EPT[H] Want to take a college level korean online course
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Whiplash
United States2928 Posts
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
You should really try and learn Chinese if you want to learn an asian language  You could try this site out: https://www.universities.com/edu/Bachelor_degrees_in_Korean_Language_and_Literature_in_New_York.html | ||
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kidd
United States2848 Posts
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liosama
Australia843 Posts
Keep doing what you want whiplash. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:22 liosama wrote: dumbest shit i ever heard amber, Keep doing what you want whiplash. You won't be living in the United States of Chimerica so you can keep speaking English. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:28 Amber[LighT] wrote: You won't be living in the United States of Chimerica so you can keep speaking English. You think overnight knowing english is just going to become worthless? | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32088 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:22 liosama wrote: dumbest shit i ever heard amber, Keep doing what you want whiplash. What exactly is dumb about advising him to consider a language that actually has more widespread usage? | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:19 Amber[LighT] wrote: Why do you want to learn a language that is useful in one, maybe two countries? You should really try and learn Chinese if you want to learn an asian language You could try this site out: https://www.universities.com/edu/Bachelor_degrees_in_Korean_Language_and_Literature_in_New_York.html He could be interested in the language and culture. You don't have to base everything you do in life on what its maximum benefit will be to you. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:49 Snet wrote: He could be interested in the language and culture. You don't have to base everything you do in life on what its maximum benefit will be to you. Thats why I provided a very helpful link that you ignored. (knowing the responses I would get from my facetious post) | ||
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:49 Snet wrote: He could be interested in the language and culture. You don't have to base everything you do in life on what its maximum benefit will be to you. Uh, are you on crack? Of course you have to do things that will benefit you, then you will never get anywhere. You will be wasting time learning a language that you barely use. I did french for four years in high school and already forgot the whole language. The only reason you should learn a language is if its going to benefit you. | ||
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Zooey
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
On December 02 2009 04:27 Zooey wrote: morons itt Instead of calling us morons, why don't you post something that's actually useful. Or at least post as to why you're calling us morons. | ||
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
On December 02 2009 04:27 Zooey wrote: morons itt 4chan bs, 58 posts, no contribution. | ||
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FastEddieV
United States614 Posts
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Sulli
Canada236 Posts
a) keep him motivated and interested during the course b) enable him to spark up convo w/ Korean cuties It's not like he plans to immerse himself in a foreign language. He just wants foreign language credit. Whether he takes Chinese, Korean, Spanish, etc. a single online course isn't gonna stick with him, nor will he be fluent at it. So as long as his college accepts the credits, I don't see why not Korean. | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On December 02 2009 04:21 ShoCkeyy wrote: Uh, are you on crack? Of course you have to do things that will benefit you, then you will never get anywhere. You will be wasting time learning a language that you barely use. I did french for four years in high school and already forgot the whole language. The only reason you should learn a language is if its going to benefit you. Sometimes in life it is nice to do things just for enjoyment. edit: If he gets enjoyment from it then isnt that a benefit? Not all benefits have to be cash. | ||
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
On December 02 2009 04:21 ShoCkeyy wrote: Uh, are you on crack? Of course you have to do things that will benefit you, then you will never get anywhere. You will be wasting time learning a language that you barely use. I did french for four years in high school and already forgot the whole language. The only reason you should learn a language is if its going to benefit you. You know it's funny... you always hear people say things like "oh I'm learning Chinese because they're a rapidly growing economic power and learning Chinese will enhance my future career opportunities". It sounds sophisticated and mature, but it's stupid. You'll never learn a langauge just because you think it might get you a job in the future, because it's so much work and you'll get sick of it really fast if that's you're only reason. Whereas the people that don't have any specific purpose for learning a language, but just do it because it's fun, will often get quite far with it, and usually find a purpose for it later. It's also quite possible that his family is Korean. That's the usual reason people want to learn it. | ||
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zeppelin
United States565 Posts
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synapse
China13814 Posts
Being too lazy to actually help find college course offerings for Korean, I will simply agree with Luddite in that learning Chinese is probably NOT going to help you with your career. The best way to prepare for a career that utilizes a foreign language is to live in that respective country ~ immersion. If the OP wants to learn Korean, then there is no reason to try to convince him that his choice is less useful compared to another language. | ||
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rredtooth
5461 Posts
On December 02 2009 04:21 ShoCkeyy wrote: you guys are being ignorant. if you've been to university you don't take classes that only benefit you. i know on my campus there are classes like "art for non-majors", "calligraphy", and "science fiction philosophy" offered for credit that are highly popular. who the hell is going to end up using the skills acquired in these classes? in fact, the majority of knowledge gained from general education classes aren't useful when you graduate (lol i'm taking a class called "intro to playwriting"). OP wants to learn korean and receive credit for it. that's all there is to it.Uh, are you on crack? Of course you have to do things that will benefit you, then you will never get anywhere. You will be wasting time learning a language that you barely use. I did french for four years in high school and already forgot the whole language. The only reason you should learn a language is if its going to benefit you. and who says learning korean can't benefit you? you are making a lot of assumptions. maybe OP wants to work in korea when he graduates. maybe he is korean but hasn't developed a mastery of the language and would like to learn. maybe he just wants to understand progaming. hell one of my friends took japanese in high school just so he could watch anime a week earlier (before they were subbed) and he's a lot happier than me with my three years of spanish (which was considered the language with most potential at the time). simply claiming "OMFG HE SHOULD LEARN CHINESE INSTEAD" is retarded. | ||
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saltywet
Hong Kong1316 Posts
what if the op wants to learn korean just to watch korean starcraft commentaries? | ||
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QuickStriker
United States3694 Posts
But yea, there's nothing wrong with taking a language class of Korean for whatever reason OP has, it seems OP made a huge step and by reaching out to all of us in TL suggesting and asking help for places to take Korean courses B/C HE ALREADY SET HIS MIND INTO IT.... why else would he create this thread?? Obvious people obvious... That being said, as someone who did take Korean 1, 2, 3, and 4 in college, I recommend learning Korean, not because it's the easiest language ever but it's fun, interesting and easier than Chinese AND maybe japanese to some extent... | ||
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Whiplash
United States2928 Posts
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rinoh
United States335 Posts
http://www.clscholarship.org/index.html That's right, the US Government gives scholarships to go learn Korean. | ||
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Elite00fm
United States548 Posts
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
----------- if he wants to learn korean, let him learn it. he didn't ask for your opinion. for all we know, he could have won the lottery and just wants something to do in his spare time. | ||
MrHoon
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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liosama
Australia843 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:30 Hawk wrote: What exactly is dumb about advising him to consider a language that actually has more widespread usage? What is exactly isn't dumb about learning a language that he actually wants to learn as opposed to recommending him some language just based on actual widespread usage. Perseverance, interest, vigour are the foundations of learning a language not how many people there are in a server. Unless you want to have sex with as many chinese females as possible, then no learning Chinese won't be 'useful' to whiplash as clearly his interests lie in studying Korean and not Chinese. And for some guy who made an imo comparing the simplicity of Korean vs Chinese, I think since whiplash is a native English speaker Korean would be much more difficult for him (grammatically) over Chinese. The guy wants to learn Korean, let him learn Korean. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
^^Bump I'm thinking of getting some of my language credits done online and I stumbled across this site, hope it helps. | ||
zatic
Zurich15355 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:30 Hawk wrote: What exactly is dumb about advising him to consider a language that actually has more widespread usage? He asked how he can learn Korean, not if maybe Chinese would be more beneficial to him. Obviously he already made up his mind. Do you guys really think he might not have thought of the fact that more people and countries speak Chinese than Korean when making that dicision? It's pretty fucking annoying when you ask for help in doing something and get 20 answers telling you you should to something else. Amber and all the other geniuses didn't help anyone here but just crapped their unwanted opinion onto this thread, turning it into a shitfest before page 2. Great job. And generally, and here I have to agree with the "morons tt" guy, you people *are* dumb if you base every present decision on possible future benifit. Especially if you are in your teens or 20-somethings. Just live in the now, do whatever you want, and worry about all that future stuff later. | ||
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Etherone
United States1898 Posts
On December 02 2009 17:41 MrHoon wrote: my god this thread is terrible seems to be an ongoing trend with 90% of threads now a days i don't know what's wrong, the ban thread keeps filling up, and yet here they all are. | ||
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Sexe
Canada448 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:22 liosama wrote: dumbest shit i ever heard amber, Keep doing what you want whiplash. It seems like you don't understand the world very well my friend. Learning chinese is a very good advice when you know about how much business we do with them and that they represent like what, the third of the world's population?. It's okay to learn a language for the language itself but if you are looking for good opportunities, you have to look further and consider who has the most impact on the world's economy right now. That's just my opinion. I was learning japanese recently, but I'm seriously considering chinese now. If I had to choose for the beauty of the language, I would pick japanese. But if I'd like to get more opportunities in my career, gotta go for chinese. It all depends what you really want. | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
On December 02 2009 03:19 Amber[LighT] wrote: Why do you want to learn a language that is useful in one, maybe two countries? You should really try and learn Chinese if you want to learn an asian language You could try this site out: https://www.universities.com/edu/Bachelor_degrees_in_Korean_Language_and_Literature_in_New_York.html Did everyone miss the funniest aspect of this idiots post?? What language is "Chinese"??? Do you mean Mandarin or Cantonese? Why dont YOU go learn Mexican? | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32088 Posts
On December 08 2009 20:26 zatic wrote: It's pretty fucking annoying when you ask for help in doing something and get 20 answers telling you you should to something else. He didn't say you should do something else. He asked why you'd wanna learn that when it has limited practical use. There was no indication that he thought about it at all from the op. It's a perfectly valid question. I don't see why the hell everyone is getting all worked up. | ||
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dyodyo
Philippines578 Posts
On December 09 2009 01:14 Hawk wrote: He didn't say you should do something else. He asked why you'd wanna learn that when it has limited practical use. There was no indication that he thought about it at all from the op. It's a perfectly valid question. I don't see why the hell everyone is getting all worked up. On December 02 2009 03:19 Amber[LighT] wrote: Why do you want to learn a language that is useful in one, maybe two countries? You should really try and learn Chinese if you want to learn an asian language You could try this site out: https://www.universities.com/edu/Bachelor_degrees_in_Korean_Language_and_Literature_in_New_York.html | ||
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32088 Posts
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Sexe
Canada448 Posts
On December 09 2009 01:10 Skyze wrote: Did everyone miss the funniest aspect of this idiots post?? What language is "Chinese"??? Do you mean Mandarin or Cantonese? Why dont YOU go learn Mexican? Do you actually believe somebody would want to mean cantonese instead of mandarin? That's a good one! | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On December 09 2009 01:10 Skyze wrote: Did everyone miss the funniest aspect of this idiots post?? What language is "Chinese"??? Do you mean Mandarin or Cantonese? Why dont YOU go learn Mexican? get this kid a cookie. (Mandarin since it's the most widely used) The Chinese thing was a joke regarding the future of the states but you guys ran with it, as always. | ||
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Kyuki
Sweden1867 Posts
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Matoo-
Canada1397 Posts
On December 02 2009 17:52 Disregard wrote: We all like to jump on the bandwagon. Speaking about bandwagons, the lets-all-learn-chinese bandwagon that has developed in the last decade is pretty horrible, I feel better though thinking that 90% of the people starting chinese just out of economic interest won't ever get good at it. Btw go korean | ||
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Tfact_rats
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BalliSLife
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Zooey
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On December 02 2009 04:35 ShoCkeyy wrote: Instead of calling us morons, why don't you post something that's actually useful. Or at least post as to why you're calling us morons. read ur post again->realize ur a moron i contributed greatly. how do you not realize this | ||
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FortuneSyn
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Wohmfg
United Kingdom1292 Posts
On December 10 2009 00:51 Amber[LighT] wrote: get this kid a cookie. (Mandarin since it's the most widely used) The Chinese thing was a joke regarding the future of the states but you guys ran with it, as always. Either your sense of humour is terrible or, as usual, you're acting condescending. This thread is awful and I've just shitted it up some more. | ||
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Matoo-
Canada1397 Posts
It should be added to Featured threads for historical purposes. | ||
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AtlaS
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
http://www.ebookee.com/Korean-For-Dummies_234496.html Now, close please? | ||
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