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| ohiotalk Newbie United States Joined 4421 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes | Message 1 of 10 15 November 2012 at 9:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have not yet entered college, but I know that I want to further my passion for languages (Mostly Portuguese). I was thinking about getting a Bachelor's Degree, and majoring in Portuguese (or minor?) and getting out of college and maybe being a translator, or a Portuguese teacher (I'm really hoping Portuguese will be in demand due to the upcoming economy of Brazil) And then after a couple years of experience, I was hoping to go back to school and getting a MBA. Is this a good choice? Any advice for my major/minor? Also I would love to work in Brazil after getting my Bachelor's degree. All advice/info is welcome
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| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5231 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 10 16 November 2012 at 12:40am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, regarding working in Brazil, my two cents:
The unemployment rate is low - 5.4% in September -, and even lower among people with better qualification. I believe this won't change in a near future. The brazilian economy is growing at a low rate, but at least it's growing. Possibly, in the future, it will rise at a good rate. That's what I wish, anyway. I've met some foreigners this year that came from Spain, Portugal, Germany, and they're making good money. Brazilian companies (or international) tend to pay more for foreigners. I've met a few English teachers (from Canada, New Zealand) and they have a great life here. I'm not sure about your minor/major (I don't actually know the distinction, by the way), but maybe you could major in something you enjoy and minor in Portuguese..? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ohiotalk Newbie United States Joined 4421 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes | Message 3 of 10 16 November 2012 at 4:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Something I enjoy, hmm, I guess would like to enjoy teaching English in Brazil, or business. To be honest whatever major would get my head in the Brazilian door.
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| ZombieKing Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4529 days ago 247 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin* | Message 4 of 10 16 November 2012 at 4:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Degrees won't get you a job. University and college are not there for that (though they help of course). The main point of universities and colleges is to study things you're passionate about. Obviously for you that's Portuguese. If you want practical skills that will actually get you a job? You want to go to specialized schools, such as trade schools.
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| ohiotalk Newbie United States Joined 4421 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes | Message 5 of 10 17 November 2012 at 7:00am | IP Logged | ||
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You bring up something interesting, but hmm how would I explore my passion for this language when I can't
find classes for Portuguese outside of big name universities ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5264 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 6 of 10 17 November 2012 at 8:19am | IP Logged | ||
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Who needs a university to speak a language? You can explore your passion for Portuguese on your computer- courses, literature, films, tutors, native speakers, classes. It's all here, you don't have to have a university to learn a language and learn it well. We prove that every day here. The Brazilian Government offers a test of Portuguese for foreigners which can give you a piece of paper to document your qualification- the CELPE-Bras. Edited by iguanamon on 17 November 2012 at 8:26am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6599 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 7 of 10 17 November 2012 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Agreed. You may have a frustrating experience if you study alongside people who don't love Portuguese as much as you do (for example because they speak Spanish and for them it's an easy choice).
As you don't have a clear preference for translating/teaching it's better to just get a degree that will teach you something apart from the language itself (which you can do as a minor or just on your own at a faster pace and with more pleasure). In fact, the fastest way for you to get to Brazil would be to take ESL-teaching classes. As an English teacher you'd be in demand even without a knowledge of Portuguese. Or you could try to find another job that requires only English. A knowledge of a third language will give you an additional advantage. I'll be learning Swedish for this reason - I want to speak it better than many Finns do XD 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ohiotalk Newbie United States Joined 4421 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes | Message 8 of 10 18 November 2012 at 12:01am | IP Logged | ||
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