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thrifty
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| I would have had to stop drinking. |
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maya.the.bee
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thrifty
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| For the love of God loads of unis offer degrees in linguistics. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| maya.the.bee wrote: |
| Ohio State Uni has an undergrad degree in linguistics. |
Even Ohio University (a smaller institution than Ohio State University) offers an undergraduate degree in linguistics.
Here's a partial listing of dozens and dozens of colleges and universities where one can study linguistics for a first degree:
http://www.ling.rochester.edu/links/departments.html |
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Chris_Crossley
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Location: Still in the centre of Furnace City, PRC, after eight years!!!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: Linguistics? Should've chosen it 20 years ago! |
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If I had had the chance to do my first degree all over again, I would certainly have chosen to do linguistics as one of my three freshman modules.
It's a bit too late now, though, 'cos my freshman year ended 20 years ago ... 
Still, I am doing some linguistics-type stuff in my current online/distance learning graduate degree program ...  |
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rusmeister
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| In over 10 years of ESL most of the people I have worked with had degrees in History, Geography, Politics, Sociology, International Studies, or Fine Arts. With these degrees people are limited and lack the skills required to get a job in their native country so many are forced to teach ESL overseas. |
Lack the skills to get a job? Forced to teach ESL overseas? Oh, the pretention!  Many people choose these degree programs because they're interested in foreign countries/cultures, and they find ESL to be a good way to visit them. |
I think what cam may have been trying to say is that the degrees prove to be useless to employers in traditional jobs - the only perceived way of making a living today is to be employed, rather than to employ yourself. I don't beleive that all that many people in those disciplines say, "Hey! I want to go overseas and teach English for peanuts!", although I am sure there are some adventurous souls that want to travel and live abroad before settling down. What I saw as an older student in an undergrad state program was younger students running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to choose a major and 'figure out' what to do with their lives. That was often a reason for choosing those degree programs. |
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