【DW】South Korean students embrace ‘niche’ learning alternatives

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South Korean students embrace 'niche' learning alternatives – DW – 09/17/2021
Learning a third language such as German, Japanese or Mandarin seems to have gone out of fashion. Some students are turn...

韓国の外国語教育について。
TOEIC熱も高いし、地理的に(言語的にも似てるから)中国語日本語得意な方も多いしで、言語得意なイメージある。KPOPグループ見ても、皆他言語で歌ってるからなーそら日本のアイドルて弱いよなー。

gratitude

意味 [U] 感謝 (の気持ち)

“There was a sense of gratitude towards Germany and an interest in the country … Very soon, German companies began to enter Korea and quickly earned a reputation as being good and stable places to work,” he said.

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ドイツ語は難しいのにって思ったらこういう経緯なのね。

restore

意味 〈秩序· 平和など〉を回復する; 〈信頼· 誇りなど〉を取り戻す; 〈法律· 制度· 習慣など〉を復活させる; 〈視力など〉を回復させる (中心的意味は 「失われたものを取り戻す」)

By the 1980s, South Korea’s relations with neighboring Japan was restored. As Japan’s economy boomed and its “soft power” spread globally, there was a shift towards learning Japanese in schools.

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curriculums

意味 カリキュラム

Chinese and Japanese remain on the curriculums at most schools in Seoul – nearly 81% teach Japanese and 77% offer Chinese.

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はぁ…読めなかったカリキュラムかぁ…w
僅差だけど日本語>中国語なのびっくり。倍くらいで中国語のが多いイメージだった。

top tier university

意味 一流大学

According to Song, aspiring students are turning to “niche” languages such as Arabic to improve their chances of securing a place at top tier universities in the country.

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大学受験でニッチ外国語を使うとな。世界が違うぜw 私もせめて大学で第二言語(中国語)と英語ちゃんと勉強してればな…語学面白くなったの30代からなのよね。

“Arabic is not an easy language to learn, but because relatively few people study it and the marking of the exam is done as relative to the other people taking the exam, it is quite easy to get a high score,” he said.

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これは…いや試験対策(ライバルが少ない教科を強化する)だから間違ってないんだけどな…興味がない&超絶難しい言語の学習なんて、私だったら絶対挫折するわ。

tactic

意味 [通例~s]作戦, 方策, かけひき

The tactic paid off and Song’s son is presently in his first year at the university.

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