Korean Job Discussion Forums

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

Koreans often say I am good at speaking Korean. They also say I look like Tom Cruise! And Beckham! and George Clooney! Handsome guy! Han-guk-mal-chal-ha-si-ne-yo!!

Eazy_E · Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada

tomato · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:36 am Post subject:

HardyandTiny · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

I've lived in korea for a total of seven years and everytime I say grandpa people say it sounds like "ah p ussy".

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Gwangjuboy · Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Location: England

cacheSurfer · Joined: 07 Dec 2003

I don't think it's a waste of time at all! Knowledge is power! The more you know the farther you will be able to get in this country. I live in a small town and I have been forced to learn this language.

It's amazing because...when I meet other teachers from big cities I usually know more than than they do and they have been here a lot longer than I have.

I think the first big step is to learn how to read Korean. It is very easy to read it. SEROIUSLY!(truth is, you can learn it in 1 week) I think its easier to read the true Korean than trying to read the Korean that has been converted into English.
Why are there so many teachers here who can't read the stuff? I will never understand that?

My goal has been to learn 5 Korean words everyday. This has really helped me. I probably haven't kept up with that goal...but it pushes me everyday. I don't think that is too unreasonable.

carcerate · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Location: Cerritos, California

Yes, I believe that for the most part, people do have a desire to learn what they want for themselves. However, you can also learn any language and be an inspiration to others for the purpose of motivation. I am glad that the people in this thread have an open mind. Actually, I do not know who said this but you can definitely use Korean in most places! I am in Southern California and I use it with my friends at my Korean church. There is a Korean town in LA as well. For my job, I go to other places in America to educate other programmers on C/C++ tools. Basically, most places I have been have a Korean population where Korean can be used. There is at least a Korean restaurant or a Korean hair salon that you can go to be able to keep up your skills. Just my two cents....

Eazy_E · Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada

mithridates · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:29 am Post subject:

That may be true for a person living outside of Korea, but the fact remains that Korean is the easiest language for a person living here to learn. It also ignores the fact that languages are interconnected and that learning Korean makes other Asian languages including Chinese a lot easier to learn.
Another interesting point is that sometimes knowing an obscure language can make one really stand out in a CV, interview and so on.
Imagine this: 500 Korean job applicants for a position
500 know English to a certain extent..blahblah
100 or so of those know Chinese or Japanese to a certain extent...blahblah
One of them is fluent in English and Gaelic
what?!

As a job interviewer I might want to interview the last one just to see what kind of person it was that spent so much time learning a language that so few people know.