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| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 2595 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 5 05 February 2016 at 11:39am | IP Logged |
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Hi, I want to join the army and the role I want to do requires me to have a degree in a
language. I am wondering what are the levels in Mandarin Chinese and what level would I need to get to for a degree? How would I go about in getting a degree in mandarin? Any help or info would be much appreciated. Thank you Edited by Fasulye on 22 February 2016 at 8:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 4020 days ago 908 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 2 of 5 05 February 2016 at 4:56pm | IP Logged |
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Don't know about the army. Sorry. They require a degree in a language? I only see the end results for Japanese majors, but it seems like you can graduate with a degree in Japanese and have pretty so-so level of Japanese. Anyway, I would give you this advice, and that is whatever the requirements, if you are going to major in Chinese, you are going to want to be really really good at Chinese, because your college Major is going to define who you are to employers. If you have it in you to get really good at Chinese, then go for it.
Do you know some Chinese already, or would you be learning from scratch. Edited by cathrynm on 05 February 2016 at 5:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rhian Moderator France Joined 4392 days ago 416 posts - 451 votes Speaks: English* Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 5 05 February 2016 at 11:33pm | IP Logged |
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Hey Jay, just to let you know you might get a few
more responses at www.forum.language-learners.org HTLAL does still get used but after a lot of technical problems the above site was set up and it's lot more active than here. In relation to your question, you'd need to google Chinese and/or Mandarin. Also look at the UCAS site as they have a course finder. Look for things like Far East/East Asian/Oriental studies as they will no doubt have a language component too and thus you might be able to focus on Mandarin. Of course, check with your recruiter that the degree would be acceptable! Be prepared to put in a lot of self- study too if you really want to be good. Of course, you could go for a more widely available language like Russian, German, Spanish etc. If you look at Middle East studies you could probably also do Hebrew, Arabic or Farsi. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rhian Moderator France Joined 4392 days ago 416 posts - 451 votes Speaks: English* Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 5 05 February 2016 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
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PS Also look at SOAS (School of Oriental and
African Studies) which I think is part of the University of London. I'm assuming the UK location listed under your username is still correct. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 2595 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 5 06 February 2016 at 2:26pm | IP Logged |
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Hi, sorry for the late reply.
Thank you for your replies and yes I already know a little. I am no way near the level that I need or want to be but with hard work and devotion I will get there. Thank you again for your replies. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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