On the two external problems

There is a jargon in the small language circle:

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

Korean: Korean characters are pinyin characters, which are both phonetic and ideographic, with circled pronunciation 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 advantage of Korean learning in China is also very obvious.

English: For beginners of small languages, English is used as a reference. Apart from the strength of English-speaking countries, the most important thing that makes English popular all over the world is that it is easy to master. Besides am is are, have has had, there is also an ed and ing, that 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: complicated grammar, various verb inflections and erratic words' yin and yang; In addition, it is also difficult to master the pronunciation of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Accustomed to the well-behaved English letters, you will find that many letters in these languages look quite different, such as those with antennas, and those with hats, such as? ê ? , some with glasses, such as ü, and one with 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, this is not the case. These letters with notes are not included in each language alphabet. Their function is only to help you pronounce or stress. .

Japanese: When I was at school, there were two Japanese majors in my dormitory. Listening to them, it was easy to get started in Japanese, but the more I learned later, the more difficult it became. China and Japan are separated by a strip of water, and Japanese comes from Chinese. Many Japanese articles contain Chinese characters. Even for people who have never studied, they seem to understand a thing or two, which is very similar to Martian.

German: In addition to verb inflections and complicated grammar, German nouns are neutral in addition to yin and yang, and there is also the concept of "case" in 1234, which is extremely cooperative; Learning German well requires not only a rigorous attitude to study but also an iron will. Generally speaking, to study abroad, German requires 8 class hours, while French needs 5 class hours. My knowledge of German is limited to this, and I can't say more. I still want to ask my German students to explain it in detail!

Arabic: Besides 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 and the English we learn. Without considerable effort, 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 tense coordination of sex numbers. The most unusual thing is that its characters are written from right to left, which may be helpful for the treatment of cervical spondylosis. Learning Arabic well, without a thousand and one nights of kung fu, is a fable. Don't say anything, my god!

Russian: I know nothing about Russian except that I can pronounce "I love you" in Chinese. If you feel it, the difficulty should be between German and Arabic. If you don't understand it, please come out to solve the problem. Liu Xuying//Ha ha, talking about Russian, to some extent, Russian is as difficult as Arabic, with many forms and complicated styles. It has a taste of not torturing two people and not giving up, but this feeling stops after a year or two of serious study, and it will be ok after the foundation is laid, because I heard that those who learn Japanese will have many honorifics in the back, and each has its own difficult methods. Take it! As for 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 Chinese is the most beautiful. Hehe, Russian is not very nice, but it is very special.

Tell me what I feel about the employment ranking of minority languages:

1. Portuguese (there are 6 colleges and 7 Portuguese-speaking countries and regions):

I don't know why there is no Portuguese in the top 1 employment ranking published by the Ministry of Education. Perhaps it is because there are too few students who graduate every year, which is not a "scale major". If I want to add a plug, I will put it in the position of , Portuguese.

most Portuguese-speaking countries are concentrated in Africa, with five. In terms of language, Portuguese is as close as Spanish, but in terms of employment, Portuguese is as close as French. 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 the basketball in the Olympic Games, but also China's largest trading partner in Africa. What is even more exaggerated is that Xiao 'an actually replaced Xiao 'an as the largest oil supplier in China in early 28. It is self-evident how strong the economic complementarity between China and Angola is. China also maintains good economic relations with Mozambique, another Portuguese-speaking African country, and is now its sixth largest investor. According to the recruitment information registered by enterprises on our website, the starting salary of those who study Portuguese in Africa will reach 2-25 US dollars, which is beyond the reach of other small languages.

However, for many people, Africa just wants to look far away, but is unwilling to come near. It doesn't matter if you don't want to go. 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", which 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 origin of Portuguese, can't provide many employment opportunities, but the demand is always there. Besides, it occupies such a treasure trove in Europe, so that Portuguese-speaking people have a foothold and base on three continents.

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

Spanish is a bit like French five years ago, with more than 2 Spanish-speaking countries, while there are only more than 2 Spanish-speaking colleges and universities in China at present. Judging from the training market in the past two years, Spanish is heating 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.

most Spanish-speaking countries are concentrated in Latin China, which is greatly influenced by the west, and their economic dependence on is not strong, and the demand for Spanish-speaking talents is relatively stable. At present, the good employment situation benefits from the rule that things are scarce. Unsurprisingly, the number of Spanish-language colleges will surge in recent years, and with the gradual availability of suitable people in suitable positions, Spanish-language employment will probably not have such obvious advantages in the future.

3. French (there are 71 colleges and universities, and there are more than 4 countries and regions that speak French)

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

Nowadays, French majors are much like African preparatory classes, which provide a steady stream of translators for Africa. Most French-speaking countries are located in Africa. Although the countries are poor, they are rich in natural resources, and most of them have not yet been developed. China and Africa have always had 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 don't want to see. African issues have increasingly become 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 boys and 2 girls, and one of them has started a company there.

Going to Africa will get a good salary, with a starting salary of around $1,-1,5, which is why French will become the "highest-paid" major on the list, but few people go to Africa just for the sake of money, especially girls. Going to Africa is more like a helpless choice made under the pressure of employment. There are indeed too many graduates majoring in French now. The number of French-language colleges has basically doubled in the past five years, and those studying in France are returning to China one after another, which has had an impact on the employment of French majors.

If you don't want to go to Africa when you study French, please refer to this article:

4. German (there are 6 colleges and universities, and there are about 5 German-speaking countries and regions)

In the process of running a German website, the most obvious word is "stability". Whether you work hard or not, all the data will remain unchanged.

German ranks in the top 1 in employment and second in salary. I think it is a little optimistic. The employment situation in German is basically in a stable state, which will not be too surprising or disappointing. The main channels for attracting talents are the above-mentioned 1 fields. In terms of attracting talents from foreign companies, German companies are the best performers except Japanese companies, especially in the automobile industry.

In the past three years, due to the adjustment of study abroad policy, studying in Germany has been at a low point, and the number of students enrolled in German training has also declined slightly. I feel that German is not as sought after 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 colleges and universities, a Japanese-speaking country-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 5 enterprises in the world, Japan has always been ranked second. At the same time, due to its geographical relationship, a large number of Japanese enterprises 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 companies have absorbed a large number of Japanese graduates. The reason why many people think that foreign companies are the main graduation destination for minority language students is probably due to the influence of Japanese employment.

When we were at school, there were two Japanese students in our dormitory. After graduation, one went to a university and the other to a Japanese company. Most of their classes went to Japanese companies, and some of them went to the same company. At present, there are also many institutions offering Japanese, reaching 227, which is almost half of the English institutions. It is not difficult for Japanese students to find a job, and it is not easy to find a good job. Many of them are clerks in Japanese companies.

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

Italy is a maverick country, and it is difficult to understand her with a fixed thinking. The country is very individual, but the employment of Italian learners is mostly very regular. I once attended an Italian class in Beijing Foreign Studies University by exchanging website advertisements for training courses. The teacher was very young and had not graduated for two years. They talked to us about the employment situation of their classmates, and basically focused on the top 1 areas mentioned at the beginning of the article.

If it's different, Italian also has a little personality. There are about 1 students in the training class. One of them is a football editor of a well-known website because of work needs. Later, I noticed that some news media, including CCTV sports channel, really recruited Italian as sports editors.

Italian does not have a certain field that can attract a large number of graduates. However, due to the small number of colleges and universities, which do not enroll students every year, and the unstable policy of studying in Italy, there are not a large number of returned graduates like French, German and Spanish, so the advantage of Italian employment is that the competition pressure is not great, and the disadvantage is that the channels are not wide.

7. Russian (there are 93 colleges and universities and about 1 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, the status of Russian seems to be weakening.

This news is a bit frustrating and exciting. The other day,

Russia's economy has recovered rapidly in recent years. Not only in some border areas of Heilongjiang and Xinjiang, Sino-Russian trade is very active. Even 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, which is very large.

There are many Russian-speaking colleges and universities, but many of them have not enrolled students in recent years, and Russian employment is generally in a state of recovery.

8. Arabic (there are 16 colleges and universities, and there are more than 2 Arabic-speaking countries and regions)

There are more than 2 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 only over 8,, has such good financial resources to host the Asian Games, which is due to oil.

Arabic-speaking countries really like to talk about oil. Apart from the 1 small-language industries mentioned, the employment of Arabic-speaking graduates is closely related to this. PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC are the foothold of graduates.

In terms of customs, preference for boys is more serious in Arabic-speaking countries. Although it can't be judged from this that Arabic girls are not good at finding jobs, it is really difficult for girls to have a better development.

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

Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and other countries are all countries where Arabic is the official language and French is widely used. Many companies are equipped with translators in two languages, which is considered as a French Arabic family.

9. Korean (there are 61 colleges and universities, and Korean-speaking countries-Korea and North Korea)

Korean has been highly sought after by young people in China in the past two years, and learning Korean is regarded as a fashion, but most people only learn Korean for entertainment purposes, which has nothing to do with the employment situation of Korean majors.

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. There are many in Shandong, Northeast China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, and most of them are entrenched in some second-tier 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 more than 1, RMB. Small Korean enterprises set up factories in China, which means that the labor cost is low.

Among the nine small languages, the Korean major has a low gold content, and it is a major that pays the least attention to academic qualifications and values the actual Korean level. Many enterprises only need college education or even high school education. This is because Korean is relatively easy to master, and secondly, many Korean people in China are born with Chinese-Korean bilingual talents. Moreover, there are many Korean students and staff in China, and there are many good Chinese.