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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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Demand Booms for Korean Language Instructors Abroad
With the recent Korean Wave striking Southeast Asia and Japan, there has been an increase in demand for Korean instructors in those areas, as well as an increasing amount of applicants from those wishing to become Korean instructors. There is no limit for the period of time that they will work, but lecturers will usually stay in one area for one or two years.
The number of Korean instructors is likely to increase in the future. With the newly operated foreigner employment license system, workers from eight countries including Vietnam, the Philippines and China have to take a Korean ability exams and must receive more than 60 points to get employment in Korea.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200404/200404260035.html |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Ah, another one of these threads. I like these ones.
I use my Korea to write for newspapers from time to time. I get paid as well as get my picture in the newspaper. Actually my next article came out today.
Korean is easiest to learn while here, and also aids in learning Chinese and Japanese later. If one's not willing to try learning Korean while living here it's doubtful that one can learn another language in a short period of time.
Actually my article today was about how Korea could promote its language among other things a lot more aggresively if only it chose to. |
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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
Location: pusan baby!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
Ah, another one of these threads. I like these ones.
I use my Korea to write for newspapers from time to time. I get paid as well as get my picture in the newspaper. Actually my next article came out today.
Korean is easiest to learn while here, and also aids in learning Chinese and Japanese later. If one's not willing to try learning Korean while living here it's doubtful that one can learn another language in a short period of time.
Actually my article today was about how Korea could promote its language among other things a lot more aggresively if only it chose to. |
How do you mean exactly?
I certainly think they missed something during the world cup by not producing any merchandise with hangul on.I looked everywhere for a funky hangul t shirt to send home to my mate. |
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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
Location: pusan baby!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry..where can i find your articles? |
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Location, location, location.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I admit I got my job because I am a native speaker of English, but I could not do my job without speaking Korean. Also, someone who is not a native speaker of English could not do my job. So, I am an example of a native English speaker who gain advancement by learning some Korean and cannot be replaced by a Korean who speaks English. |
So what is your job? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Here's the one that came out today in the �ѱ��Ϻ�:
http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200404/h2004042517125723980.htm
That's true about the shirts. The ones that were making them were thinking: lots of foreigners coming to Korea = lots of English speaking people = must make shirts with only English. That's partly what the article is about; a lot of people here can't even imagine that somebody could actually find Korean to be cool, or seriously want to learn it. Koreans seem to underestimate themselves a lot. |
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Eazy_E
Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Easy E,
Thats beside the point.
I did not talk about Korean vs another language.
Italked about the possible applications of Korean in your career.
Wether you prefer to learn another language is up to you and is not any better or worse.
However, as Komtengi said, you have too look at the bigger picture.
Learning Korean for your career is a good move if you gear your career choices to take advantage of the new skill.
Learning another language (any language) will only benefit you profesionaly if you then apply this skill in the proper fields of work. |
Seems I was misunderstood. I tried to make the point that Korean isn't the best choice of a language to apply yourself to if you're thinking purely of learning a language for a career goal (especially in your home country). But while we're here, it's the obvious choice for a language to learn and if it helps us at some point in the future, who can argue with that? |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| matthewwoodford wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I admit I got my job because I am a native speaker of English, but I could not do my job without speaking Korean. Also, someone who is not a native speaker of English could not do my job. So, I am an example of a native English speaker who gain advancement by learning some Korean and cannot be replaced by a Korean who speaks English. |
So what is your job? |
Advisor to a corporate CEO and doing various projects and tasks for my company. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Learning Korean - a good career move?
IT'S A GOOD KOREA MOVE!! get it?  BADA BING!!!! |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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It's probably more useful in Korea than outside of it. The Chosun Ilbo was recently hiring translators, I saw.
Here in Canada you'd be hard-pressed to use it to its full potential, by itself, and your Korean would have to be very, very good. The foreign service's Korean test would make your eyeballs bleed, believe me. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:48 am Post subject: |
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King of Kwangju,
The federal Korean test is difficult indeed. However if you pass the entrance exams for Foreign serve and have a basic ability in Korean they will provide you with free language courses to bring you up to par if you want too.
The field of consulting is also wide open as many Korean companies are doing more and more business in Canada. If you have lived in Korea and speak Korean you are an asset for them in Canada as a consultant.
There are possibilities but like anything else its up to the person to go and get them. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| The King of Kwangju wrote: |
It's probably more useful in Korea than outside of it. The Chosun Ilbo was recently hiring translators, I saw.
Here in Canada you'd be hard-pressed to use it to its full potential, by itself, and your Korean would have to be very, very good. The foreign service's Korean test would make your eyeballs bleed, believe me. |
I'd say the exact opposite, in my experience. My Korean is not good enough for anything but basic personal needs in Korea. But in the States, I am the best Korean speaker in my school system and do the translating and interpreting. |
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