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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6731 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 41 of 57 03 May 2012 at 10:31am | IP Logged | ||
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I went to UCLA for undergrad. They have a lot of hybrid linguistics B.A. programs, and
the one I chose is called Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures with a concentration in Modern Japanese *gasp for breath*. I was also working toward a minor in Germanic Languages but ended up dropping it because I couldn't afford to stay in school any longer. Since graduation I've been working in Japan as an English teacher, but since I feel anxiety in social settings, I want to transition into freelance Japanese-English translation. I loved being a student, and I dream of going back to school (preferably abroad) for a Masters degree. There are so many fields I'm interested in that I don't know how I could decide on just one, though! Edited by Lucky Charms on 03 May 2012 at 10:52am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5001 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 42 of 57 03 May 2012 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Dug holes in the road to lay gas pipes
Was a bricklayer and labourer on building sites Read Biochemistry at London. Became a Government linguist Took a qualification in Telecommunications & IT Worked for a Fire Service Call Centre - Operational & Technical Took my Teaching English as a Foreign Language diploma Decided I liked Teaching and took a B.Ed degree (part-time) Decided I didn't like teaching other peoples kids science Project managed a Japanese factory build Worked in Japan in IT, correcting English translations and Teaching English to office ladies Took a MSc in Operations Research and Statistics Didnt finish a PhD in Computer Science Built a few call centres in the National Health Service Became Healthcare IT Director Set up my own IT services company Now work for a venture capital company evaluating healthcare proposals and occasionally do some interim management jobs Studying for a B.A in Modern Languages & Linguistics for fun Writing a PhD in Public Health Economics Edited by maydayayday on 03 May 2012 at 12:33pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5478 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 43 of 57 03 May 2012 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||
Wow! I did the exact same degree at UCLA not too long ago (but with Chinese focus), when did you graduate? Since I'm already posting in this thread.. MS & BS Comp Sci BA Ling 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6731 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 44 of 57 04 May 2012 at 11:03am | IP Logged | ||
I graduated in 2009. I'm going to send you a PM now. That would be crazy if we were classmates! Edited by Lucky Charms on 04 May 2012 at 11:03am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sierra Diglot Senior Member Turkey livinginlights.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6906 days ago 296 posts - 411 votes Speaks: English*, SwedishB1 Studies: Turkish | Message 45 of 57 04 May 2012 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I started out with a Middle East Studies major and a Religious Studies minor at McGill,
then transferred to the University of Otago and graduated with a major in Anthropology. I thought this thread would be brimming with anthropology majors, actually, and I'm a little disappointed to find out I'm alone! I ended up finding my dream job in teaching ESL (so far in Korea, Palestine, and Turkey), so if I had a do-over, I'd go for a degree in English or education instead. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6731 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 46 of 57 04 May 2012 at 7:25pm | IP Logged | ||
There have been quite a few Linguistics majors so far, and this might be part of the Anthropology department depending on the university. Personally, I would have loved to study Anthropology! The 3 courses I took as an undergrad easily rank among the most fascinating classes that changed my view of the world. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Zerkezhi Tetraglot Newbie Germany Joined 5202 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Spanish | Message 47 of 57 04 May 2012 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Another Linguistic BA here. (currently studying; later on hoping to get my Master)
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| jeronz Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 4640 days ago 37 posts - 79 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Yiddish, Latin, German, Italian | Message 48 of 57 05 May 2012 at 12:23am | IP Logged | ||
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Medical degree here.
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