Employment prospects in Arabic

However, in the exam, girls' Arabic scores are generally higher than boys'. Zhou Lie, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University and doctoral supervisor, said: "Now the ratio of boys and girls learning Arabic is 7: 3."

The employment prospects of minority languages are better

Although the proportion of male and female students is quite different, many students still choose Arabic because they are optimistic about the employment prospects of "minority languages". Relevant persons from foreign universities said that students who graduated from "small languages" such as Arabic have optimistic employment intentions, and some units will directly come to the school for important people, while students will mostly consider applying for civil servants, entering overseas institutions or taking postgraduate examinations, so that they will have the opportunity to work as translators or study in Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Egypt. Engage in foreign affairs translation in embassies, economic and trade commissions, the Ministry of Health or large enterprises in Middle East countries or do translation in foreign-funded enterprises.

Arabic translation is a popular occupation in Yiwu, Zhejiang. Because there are businessmen from Arab countries gathered there, there are about 3, businessmen traveling between Arab countries and Yiwu every year, and there are many employment opportunities.

The scores of college entrance examination in Arabic and Italian are not low, even much higher than those in Russian, but the applicants are still flocking, which is also related to the optimistic employment prospects of these "small languages". In view of this phenomenon, some colleges and universities in China have also joined the ranks of Arabic talents training. Experts said that the number of colleges and universities offering Arabic majors in China has grown from 7 to 24.

Arabic is notoriously difficult to learn. "People who have studied Arabic can read an article they just got without understanding the meaning, and I think it is qualified." Zhong Jikun, president of China Arabic Literature Research Association and professor of Arabic Department in Peking University, who attended the meeting, said, "Its difficulties are various, and the changes in pronunciation and grammar alone are very complicated. Although Arabic has only 28 letters, one letter may have four pronunciations due to changes in grammar and other reasons."

Of course, English is the language that people master the most in society.