First, if you don't work in Korean in the future.
If you don't engage in Korean-related work in the future, but know a new language, you will still get extra points. At least you have one more skill, so you don't have to worry about different languages when you travel to Korea. If you bring your family and friends, as a translator, you will actually feel a great sense of accomplishment.
If you are a language major, you definitely need to learn a foreign language, so Korean is a good choice. The requirements for foreign languages in general schools are not so high. If you can get an intermediate certificate in Korean, you can directly exchange two foreign credits. I have a friend who went to Korea for an exchange in junior year, and came back with an intermediate certificate in Korean in senior year to give credits directly.
In addition to language majors, there are also Chinese language and literature majors. If you want to be a lecturer in Chinese as a foreign language in the future, it is also very necessary to learn another foreign language. Why recommend Korean? Because Korean is relatively simple and easy to learn, so I will briefly introduce Korean at last.
I believe that people who study Korean are generally interested in Korean dramas or love beans and culture. After learning Korean well, they don't have to wait for the subtitle translation. Maybe they can't understand everything, but most of them can. And because there are so many people chasing Han Xing now, Korean Aidou will also have some accounts or something. If she can send some Korean videos, she may need a part-time translator. If she can speak Korean, she can also take a part-time job, accumulate some experience and make money by the way.
Second, to learn Korean, you must engage in related work.
The first suggestion is translation. If you are interested in translation, you can actually try it. But it is really difficult to do translation, after all, translation is divided into many directions. Because South Korea's plastic surgery technology is relatively developed, and the number of plastic surgeons in China is increasing in recent years, people pay more attention to medical beauty, so many Koreans come to China to open beauty salons, and at this time they need translators. I tried to translate myself a few years ago, that is, a Korean came to China to open a beauty salon. According to this trend, this industry also needs Korean translation.
Then engage in Korean teaching. Because of the epidemic this year, the whole employment environment is very bad. Many companies laid off employees, and many people lost their jobs one after another. Some people haven't even found a job for half a year.
However, Korean training institutions are very short of Korean teachers, especially online Korean teachers. Because of the epidemic, many offline training institutions have turned online, and of course, so have training institutions in South Korea. At a time when most people are unemployed, the position of Korean teacher is in great need of talents.
And because of the influence of Korean culture, there are many people chasing Han Xing in China, so there is no need to worry about the source of students. There are also many people studying in Korea, so there is a great demand for Korean. Although many people go directly to the Korean Institute when they study in Korea, there are still many people who choose to study Korean in China and get a TOPIK certificate before studying in Korea.
Learning in a language school has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can learn pronunciation from Koreans, and it is easier to speak in a language environment, which will greatly improve your spoken English. The disadvantage is that if Korean teachers can't speak Chinese, it will be more difficult to learn grammar, because Koreans can't explain in Chinese and may not understand long sentences, which may increase the difficulty of continuing learning at the intermediate level. Therefore, many foreign students in Korea will choose online Korean training institutions to learn Korean.
The tuition fee for studying in the Korean Language Institute is relatively expensive, which may be several thousand yuan a semester, and the progress is very slow. Basically, you can finish reading a book in one semester. According to the progress of the language institute, it may take two years to study from zero to four, so it is a great waste of time and money.
Besides teaching Korean, you can also teach Chinese. Nowadays, more and more foreigners are learning from China. They can also choose to go to Korea to teach Chinese and experience the local culture and living habits.
Third, studying in South Korea is relatively cheap compared with other countries.
Moreover, there are many first-class universities in Korea, such as Seoul National University, Korea University, Kyung Hee University and so on, all of which are very powerful universities. At present, many Korean-related jobs in China will also explain the necessity of studying abroad.
Finally, briefly introduce Korean. As I mentioned earlier, Korean is easier to learn. Why is Korean easy to learn?
First, because Korean is phonography, the phonetic symbols make up its characters. Phonetic introduction is relatively simple, although there are 40 phonetic symbols, but in the process of learning, teachers usually teach it very funny and help everyone remember, so don't worry about learning.
Second, the proportion of Korean words is very advantageous to China people. Among Korean words, Chinese characters account for 70% and foreign words account for 20%, and most foreign words are borrowed from English.
Third, the word order of Korean is subject-object-predicate, without many complicated sentence elements, and the tense is very simple.
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