborate? I am a still a fan of Matt and was there for his patreon Q/As, he never really struck me as a bad person. Maybe a little arrogant and egotistical but never seen him as a horrible person.

@yishihara55527 Ай бұрын

@@happyunicorn2468 Don't ask me. Ask Yoga.

@amarug 21 күн бұрын

@@happyunicorn2468 He is fake and a liar, he is good at constructing a semi-likable persona, but as you said, even there his arrogance and egoism shines through. Just listen to the stories of how he treated others, like his co-workers etc. He is absolute trash

@stayblueee 7 ай бұрын

what makes this even more depressing is that Matt’s content is really good. you could maybe have written off project uproot and their marketing as aggressive marketing, but the most recent scam you talked about in your video is exactly that, **a scam.**

@stayblueee 7 ай бұрын

iirc, advertising a product as if it has a discount to make you think you’re getting a good deal is illegal

@Ph34rNoB33r 5 ай бұрын

@@stayblueeeDetails depend on the country. I've worked for a company where everything is always discounted. But they do initially sell like 50 items at full price before selling many thousand items at a 30% discount. That way they are on the safe side.

@XgamersXdimensions 5 ай бұрын

The way to get around “reading creates improper pitch” is to do one of the following. The first is to read w/ corresponding audiobooks so that you can hear the native pronunciation. This is more like “being read to” rather than you reading it yourself- your eyes just following along the page as the narrator dictates the pace. The second option is to read aloud and have a native speaker correct your accent/intonation, This is a great tool for working on your pronunciation as you are forced to verbalize everything you can read and say it correctly. Reading is a great tool for improving your Japanese- the complex vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure are really useful for getting you to a higher level of literacy and fluency. Adding in those two method above ensures that you can make these great language gains while still working to improve your accent. Not reading is really just the “nuclear alternative” that isn’t a good solution as it doesn’t address the problem head-on.

@yokai1 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree, that's probably the best way to do things if you're really focused on pitch.

@namless3654 6 ай бұрын

It would probably be cheaper and more effective to just hire a personal tutor

@omagodosidiomas 7 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for this video! I remember when they started marketing Uproot and it seemed like they had discovered something entirely new. I was just expecting for a video like yours to confirm my suspicions. Just marketing. And is it just me or is that Ken guy just too good with words? It's scary. Well at least Refold seems to be going in a way better direction now.

@yokai1 6 ай бұрын

Yessir! ❤

@kairu_b 2 ай бұрын

Great outro 😎

@nioi 7 ай бұрын

daddy's back

@adonasbuhr2784 7 ай бұрын

When people get hungry they are going to look for a way to eat.

@neight227 5 ай бұрын

Man i miss matts old q&a videos.Have you seen them?

@yokai1 5 ай бұрын

I've seen most of them yeah

@burntt999 5 ай бұрын

Maybe I should just paste this into the retold discord.. getting tired of my membership anyway haha

@memania- Ай бұрын

Been studying Japanese for 3 years. Although my communication skills are still somehow limited, but my teacher never struggles to understand me. I've never started pitch accent, I'm just listening to what she says and I repeat 😂

@emraef 7 ай бұрын

you are engaging in fear based marketing by scheduling this premiere!!!!!!!!!!!

@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

Mwahahahaa

@dycedargselderbrother5353 7 ай бұрын

But what about the virus? Are you cured of it yet?

@yokai1 7 ай бұрын

I’m afraid it’s terminal. Dr. Matt said I’ve only 3 months unless I buy his new course

@andrettax6052 4 ай бұрын

I think this video is great to expose it and it was funny was well, the irony and stuff. But I thought you were going to shit harder on them and maybe express more your regret on falling for the trap of Project Uproot, which is fine that you did, I think it is admirable that you wanted to badly to learn japanese and was willing to try new stuff at the time, because obviously you weren't seeing it as a scam in the first place, nothing to be shamed for, seriously. You did other video analyzing their strategy, but their strategy is even more disingenuous than that actually, if you look the Anacreon edits of how Matt in private conversations admits his strategy to grab money that he based on how Katsumoto got tons of money, not only that, but he finds a way to justify it in his head saying that he is offering what people want and he doesn't believe that more than 10% of people succeed anyways and stuff. I don't think Matt is inherently evil or something, I don't like that term anyway, like saying someone is evil because of something that is not a criminal activity at all. But definitely he is way more disingenuous than most teachers and educators and he wanted something out of his 10+ plus years of specializing in something and doesn't care if they use insane marketing strategies. But it is just insane they say that it is possible to be "fluent" in Japanese in 2 years. But you have put that well, that is a "shit term" and we should get rid of that.

@yokai1 4 ай бұрын

Totally agree, I think I couldn’t find that footage when I was making the video

@Manubombz 4 ай бұрын

I feel bad for you man the amount u payed for this shit is outrageous based on the amount of content/resources you had provided to you based on this subscription. Deadass bro you got scammed for the amount your paying there are way better options out there that are payed (E.g Nativeshark). I'm glad you made this video however dude I've seen similar "conspiracies" pop up around Matt and shine light on his shadyness but nothing like this and your other videos. Dude threw away all his good reputation and stable income through his KZfaq vids for nothing.

@yokai1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, never heard of Nativeshark I’ll have to take a look. Don’t feel sorry for me, I bought it knowing the promises were unbelievable. I do feel sorry for others though. Editing a long video about pitch accent rn.

@zahleer 4 ай бұрын

Matt has always been toxic, this is to be expected. I honestly can't see how people praise one dude who literally got depressed because of his obsesion with Japanese and didn't understand the culture at that time. A dude who claims Japanese people see you as a filthy foreign unless you have a C2. Man, let's all call out on this dude like he really needs to be censored. I'm glad he left Refold 'cause he's not doing any good to anyone. I really don't understand how people go this far in the name of watching anime without subs, I'm not saying you who's reading this I'm saying those whose entire motivation to learn a language is anime... I try my best to respect you all, long live the European languages.

@burntt999 5 ай бұрын

I think Matt is just an arrogant language elitist.. that had a ridiculous amount of motivation to do a ridiculous amount of anki… but idk 🤷

@zahleer 4 ай бұрын

I've always seen the dude as a toxic and arrogant person. I'm really amazed at how this has gone to the point people are lauding him over other people who deserve more respect... like Steve Kauffman who's an older man and therefore deserves to be respected got bullied by Matt's entourage of followers. Let's stop this madness, or people will get depressed just like he did because of his obsesion.

@Limemill 3 ай бұрын

@@zahleerSteve Kauffman was pretty arrogant in that interview until he actually heard Matt speak Japanese. You could tell he went from ‘This little shit who thinks too much about himself’ to ‘Oh…’. just looking at his facial expressions. I think he just thinks that learning lots of languages for reading is the ultimate bliss and everyone else who has a different goal (learning one language to the point of near perfection) is just silly and Steve doesn’t want to waste his time on them. I think he has fairly obvious ADHD whereas Matt looks and sounds like someone living with autism. So, very different vibes

@Retog 6 ай бұрын

Listening immersion is more effective. Just keep listening and doing anki, reading is pretty overrated.

@AConnorDN38416 6 ай бұрын

And what research do you base this on? I’m guessing none at all.

@AConnorDN38416 6 ай бұрын

Encouraging Anki over reading is the most laughably misguided advice I’ve seen in a while on language learning.

@Retog 6 ай бұрын

@@AConnorDN38416 Oojiman did that and got more fluent than most

@Retog 6 ай бұрын

@@AConnorDN38416 It’s ok if you don’t understand how effective listening and reading is. Anki is helpful but completely unnecessary.

@yokai1 6 ай бұрын

IMO listening immersion is more effective in the beginning stages, but once you’ve gotten used to the language and you’ve hit the 80% comprehension mark reading allows you to make gains faster for several reasons. 1. You’re not relying on visual stimulus to aid comprehension, 2. You encounter words faster because there are no pauses and you’re reading speed will eventually progress to where you read faster than a normal person speaks, 3. If you’re reading on a phone, ereader, or tablet, it’s much more convenient to look up words, 4. You’ll encounter words and grammar patterns that you won’t find in tv shows.

@drizzbizz9063 5 ай бұрын

bro why do i need to sit through 2.5 mins of nonsense for you to get to the point of the video?

@yokai1 5 ай бұрын

My bad, baby. I can change, I promise

@drizzbizz9063 5 ай бұрын

ill sub but if you don't change i'm unsubbing@@yokai1

@Limemill 3 ай бұрын

New to the Internet? Go look up a recipe of boiled potatoes and see how long it takes before you lose your marbles raking through a meandering story praising the potato for 3 minutes, giving the much needed history lesson for another five and telling a personal anecdote for another four before sneaking in the ‘recipe’ in the most unexpected spot on the page so that you can’t find it just by scanning

@sadhikikomori4150 5 ай бұрын

you call it a scam but u never provided evidence for that,aggressive marking its not what u call a scam,you can say its imoral if u think it is,but a scam thats not right,so your videos are just simple opnions,not facts

@nonononono296 6 ай бұрын

Where's the scam? Companies market in order to sell things, which involves providing value in exchange for goods and services. It's how the economy works. A one year guarantee is ridiculously good, providing it's honored, which this guy has no reason to believe it wouldn't be. I recommend you spend some time creating something of value, instead of attempting to tear down the creations of others. Also, wear clothes.

@yokai1 6 ай бұрын

それは君の感想だな I won’t wear clothes and you can’t make me!