About learning small languages!

There is a jargon in the small language circle:

Three minutes in Korean, three hours in English, three days in French, three months in Japanese, three years in German and three hundred years in Arabic.

German: Suitable for people with poor English grammar but good Chinese grammar.

Pronunciation is very close to English, basically no need for tongue trill, simple and easy to master; Grammatically, nouns are more difficult, with three personalities and four cases. The change of plural forms is irregular, and the change of word forms is quite complicated. In addition, adjectives should be matched with suffixes, which are suitable for people who are logical and willing to recite. Verbs are much simpler than English, and there are six tenses. Syntax is also complicated, but there are many places to learn from Chinese word order grammar.

French: suitable for people who are proficient in English grammar and have a vocabulary of more than 10 thousand.

Pronunciation is very different from English, so tongue trill is basically unnecessary. Getting started is a bit difficult, just get in; Grammatically, verbs are difficult, and the tenses are quite rich (reaching more than 20, while English has only 16 tense), which is suitable for people with good literary literacy and rich language expression. Nouns are divided into yin and yang, and there is no case change, and the law of plural change is simple; Syntax is flexible, easy to understand and master, and difficult to use skillfully;

Spanish: suitable for people with certain musical cells to learn.

Don't learn if you can't vibrato. If you can, you can get the pronunciation in two days, but the stress is not easy to master. Grammatically close to French, verb tenses are rich and changeable, which is difficult to master; Nouns are divided into yin and yang, and there are rules to be found. There are no cases, and the law of complex number change is simple.

Russian: suitable for people with good oral English.

Getting started is quite difficult, and you need Lickitung, but as long as you don't give up, you will see the dawn in two weeks; Grammatically, nouns are more difficult, with 3 personalities and 6 cases. The changing law of complex numbers is complicated, and the word form is the same as that of German, but the neutrality of nouns is very regular. Verb tenses are super simple: there are only three tenses: past tense, present tense and future tense! Suitable for learning tense concepts that have not yet been established; There are many syllables in the word. For example, the name of "teacher" is priebadavajieli.

Japanese: Suitable for people who are not good at English and are interested in Japanese.

Getting started is easier, but the more you learn, the harder it is. Especially in Japanese, people of different classes and ages have different sayings, which are very complicated and difficult to remember. Japanese has little connection with English, so whether English is good or not will not affect Japanese learning. It is easy for China people to become interested in Japanese. Japanese syllables are short and easy to learn, and all Japanese pronunciations can be found in Chinese. However, the Japanese people's way of thinking is different from that of China people, and Japanese is more subtle. Therefore, to really master Japanese, it is necessary to understand Japanese culture.

Besides English and Chinese, French, Japanese and German are all widely used languages in the world, and France, Japan and Germany are also developed countries. Therefore, taking these languages may be helpful for future study and work.

If you want to study in America in the future, Spanish is the best choice. Most of the goods here are bilingual, Spanish and English. Besides, there are many Mexicans and Mexicans can speak Spanish, so Spanish is a good choice. Because there are 70,000 Zhejiang Chinese businessmen in Spain, Spanish is the official language of South America and Southern California, and it is widely used. With the increasing economic and trade exchanges between China, Spain and South America, the demand for Spanish talents is bound to increase, while China lacks Spanish-proficient talents. Therefore, the employment space for Spanish talents is very broad.

Japanese is very important in IT industry and software industry, especially in foreign companies. Therefore, from the perspective of employment, learning Japanese is still relatively competitive in the market, provided that you learn it well. Japanese capital is increasing, and China and Japan attach great importance to cooperation. In terms of utilization rate, there are many Japanese enterprises in China and the United States. If you can speak Japanese in the United States, your chances of being hired by the company or your salary in the company will be greatly improved. If you like watching cartoons, learning is more fun.

There is a saying that English, French and Spanish, plus Chinese, can communicate with 90% of the world's population without barriers. French-speaking Africa 13 countries (excluding countries whose mother tongue is Arabic), France, parts of Canada, parts of Belgium, parts of Switzerland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Luxembourg all speak French. The management level of France ranks first in Europe, the fifth largest economy in the world, and its political influence ranks first in Europe. All documents must be translated into French. French is regarded as the best language in the world. Generally speaking, learning French is good.

German economy is developed, it is the third largest economy in the world, and it has a lot of trade with China. More than 100 million people in the world speak German as their mother tongue. In addition to Germany, there are Austria, Liechtenstein, most of Switzerland, South Tyrol (northern Italy) and a small part of Belgium, France (Alsace) and Luxembourg along the German border. Germany joined Poland, Romania and the former Soviet Union, and the ethnic minorities in China also partially preserved German. If you are interested in German and can master it well, it is absolutely invincible.

In the early stage of learning, learning a second foreign language will have a certain impact on English, but we must stick to it. After a period of study, we can not only learn a second foreign language well, but also improve our original English level, provided that our English foundation is solid.

German and English belong to Germanic language family and are related to English. There are many similarities, and it is easier for students with English foundation to get started. If the English foundation is solid, learning German will not conflict with the original English foundation. Watching more German movies and feature films helps them learn German.

In the early stage of learning French, learners' English is bound to be affected or even forgotten for a while. This is a normal phenomenon. Learners must not rush to seek success or give up learning, as it will not pay off. If you want to master both English and French, you need a step-by-step process. First of all, you should lay a solid foundation of French. When you reach a certain foundation, you can recover your English level in a month or so, and then you can learn French. If you repeat this several times, you can use English and French freely and achieve mastery.

Compared with German and French, it is easier to choose Japanese as a second foreign language, because Japanese and English are completely different languages and there is no conflict in learning. She said: "There are many foreign words in Japanese, and a large part of them are translated from English, and their pronunciation is similar to that of English, which is equivalent to expanding the vocabulary of English while learning, which can stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning.

Spanish and French are more difficult than English, and the grammar is much more rigorous than English. It will be much easier to learn English in turn after learning Spanish well.

Interest is still very important in learning a language. There is a treasure far beyond language itself. No matter how you choose, I think you will face a painful and happy process. I hope you can make your own satisfactory choice:) ~ ~

Regarding the difficulty of small languages, this has been made clear. Let's decipher it a little:

Korean: Korean is a phonetic writing, which is both phonetic and ideographic, with circular sounds and block-by-block pronunciation, and can be spelled like Chinese Pinyin. In addition, there are a large number of Chinese words in Korean, and the advantages of learning Korean in China are also very obvious.

English: beginners in small languages, taking English as a reference. Apart from the strength of English-speaking countries, the most important thing is that English is easy to master. In addition to am being are, have had, there is also an ed and ing, which is the problem of vocabulary. I wonder what the stacks of English books in the bookstore are studying?

French: French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese are all direct descendants of Latin, and their grammatical structures, including the writing of many words, are very similar. Their similarities and differences lie in: complex grammar, various inflections of verbs, and scattered words of yin and yang; In addition, the pronunciation of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese is also difficult to master. Accustomed to the well-behaved English letters, you will find that many letters in these languages look very different, such as those with antennas and hats, such as? ê ? Some wear glasses, such as ü, and one wears high heels? . Some students will judge from this that there are too many letters in this bird language, which is as troublesome as women; Actually, it's not like this. These annotated letters are not included in the alphabet of every language. Their function is only to help you pronounce or stress. .

Japanese: When I was at school, there were two Japanese majors in my dormitory. According to them, it is easy to get started in Japanese, but the more you learn it, the more difficult it becomes. China and Japan are separated by a strip of water, and Japanese comes from Chinese. Many Japanese articles have Chinese characters. Even people who haven't studied seem to know a thing or two, which is very similar to Martian.

German: In addition to verb inflections, the grammar is complicated. In addition to masculine and feminine neutrality, German nouns also have the concept of "case" of 1234, which is very cooperative. Learning German well requires not only a rigorous learning attitude, but also an iron will. Generally speaking, studying abroad requires 800 class hours for German and 500 class hours for French. My knowledge of German is limited to this and I can't say more. I still want to ask my German classmates to explain it in detail!

Arabic: Apart from our mother tongue, the most difficult language to master is Arabic, which is the knowledge of people all over the world. Those words that slip away and hook up have nothing to do with the Chinese we use or the English we learn. Without considerable efforts, it is really difficult to distinguish and remember. Arabic seems to have absorbed the difficulties of western languages, and nouns have changed in number and case. Verbs also have the concept of temporal coordination of sex numbers. The most unusual thing is that its words are written from right to left, which may be helpful for the treatment of cervical spondylosis. It is impossible to learn Arabic well without a thousand and one nights. Don't say anything, my god!

Russian: I know nothing about Russian except saying "I love you" in Chinese. If you feel it, the difficulty should be between German and Arabic. If you don't understand, please come out and answer for the Russian majors who are diving. Liu//Haha, speaking of Russian, to some extent, Russian is as difficult, diverse and complicated as Arabic. There is a smell of never giving up without torturing two people, but this feeling stops after studying hard for a year or two, and it will be ok when the foundation is laid, because I heard that there will be many honorifics behind learning Japanese, each with its own difficulties. Take it! Regarding the beauty of Russian, a Russian writer once said that Russian is the most beautiful language in the world, sometimes sonorous and sometimes gentle. Of course, I think China people are the most beautiful. Hehe, Russian is not very nice, but it is very special.

Italian is the language spoken to lovers. Some people say: French is the language spoken to friends, Italian is the language spoken to lovers, Spanish is the language spoken to God, and German is the language spoken to enemies. Even French, which considers itself romantic, has to give way to Italian, which shows how attractive Italian is.

Speak French with your friends. Last class said that "French is the most beautiful language in the world", and beauty is pleasant to hear, but after listening to the teacher speak a few words of French in the first class, I feel less legendary. French sounds mellow and solemn. It was once the communication language of the upper class in Europe. If Italian is beautiful, then French tends to be elegant

I don't really want to know why I speak Spanish to God. I'm too young to ask God. Spanish and Portuguese sound wild. People who can play toot-toot are not only good to listen, but also fun to talk. If you can't play toot, you won't show off in an ostentatious manner.

German blasting sounds are widely used, which sounds powerful, and there are many fricatives, which sounds contemptuous. It is the most appropriate way to show your strength with words and despise each other with cynicism, which is why the enemy wants to speak German.

Is Russian tough? I haven't learned it. This intuition comes from my reverence for Putin.

Arabic looks like scripture, sounds like chanting, and is very mysterious. People in Islam have deep feelings for it.

If we say that "Korean is used for spreading rumors and Japanese is used for provocation", it may be praised by many patriotic youths, but it is more like grandstanding and unfair to the language itself.

Japanese sounds hard, a little stiff and overbearing, but it sounds good. Is the melody of the song at work?

Everyone has his own taste: whether a language is good or not depends largely on his recognition of the language country and his love for its idols.

Many students asked about the employment situation and got a good article written by Lao Yuan:

French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Arabic are the nine most popular foreign languages in China besides English. They have the same name-"Xiao Yu", which may not be accurate, but I like it very much. The big one is not necessarily good, but the small one makes people feel kind and have a sense of belonging.

Most people learn foreign languages out of personal preference, otherwise the ratio of male to female in foreign language colleges will not be so unbalanced. When choosing a specific language, besides hobbies, the most important thing is the employment situation, especially for those who major in small languages.

Which small language employment form is better? Answering such a question is risky, and no one wants others to underestimate their major; The so-called harmony is precious. Before ranking them, let's praise them collectively. Let's look at two reports:

The first one is about the employment rate: CCTV_ 1 Wen Chao Tian Xia? The Ministry of Education announced the employment situation of majors above designated size in colleges and universities nationwide in 2007, including 226 undergraduate majors. Employment Status According to the statistics of the initial employment rate of undergraduate graduates in early September each year, German, French and Spanish rank first 10.

The second is about salary: According to the report of Beijing Evening News in 2008, the survey shows that among the top 10 undergraduate majors, the minor language majors account for three, namely the French major with the highest monthly salary, the third German major and the ninth Japanese major ... This shows that the minor language and electronic information majors are at the top of the salary structure of China University graduates.

This report is very gratifying and sounds very encouraging. The similarity of minority languages in the employment situation stems from the similarity of employment channels. Although there are many differences in language structure, they have strong characteristics in employment channels, mainly in the following aspects:

1. government civil servants. University teachers. News media organizations. Foreign enterprises and sino-foreign joint ventures. Provincial and municipal foreign affairs offices. Foreign trade company. Travel company. Study abroad training institutions. Cultural communication company 10. Freelancers who want to know more about this can refer to the following article (Employment and salary prospects of French graduates >>& gt), which has a more detailed introduction. In this respect, small languages are interlinked.

Having said that, the differences in employment forms between the same language and small languages are mainly affected by the following three aspects:

1, the number of people learning this language.

2. The number and economic situation of countries that speak this language.

3. China's relations with these countries include both geopolitical and political aspects.

Combining the above three points, let me talk about the employment ranking of small languages that I feel:

1, Portuguese (6 universities, 7 Portuguese-speaking countries and regions):

I don't know why there are no Portuguese before the employment rate announced by the Ministry of Education 10. Perhaps it is because there are too few students who graduate every year, and they are not "scale majors". If I want to add a plug, I will put it in the 0 position. The current employment situation in Portuguese is really excellent.

Most Portuguese-speaking countries are concentrated in Africa, with five. In terms of language, Portuguese and Spanish are close, but in terms of employment, Portuguese and French are close. Like French, Africa is also a major battlefield for Portuguese employment at present. When we talk about Portuguese-speaking Africa, we must talk about one country-Angola. Angola's contribution to China is not only basketball in the Olympic Games, but also China's largest trading partner in Africa. What is more exaggerated is that Xiao 'an actually replaced Xiao 'an as the largest oil supplier in China in early 2008. It goes without saying how complementary the economies of China and Angola are. China also maintains good economic relations with Mozambique, another Portuguese-speaking African country, and is currently the sixth largest investor in that country. According to the recruitment information registered by enterprises on our website, the starting salary of people studying Portuguese in Africa will reach 2000-2500 US dollars, which is far behind other small languages.

However, for many people, Africa just wants to be far away, but is unwilling to be near. If you don't want to go, it doesn't matter. Brazil, the Portuguese-speaking South American football kingdom, is also an important position to attract Portuguese-speaking talents. Brazil, China, Russia and India are now called BRIC countries, and these countries have the greatest economic development potential. No matter now or in the future, the current number of Portuguese-speaking graduates is far from meeting the demand.

Portugal, the birthplace of Portuguese, does not provide many employment opportunities, but the demand is always there. Moreover, it has occupied such a treasure in Europe, giving Portuguese speakers a foothold and base on three continents.

2. Spanish (there are 20 colleges and universities and more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries and regions)

Spanish is a bit like French five years ago. There are more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries, and there are only more than 20 Spanish-speaking institutions in China. Judging from the training market in the past two years, Spanish has warmed up the fastest, on the one hand, because of the opening of the study abroad market in American countries, on the other hand, the market has more demand for Spanish talents.

Spanish-speaking countries are mostly concentrated in Latin America, which is greatly influenced by the West, and their economic dependence on the United States is not strong, and the demand for Spanish talents is relatively stable. At present, the good employment situation benefits from the law that things are scarce and expensive. Unsurprisingly, the number of Spanish colleges and universities will increase sharply in recent years, and with the gradual availability of suitable people in suitable positions, Spanish employment in the future may not have such obvious advantages.

3. French (there are 765,438+0 universities and more than 40 French-speaking countries and regions).

French is the language with the largest number and widest range in countries other than English. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and all competition venues are broadcast in French, English and Chinese. But in terms of employment, the scene is embarrassing: few French learners go to Europe for employment, and more go to Africa.

Nowadays, French majors are very similar to African preparatory classes, providing a steady stream of translation for Africa. Most French-speaking countries are located in Africa. Although these countries are poor, they are rich in natural resources, most of which have not been developed. China and Africa have always enjoyed a traditional friendship. We call other countries friends and African countries brothers, which is obviously very different. Two years ago, we hosted a forum on China-Africa cooperation, and the brothers got together for a while. China's fierceness and strength in Africa is something that western countries do not want to see. African issues are increasingly becoming the focus between China and the West. From oil in Darfur to arms in Zimbabwe, western countries are both dissatisfied and uneasy, saying that China is pursuing "neo-colonialism" in Africa.

No matter what the outside world says, the objective situation is that China companies are undertaking more and more African projects, and French graduates are coming to Africa one after another. There are 24 people in our class, 9 of them have been to Africa before and after graduation, 7 are boys and 2 are girls, and one of them has set up a company there.

Going to Africa will pay well. The starting salary is about $ 1, 000- 1, 500, which is why French will become the "highest monthly salary" major on the list. However, few people go to Africa only for money, especially girls. Going to Africa is more like a helpless choice under the pressure of employment. There are indeed too many graduates majoring in French now. The number of French colleges has basically doubled in the past five years, and people studying in France are also returning to China, which has had an impact on the employment of French majors.

Learn French and don't want to go to Africa, or refer to this article:

4. German (there are 60 universities and about 5 German-speaking countries and regions).

In the process of running a German website, the most obvious word is "stability". No matter whether you work hard or not, all the data will remain the same.

German 10 is the first job, and the second language is small salary. I still feel a little optimistic. The employment situation in Germany is basically stable, which will not be too surprising or too disappointing. The main channel to attract talents is the above-mentioned 10 field. In attracting talents from foreign companies, except Japanese companies, German companies are the best performers, especially in the automobile industry.

In the past three years, due to the adjustment of the study abroad policy, studying abroad in Germany is at a low point, and the number of students enrolled in training in Germany has also declined slightly. I feel that German is not as popular in China as before. However, for German majors, this may be a good thing, without a group of competitors who join in the fun …

5. Japanese (227 universities, Japanese-speaking countries-Japan)

Aside from the factors of national feelings, objectively speaking, Japan is indeed a country with leading technology and many famous enterprises. In today's digital age, young people are stealing several Japanese goods: Casio's watches, electronic dictionaries, calculators, Canon, Sony and Nikon cameras.

Among the top 500 companies in the world, Japan has always ranked second. At the same time, due to the geographical relationship, a large number of Japanese companies have invested and set up factories in China. Unlike European and American companies, Japanese companies use English as their office language regardless of their mother tongue, and Japanese English is not good either. Japanese enterprises have absorbed a large number of Japanese graduates. Many people think that foreign companies are the main graduation destination for minority language students, probably because of the influence of Japanese employment.

When we were at school, there were two Japanese students in the dormitory. After graduation, one went to university and the other went to a Japanese company. Most of their classes went to Japanese companies, and some went to the same company. At present, there are many institutions offering Japanese, reaching 227, almost half of English institutions. It is not difficult for Japanese students to find a job, nor is it easy to find a good job. Many of them are employees of Japanese companies.

6. Italian (there are 12 universities and Italian-speaking countries-mainly Italy)

Italy is a maverick country, and it is difficult to understand her with fixed thinking. This country is very individual, but the employment of Italian learners is mostly regular. I once took part in an Italian class at Beijing Foreign Studies University, and I exchanged website advertisements for training courses. The teacher is very young and hasn't graduated for two years. They talked to us about their classmates' employment situation, which basically focused on the 10 field mentioned at the beginning of the article.

If it is different, Italian has a little personality. There are about 10 participants in the training course. One of them is a football editor of a famous website because of work needs. Later, I noticed that some news media, including CCTV Sports Channel, did recruit Italians as sports editors.

There is no field in Italian that can attract a large number of graduates. However, due to the small number of colleges and universities, the enrollment is not annual, and the Italian study abroad policy is not stable, and there are not a large number of returned graduates like French, German and Spanish, so the advantage of employment in Italy is that the competition pressure is not great, and the disadvantage is that the channels are not wide.

7. Russian (there are 93 universities and about 10 Russian-speaking countries and regions).

Apart from Russia, Russian is not the only common language in several other countries. In Ukraine and several "Stan" countries, there is a trend of "de-russification", and the status of Russian seems to be weakening.

The news is a bit depressing, but exciting. I went to the opening ceremony of a friend's bar the other day and met a French tour guide. I asked him which language guide he lacked most, and he spoke Russian without thinking.

The Russian economy has recovered rapidly in recent years. Not only in some border areas of Heilongjiang and Xinjiang, Sino-Russian trade is very active. In the core area of the capital Beijing, Yabao Road next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, street signs and shop signs are bilingual in China and Russia, and the scale is very large.

There are many institutions offering Russian, but many of them have not enrolled students in recent years, and Russian employment is generally in a state of recovery.

8. Arabic (16 universities, more than 20 Arabic-speaking countries and regions).

There are more than 20 Arabic-speaking countries, mainly distributed in West Asia, East Africa and North Africa, giving people the impression of desert and oil. Some countries are rich in oil, and Qatar, with a population of over 800,000, has such good financial resources to host the Asian Games because of oil.

Arabic-speaking countries really like to talk about oil. In addition to the mentioned 65,438+00 small language industries, the employment of Arabic-speaking graduates is closely related to this. PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC are the foothold of graduates.

Traditionally, son preference is more serious in Arabic-speaking countries. Although it can't be concluded that Arab girls are not good at employment, it is really difficult for girls to develop better.

Arabic-speaking countries lack well-known enterprises, so it is unrealistic to learn Arabic to enter foreign companies. Arabs doing business in China are mostly concentrated in small commodity wholesale markets like Yiwu.

Algerian, Tunisia, Moroccan and other countries use Arabic as their official language and French is widely used. Many companies are equipped with translators in two languages, which can be regarded as a French family.

9. Korean (6 1 institution, Korean country-Korea and North Korea)

Korean is very popular among young people in China in the past two years, and learning Korean is regarded as a fashion. But most people learn Korean only for entertainment, and it has nothing to do with the employment situation of Korean majors.

South Korean companies investing in China include big companies like Samsung and LG, and more are small companies. The distribution of Korean enterprises in China is very regional, with many in Shandong, Northeast China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, and most of them are located in some second-and third-tier cities, such as Dalian, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Rizhao and Dongguan. The salary level is also low, and some people will do it with a monthly salary of 65,438+0,000 RMB. Small Korean enterprises set up factories in China, which means low labor costs.

Among the nine small languages, the Korean major has a low gold content, which is the major that pays the least attention to academic qualifications and the most attention to the actual Korean level. Many enterprises only need junior college or even high school education. This is because Korean is relatively easy to master; Secondly, many Koreans in China are born bilingual talents; Thirdly, there are many Korean students and staff in China. Their Chinese is good, and they live in the community, so they have little dependence on Korean translation. To some extent, knowing Korean can help you icing on the cake, but if you regard it as the capital of settling down, this feeling may not last long.

Finally, I would like to talk about some data sources above: the number of universities in different languages comes from the "China University Project Evaluation Team", and the actual number of universities in different languages should be several more than this, because some universities often open their majors for two or three years before filing with the Ministry of Education. The number of countries in each language refers to the general situation of countries and regions in the Atlas of the New Practical World published by China Map Publishing House and Fang Si? Part of the information of small language websites.

I thought of ending with a sentence saying, "No matter which language you learn, as long as you learn it well, you will have no problem finding a job!" " This sounds very wise and far-sighted; But in retrospect, when I was learning a foreign language, no one in my class didn't want to learn the language well, and no one didn't work hard, but the final level was still very different, which was completely natural; So think about this insightful summary and leave it to the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Employment is a heavy topic, so it's better to make a joke and end with singing:

The Spaniard said good employment, and the Portuguese smiled; Portuguese is widely used, and French is funny; The French said they were going to Europe, but the Germans laughed. German is very nice, Italian laughs; Italians say that the territory is big, and Russians laugh; Russian said to dig oil, Arabic smiled; When Arabic is spoken in a foreign company, Japanese laughs; Japanese is very fashionable, Korean laughs; Koreans say they want to make big money in big cities and learn to laugh in small languages …