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chaz47
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:54 am Post subject: scholarships for waygooks and getting into a Korean uni? |
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| Has anyone enrolled or heard of anyone who enrolled in a Korean university as a student of the language? Do you know if they offer scholarships or grants? Would the degree be worth a p*ss back home or anywhere outside of Korea? I'm really getting into studying Chinese characters and starting from Korean Hanja seems like a great springboard... |
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:21 am Post subject: Re: scholarships for waygooks and getting into a Korean uni? |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
| Has anyone enrolled or heard of anyone who enrolled in a Korean university as a student of the language? Do you know if they offer scholarships or grants? Would the degree be worth a p*ss back home or anywhere outside of Korea? I'm really getting into studying Chinese characters and starting from Korean Hanja seems like a great springboard... |
Well, I'd be surprised if government unis gave scholarships to waegooks, considering the price of rice. Maybe a private uni? Or a scholarship from a school back home for studying overseas?
I'm curious tho, I've studied both Korean and Mandarin writing, and i'm wondering why you think a background in Korean is a good way to start Chinese. I mean, Hangeul has an alphabet. Writing is probably the easiest part. Mandarin...well..is Mandarin. It requires you to remember a specific "picture" that you can replicate for each word. That 'picture' involves a lot of small elements drawn in perspective (size wise) to others to form a word. Unless you are talkng about caligraphy practice, i just don't see how practicing writing in Korean would be a huge benefit to studying Mandarin. Japanese, however....
As far as a Degree from a Korean uni, hmm. Even if I had a degree from SNU I don't think it would be looked too high upon by a decent western uni. But I'm seriously not qualifed to talk on this point.
Maybe look for a Chinese program if that's what you're into. I've heard they study that here. Or, there's always teaching in Taiwan.
Cheers bro, hope the job is going well. |
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blackjack
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Just study on the internet or through books. Why bother going to university?
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hubba bubba
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: |
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Yeah bro, you posted that earlier. That's exactly what I was thinking about. |
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chaz47
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Just study on the internet or through books. Why bother going to university? |
I really enjoy teaching and being in a learning centered environment. So, I hope to be an academic some day, that usually takes advanced degrees. |
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Ginormousaurus
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Just study on the internet or through books. Why bother going to university? |
I don't know anyone who has attended uni classes and NOT learned a lot of Korean. On the other hand, I know several people who attempt the methods you suggest and get nowhere. |
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kotakji
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:38 am Post subject: Re: scholarships for waygooks and getting into a Korean uni? |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
| Has anyone enrolled or heard of anyone who enrolled in a Korean university as a student of the language? Do you know if they offer scholarships or grants? Would the degree be worth a p*ss back home or anywhere outside of Korea? I'm really getting into studying Chinese characters and starting from Korean Hanja seems like a great springboard... |
Unless I am misunderstanding you, I would be very surprised if there are any degree programs out there for Korean Language in the country. IE when you study "English" in the US or England your not taught how to speak the language first.
As for the value of the degree- not too much, it will count about as much as if you went to a small but accredited liberal arts college or obscure state school. It gains validity the closer you are working to the Korean community of course. Theres still a pretty large quality gap and an even larger recognition gap hindering even the best Korean universities. |
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yingwenlaoshi
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The OP is into studying Chinese characters. That's why I suggested he study on his own. It's all memorization where you can use association as a tool. I don't think he necessarily wants to study Korean. I don't really know what studying Korean would have to do with Chinese. Yes, there are some similarities in word roots and whatnot, but it's not the same thing.
Yes, taking classes does provide structure, but it's not really necessary. Seems like it would be a waste of money unless you wanted to apply the degree to a career or something.
As far as Chinese goes, from what I've experience, Koreans are really bad at pronouncing it. |
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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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WOW!
This is awesome, really... but I am an American so I'm not eligible. It might be worth applying for dual citizenship from Australia or Canada to get into the program though. |
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blackjack
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| it does not say what country you have to be from, you can even be from a non english country if your english is good enough, it is an international scholarship |
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maeil
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A friend of mine got nearly a free ride at KyungHee university in Suwon, entering the Korean major. Of course it wasn't to learn Korean, but to teach it. He had to go through some pretty intense language classes before he could enter the program... and unfortunately he had to leave the country before he could complete it.
There was a big push to have foreigners learn the Korean language, so many got scholarships of 60% or more. I believe the same was also true of their Seoul campus. |
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