Many people choose English majors because high school is best at English, but a very unacceptable truth is: this is not the case in college English majors.
The English major at the university is not like this
English major is a major category of foreign languages and literature. In other words, is actually attributed to the literary direction . Literature in the United Kingdom and the United States is already a sunset discipline, let alone studying English language and literature in the United Kingdom and the United States in this place. Therefore, if you use the subject ideas of high school to compare the subjects of university in parallel, it is easy to fall into the preconceived impression.
English major is now more traditional: master's degree and junior college master's degree. master's degree mainly includes three major directions: English language, literature, linguistics, and translation. , master's degree is the famous translation master's degree and subject English , and translation master's degree is also divided into interpreting and writing translation.
In the past two years, various colleges and universities have been trying to open a master's degree in regional and country research. This is a new direction that is in full swing and belongs to the English category.
Unfortunately, in addition to the interdisciplinary disciplines of linguistics and psychology, computers, and nerves, as well as the newly established regional and country research directions, other directions have long been saturated, and the threshold of is high and the ceiling is low, which is not worthy of students from ordinary families who practice .
Employment Choice
In the ignorant impression of high school, simultaneous and high translation are the employment directions of many dream English majors, but in essence it is not...
With the tightening of policies and the epidemic for three years, the translation market is already very small, and now it is more tight, and there are fewer and fewer scenarios that require translation. High-end translation is out of reach, and investment and return are not proportional at all. The same energy to do computers is more rewarding.
The most recruiting positions in the senior year are all kinds of overseas, concentrated in Southeast Asia and Africa. Belt and Road countries are the main overseas places (French is mainly Africa, and their salary will be higher than English). Not only are the conditions poor, but the salary is very low. In 2021, a female student from the French School of Sichuan Foreign Languages was sent to Africa to be infected with malaria and died.
Personally suggest that
High school students should not be limited in their eyes and think that college English will also be very happy, so they choose English major.
I personally do not agree with the so-called 1+1 project, because most foreign language schools do not have faculty to teach interdisciplinary teaching at all.
Although computers are also slightly declining, many of the English majors I know have successfully transcoding, because English majors are not a problem, and technical skills can survive better.
If you don’t have a sincere love for literature and academics or have no worries about wealth at home, then choosing another person is the best choice.
If you have chosen an English major and do not plan to change careers, you must plan in advance when you are in college.
First of all, Grade point is really important . When you graduate and look for a job, if your grade point is not good, you can't even touch the threshold for school interviews, you will be very anxious when you are in your senior year. The college is generally relatively in-depth, and you will never get good grades if you are bad. You must pay attention to grade points in your freshman year.
Secondly, about students' work, more life and less rewards. When recruiting teachers, basically no school will value student work. At most, student work is given the title of outstanding student cadre. If your personal energy is not enough to support your study and work at the same time, it is recommended that you do not continue to work as a student in your sophomore year .
last, about the competition. It is still recommended to participate in more normal training competitions and academic competitions, especially normal training. It is better to participate in other games with a large number of entertainment according to your personal interests, but it is best not to spend too much time to affect your study.
