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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| There was once a student at my uni from Rwanda. He spoke cracking Korean. A fair few Chinese, not many Japanese. There are a lot of Chinese it seems in Cheonan ... a lot work at the restaurants downtown. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:32 am Post subject: |
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Korea has only 8 universities in the top 500. Four English-speaking countries are above Korea, including Australia, which has less than 50% of Korea's population. Rather embarrassing for a country which has pretentions of being the most intelligent on Earth, I suspect.
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| Scotticus wrote: |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/
Check out that list. There's one of your reasons why barely any foreigner students are in Korea, and practically none from the West. |
Nice, someone should bookmark this list and bring it out anytime someone feels the need to criticize the quality of education in the States. 15 of the top 20 are US universities. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| newteacher wrote: |
| Scotticus wrote: |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/
Check out that list. There's one of your reasons why barely any foreigner students are in Korea, and practically none from the West. |
Nice, someone should bookmark this list and bring it out anytime someone feels the need to criticize the quality of education in the States. 15 of the top 20 are US universities. |
168 out of the top 500 are US universities (34%)
Per capita stats are less flattering to the US, however, and are very flattering to countries with smaller populations like the UK, Canada and Australia (but not Korea - Korea does worse per capita than it does total). |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Don't see many Korean Students either!. Just a bunch of kids who spend their time building mini hompis on Cyworld, sleeping, or playing with their cell phone.
The day I become a real teacher, is the day I get some real students. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| Scotticus wrote: |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/
Check out that list. There's one of your reasons why barely any foreigner students are in Korea, and practically none from the West. |
Yeah, it's probably a hard sell since Korean university aren't cheaper than many of the ones who are ranked better or about the same...not that ranking is the only reason why someone picks a university. There's also geographic distance. For most kids straight out of high school, a town just a two hour drive away from home feels like being in a whole different world (heck, for some kids it's the first time they've been out of town). Few would have the courage to fly half way around the world.
So, yeah, Korean universities are doing well to seek out Chinese students. Their homes are just a short flight away (and the Chinese economy being what it is, it's smart business to make connections there.) |
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anyway
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| At my uni in Daejeon, I'm told that Chinese make up about 10% of the total student body. When I asked Koreans if they get along well with the Chinese, they said no. Why not? "Because they are arrogant and always go around in gangs (groups)." hahaha |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| There are American, Chinese, and Filipino students in my department. Tons more in the sciences. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Do you see any or many foreign students? |
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| Do you see many foreign students studying at Korean universities? Why are there not more foreign students studying in Korean universities? |
Chinese, Japanese, Uzbek, Ukraine, Russian, German, India, Phillipines, Indonesia... I see some of them everyday. I've only had Chinese in my classes though. Oh! and one French-Korean.
All froeign students I've met/talked with are here for engineering, architecture, culinary arts, or computer somethingorother. |
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makemischief
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: Traveling
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:54 am Post subject: |
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Don't see many Korean Students either!. Just a bunch of kids who spend their time building mini hompis on Cyworld, sleeping, or playing with their cell phone.
The day I become a real teacher, is the day I get some real students. |
That's unfortunate. I can't say the same. My students work their collective a$$es off, in my class and others. |
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