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| Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6148 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes  | Message 9 of 118 26 January 2009 at 11:40am | IP Logged | |||||
That seems a bit unusual. Care to explain? Do Koreans typically find Arabic easy? Edited by Alkeides on 26 January 2009 at 11:40am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6436 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 118 26 January 2009 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
Not exactly. It's a bit difficult to explain the whole system, but I'll try anyway. A few years ago, Koreans could only study 5 "second foreign languages" (Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Mandarin) to fulfill their high school requirements or university entrance exams(not everyone though). Recently, two more were added; Russian and Arabic - but this gave rise to some of the most unexpected responses from the students and schools. Quite obviously, Korea has a lack of Arabic speakers and teachers(I highly doubt most universities have degrees in Middle Eastern Studies even), and therefore NO Korean high school opted to teach Arabic to their students. What this meant in terms of university examinations was that there would be VERY few people taking university exams, and since you are graded by the percentiles, there is a better chance of getting a higher grade if you do Arabic and get a mediocre mark, than doing Mandarin and competing against millions. Hence, some students actually started learning Arabic on their own in private classes just to pass the exam (even then, all you can say is "Asalam aleykum") 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 12 of 118 26 January 2009 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
Sure he does. Along with all other languages. In fact, I won't be surprised if he has an account on this forum (Oh, my... maybe he goes under the Showmeyourboobs identity ) 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| spykel Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5827 days ago 40 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Scottish Gaelic | Message 13 of 118 26 January 2009 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've tried to include good and bad stereotypes, from my own perspective:
French: proud, discerning, sonorous, snobby German: stilted, hyper-precise, intelligent, kinky Russian: angry, argumentative, depressed, mysterious Italian: high maintenance, classy, flowing, repetitive Spanish: sassy, confident, irresponsible, ubiquitous Swedish: muffled, round, outward thinking, nude English: naive, drawling, adventurous, carefree Mandarin: choppy, odd, sounds kind of cute, self-effacing Cantonese: choppy, odd, never sounds cute, outgoing Japanese: soft-spoken, beautiful, artistic, although inevitably tied to anime and video games Arabic: loud, opinionated, paranoid, exotic Hindi: staccato, spiritual, familial, speaks before thinks Ojibwe: earthy, intricate, monotone, lacking in passion Latin: imposing, stately, kind of blocky, inelegant 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 15 of 118 26 January 2009 at 1:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
Brr. I see that you possess in-depth cultural knowledge ^_^. Edited by Sennin on 26 January 2009 at 2:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LanguageGeek Triglot Senior Member GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6107 days ago 151 posts - 159 votes 4 sounds Speaks: German*, English, Hungarian Studies: French, Russian | Message 16 of 118 26 January 2009 at 2:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hungarian: Weird, incredibly hard, not worthwhile to learn, looks like Turkish
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