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What fourth language should I learn?
Hello, I am a nice girl from Ukraine. I speak Russian, Ukrainian, and English, and am wondering what fourth language should I learn. I want to learn a language which is important now and will remain important in the future. I also want to learn a language which is widely spoken in a country where girls like me are in demand and can find a good job (and maybe a good man too, LOL!)
Thank you very much!!! I'm anticipating your replies!
Strongly recommend you to learn Chinese, a language which satisfies all that you want or even more, albeit being a tough language!
I assure you that a girl like you with a good command of Chinese will land you a well-paid job most easily! Just think of the booming Chinese economy!
In the city and university where I live, there are just increasingly more Western faces year on year!
I've encountered just many foreigners who can speak good Mandarin Chinese around me!
学习汉语，打开中国市场
2008-10-23 17:52:38 越来多的肯尼亚人开始学习中文——这个被认为将成为国际商务用语的语言。 近几年来中文语言学习在非洲大陆开始变得越来越流行。根据中国国家汉办提供的数据，中国向非洲派遣中文教师达210人次，并在11个国家建立孔子学院6所，汉语教学点20处。 根据Omni-Tech电脑服务公司项目部经理Lucy Githinji 的说法，中文已成为该公司所提供的网络外语教学中的热门。 越来越多的肯尼亚商人开始走入中国市场购买商品，与此同时，来自中国的游客数量也在迅速增长。根据肯尼亚旅游局的统计，2007年肯尼亚市场的中国游客总数达到了18,766人次，比2006年同期的14,778人次增长了27%。 去年中肯之间的商业交易额达959千万美元，比2006年增长48%。这一现象更凸现了肯尼亚中文学习在就旅游和商业交流中的重大机遇。 肯尼亚商人或许已经为中文能力不足付出了高额的代价。“一般来说，在中国市场，肯尼亚商人都得雇佣一个翻译来与销售商进行沟通，”Githinji 对Smart公司说到，“但是通常翻译都会提高商品价格，以便在交易结束后获取提成”。她的同事已经在近四年中，对400名肯尼亚商人进行了汉语培训。 http://www.hanban.edu.cn/content.php?id=4041 Learn Chinese, to open the China market 2008-10-23 17:52:38 A growing number of Kenyans started to learn Chinese - which is considered will be the language of international business language. In recent years Chinese language study began on the African continent is becoming increasingly popular. According to data provided by China NOCFL, China Chinese language teachers to Africa to send up to 210 passengers, and 11 in the country six set up Confucius Institutes, Chinese language teaching at 20. According to Omni-Tech computer services company project manager Lucy Githinji say, Chinese has become the company's network to provide the most popular foreign language teaching. A growing number of Kenyan businessmen started to enter the Chinese market purchase merchandise at the same time, the number of tourists from China are also growing rapidly. According to Kenya Tourist Board statistics, the Kenyan market in 2007 the total number of Chinese tourists reached 18,766 passengers, more than 14,778 over the same period in 2006 increased by 27% of trips. Last year, commercial transactions between the point 959 reached 10 million U.S. dollars, representing 48 percent growth in 2006. This phenomenon highlights the Chinese study in Kenya on the tourism and commercial exchanges with major opportunities. Kenyan businessman may have insufficient capacity for the Chinese paid a high price. "Generally speaking, in the Chinese market, Kenya Employment businessmen have a translation to communicate with vendors," Githinji company of Smart said, "but usually translated in commodity prices will improve in order to obtain the royalty after the transaction." Her colleagues have in the past four years, of 400 Kenyan businessmen to the Chinese language training.
英语故乡汉语热 500所中小学开设汉语课
[来 源] 人民网 [发表时间] 2008-11-25 16:35:57 英语是目前世界上应用最广泛的语言。随着中国国际地位的提高，在英语的故乡，有越来越多的人开始学习汉语。11月24日，应中国国家汉语国际推广领导小组办公室的邀请,来自英国肯特郡、威尔士等11个地区的中小学校长和地方教育官员110多人来到中国，开始了他们的访华之旅。 ■学习中文能够更多、更深层次地了解中华文化 中国国家汉办主任、孔子学院总部总干事许琳在欢迎仪式上致辞，祝愿英国中小学校长和教育官员们此次中国之行收获多多，并代表国家汉办向英国中小学赠送了一批汉语教材和中文图书。 英国驻华大使馆文化参赞、英国文化协会中国区主任Joanna Burke女士在欢迎仪式上表示，为了让学生具备全球视野，英国教育部门即将开展“延伸课堂”项目，通过学习外语、与国外学校建立联系来促进该项目的实施。虽然在英国学习汉语的学生和在中国留学的英国学生人数还不算多，但是近年来一直呈增加的态势。年轻人之间的相互理解会帮助他们在成年后更好地去解决全球所面临的问题。 本次中国之旅成员、英国阿什克布学校副校长Peter Thompson说：“作为中小学校长，我们通过此次中国之行可以为同事和学生提供一个真实的中国。英国学生学习中文，能够更多、更深层次地了解中华文化。我曾看到许多人因为中国之旅而改变了生活方向，我相信，参加本次活动的其他人也会发生这样的变化。” 据悉，英国中小学校长访华之旅成员将分组赴山东、山西、广东、上海、天津和重庆6省市参观访问。活动期间，他们将访问中国的中小学校并与中国的中小学校建立姊妹学校关系。 大英博物馆对介绍中国的第一句话这样写道：“中国人创造了世界上最博大和悠久的文明，他们的口头和书面语言在四千多年的历史中保持了一致的形式，维系了这个巨大国家的统一，连接着她的现在和过去，表达一个其他地方不可比拟的同一文化。”大英博物馆中的中国已经渐渐远去，当今中国正以全新的面貌向世界展示着自己的风采，在现代化、国际化的进程中，学习汉语，了解中国，已成世界上越来越多人的选择。 ■英国已有20所大学500所中小学开设汉语课 在英国，汉语已经逐渐为大家所认同。《泰晤士报》每天在头版最显眼的位置刊登两个汉字，甚至还刊登有关中国历史文化的小测验邀请读者参加，借此吸引读者对学习汉语及中国文化的兴趣。 2000年，中英政府签订了《中英教育合作框架协议》，其中包含了在基础教育、职业教育和高等教育等各阶段加强与推进汉语教学的内容。为此，英国国家教学大纲及其规定的中学结业考试（GCSE）和高中会考（A LEVEL）科目都做了调整，汉语已经作为现代外语之一，被纳入英国教学大纲所规定的考试科目。 目前，几乎所有的英国大学都或多或少地开设了汉语课。其中，有20所大学开设了汉语本科以上学历课程，学习汉语的人数（学历教育）已超过 4000人。而将汉语作为专修、兼修和选修的人数则更多。仅伦敦大学亚非学院一校，各类学习汉语的人数（学历教育）就已超过400人，非学历教育的人数已超过2000人。报名参加国家汉办主办的“汉语桥”比赛的人数也呈逐年上升趋势。 在英国的中小学，也有越来越多的学校开始系统地开设汉语课程。开设汉语课程的学校数量，已从2002年的57所、2004年的100所到2006年的300所，再到目前的近500所。这些数字，充分说明了汉语在英国的推广速度。 中国每年通过合作项目派往英国学校教授汉语的教师也逐年增加，中国留学人员应聘到英国学校从事汉语教学的人员遍布英伦三岛。国家汉办在为英国大、中、小学开设汉语课程的学校提供师资、教材的同时，还在英国开办了12所孔子学院和14所孔子课堂。目前还有更多的学校和机构正在申请开办孔子学院。 http://www.hanban.edu.cn/content.php?id=4187 English hometown of Chinese hot to open 500 primary and secondary Chinese classes [Source] People [TIME] 2008-11-25 16:35:57 English is the world's most widely used language. With the improvement of China's international status, in an English home to have more and more people began to study Chinese. November 24, the China of Chinese Language Council International Office of the Leading Group's invitation, from Kent, England, Wales and other areas of 11 primary and secondary school principals and local education officials, 110 people came to China to begin their visit to China brigade. ■ be able to study English more and deeper understanding of Chinese culture China NOCFL Director, Confucius Institute Headquarters, the Director-General Xu Lin said at the welcoming ceremony and wished the United Kingdom primary and secondary school principals and education officials harvest trip to China a lot, and on behalf of NOCFL to the United Kingdom presented a number of primary and secondary schools Chinese language teaching materials and Chinese language books. Cultural Embassy in the United Kingdom, British Council China Region Director Ms. Joanna Burke said at the welcoming ceremony, in order to allow students to have a global vision, the United Kingdom education sector is about to carry out the "extended classroom" project, through studying a foreign language, set up links with foreign schools to promote the implementation of the project. Although the British study of Chinese students studying in China and the United Kingdom the number of students is not many, but in recent years has been an increase trend. Mutual understanding between young people will help them in adulthood better to solve the problems faced by the world. The trip to China a member of the United Kingdom阿什克布School Vice-President Peter Thompson said: "As primary and secondary school principals, we trip to China, my colleagues and students can provide a real China. British students studying Chinese, can more many, a deeper understanding of Chinese culture. I have seen many people trip to China because of the change of life direction, I believe, take part in this event will happen this way other people change. " It is learned that British primary and secondary school principals to visit China Tour members will be grouped to Shandong, Shanxi, Guangdong, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing provinces and cities to visit 6. Events during which they will visit Chinese primary and secondary schools and Chinese primary and secondary schools set up sister school relationships. British Museum to introduce China's first sentence reads: "Chinese people have created the world's most extensive and long history of civilization, and their oral and written language in the 4000 years of history, has maintained a consistent form, to maintain the tremendous the reunification of the country, connected to her now and in the past, the expression of an unparalleled elsewhere in the same culture. "the British Museum in China have been gradually disappearing in today's China is a new face to show the world their style, in modernization and internationalization in the process of studying Chinese and understand China, the world has become more and more people choice. ■ more than 20 UK universities to open 500 primary and secondary school Chinese language classes In English, Chinese has been gradually accepted by everyone. "The Times" daily on the front page publication of the most prominent location of two Chinese characters, and even published about Chinese history and culture to invite readers to take part in quizzes, so as to attract readers to study Chinese language and Chinese culture. In 2000, the Chinese and British Governments signed the "Sino-British Education Cooperation Framework Agreement", which contains basic education, vocational education and higher education at all stages to promote Chinese language teaching with content. To this end, the English National curriculum and the secondary school exit examination requirements (GCSE) examinations and high school (A LEVEL) subjects to do the adjustment, Chinese has been one of the modern foreign language, be incorporated into the English syllabus provided for the examination subjects. At present, almost all British universities are more or less set up Chinese courses. Among them, 20 universities have opened Chinese language courses graduate from college or higher, the number of people studying Chinese (Education) has more than 4000 people. While specializing in Chinese as, taking the total number of elective and more. Of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, only one school, the number of various types of Chinese language study (academic education) had more than 400 people, non-diploma education, more than 2,000 people. NOCFL enroll, the "Chinese Bridge" competition was the number of year-on-year rise. Primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom, but also more and more schools have begun to systematically set up Chinese courses. Opened Chinese courses in the number of schools from 2002 to 57 in 2004, the 100-2006 year 300 and then to the current near 500. These figures fully demonstrate that the Chinese in the United Kingdom to promote speed. Through cooperation projects in China each year sent to schools to teach Chinese English teachers also increased year by year, the Chinese students recruited to the British School of personnel engaged in Chinese language teaching around the British Isles. NOCFL in English in primary and secondary schools to open Chinese courses in schools with teachers, teaching materials, while the United Kingdom also opened 12 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classroom 14. There are more schools and institutions are applying for start-up Confucius Institutes.
Moi, je suis de l'opinion que tu pourrais apprendre le français. Après avoir appris ces langues, le français serait très facile pour toi, et c'est une langue très utile aussi. Il n'y a pas milles de déclensions comme en russe, la pronuncation est facile quand on l'a apprise, et la langue a une grande histoire, et elle est très intéressante.
Learn Hiri Motu. Revel in the booming economy of Papua New Guinea and communicate with the most diverse people imaginable. You can travel through the jungle and meet with amazing tribes, some of which are cannibals and some of which have never seen a white face before. Go trekking in the forest in a search for new species, which are discovered there all the time. Go revelling in the golden beaches of Port Moresby, the greatest city on Earth. Take a swim in the coral seas and the lovely inland lagoons. Yes, Hiri Motu is the language for you!
I'd suggest you to go with languages which are "traditionally" a good choice: French, German, perhaps Italian. In European context you're more likely to need them than more "exotic" languages, and you can't really go wrong with them, as they're probably always going to be important. So if you're undecided, I'd say to pick between some of major European languages.
Let me ask you a question.
Which language do Ukrainians speak better? Russian or Ukrainian?
It depends on where you'd like to be. If Europe, I'd say German; North America, Spanish, etc.
If I were you, I'd pick German.
Skippy:
"If Europe, I'd say German" What an idiotic comment, It's not that simple jackass. Both French & German are official and/or can be spoken in an equal amount of entities in Europe. French ------- 1-France 2-Belgium 3-Switzerland 4-Luxembourg 5-Italy (Aosta) 6-Jersey and Guernsey 7-Monaco 8-Andorra German -------- 1-Germany 2-Belgium 3-Switzerland 4-Luxembourg 5-Italy (Bolzano) 6-Lichtenstein 7-Denmark (Sønderjyllands) 8-France (Alsace) And remember, I'm talking (IN EUROPE) only.
By the way, German is not official in Alsace and French is not official in Andorra, but they can both be spoken there with relative ease.
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