Welcome back to 英文易開罐

The following video is going to be in English

so remember to turn on the cc subtitle if needed

I'm so glad to see a lot of people

enjoying learning English

by watching 英文易開罐

and even want to major in English

since some of you

are getting more and more curious about

what english majors are doing in college

I was wondering maybe

I can share some of my experience

with you guys

so

Here we go

I've always been interested in English

and that's probably the reason

why it's the subject

that I do the best

I mean

compared to math of course

who llikes math

also

I'm a big fan

of those mythical stories

like Zeus

his wife Hera

Athena so forth and so on

so I was pretty excited

to be an English major

because I finally have the chances

to get to know more about

those mythical stories

As a people person as I am

I love meeting different people

and making friends with those

with different cultures

so I was wondering

If I were an English major

I could have better communication skills

to make friends with the people

from all around the world

That sounds pretty fun huh

and most importantly

You guys know what it is?

My friends think that I'm a...

Hipster

She's definitely a hipster

This August

will be very summer

My parents think I'm a...

Walking Dictionary

She's a walking dictionary

Hey Effy

You study English Literature right?

so...

Can you translate this article for me?

It's not very long

Like only 2000 words

Just give me before 2:30 ok?

A lot of people think that...

Party Animal

A club goer

She's a club goer

It's not fair

It's not fair

The department of English Literature

in Taiwan

can basically be devided

into two parts

One is more of literature

and the other one is more of a

teaching program

so as far as I know

NTU and NCCU

focus more on the literature part

In addition to basic courses like

oral training and writing courses

We get to read mythology

Other basic courses include

introduction to linguistics

If you're interested

in how a language is formed

you would definitely

have a lot of fun

in linguistics classes

The second year begins with

English literature

followed by other literature classes

such as American Literature

poems, plays and the bible

We also get to take a deeper look

at how a culture is formed

and how it changes

along with time

In the third and forth year

things are getting more and more difficult

Students now basically know

what whey want to learn about

so we have like translation

or interpretation courses

cultural studies and modern novels

Here, we get to know

a lot of theories

and we try our best

to analyze the texts

through those theories

which is not easy

but it was very, very interesting

One thing for sure

If you want to enjoy all the courses

I've mentioned above

you need to put through

a huge bunch of reading load

It may be very difficult

but as soon as you finish all the reading

the sense of achievement

is beyond words

Other schools like NTNU

some of the students

need to intern

before they can be a real teacher

I've heard some rumors that

the internship

isn't very easy

it isn't any easier than

doing the military service

Basically

You are kinda

the other teachers' bitch

and you can not say no to them

My parents think I'll be

A teacher

sin 30 degree is

1/2

cos 60 degree is

1/2

tan 45 degree is

1/2

sorry wrong teacher

A...for apple

B...for banana

C...for cello

My friends think I'll be

Out of employment

Can you give me some money

In fact

after graduation

English majors have a lot of choices

If you love literature

you can go to graduate school

to study more literature

If you love teaching

just as I do

you can go

and be a teacher

A lot of my friends

took some business school courses

when they were still under graduates

yeah

so

so eventually

they'll go to graduate school

to study for their MBA degree

most importantly

with great English skill

you can do all kinds of jobs

You can do anything you want

Being English majors

we expect

not only good English skills

We're building our scarcity

People nowadays

need more than one skill

to compete with all the world

so making ourselves irreplaceable

is the top priority

Take Mark Zuckerberg for exmple

He's a master of coding right

but does he settle for this

and stop learning other skills

HELL NO

He keeps learning Chinese

to be a more successful man

He even gave a speech in Chinese

When he was visiting

one of the most prestigious universities in China

and of course

among those important skills

English is definitely one of them

In department of English literature

We don't just learn how to speak good English

or write good English essays

We learn a lot of new perspectives

to look at the world

The more I see

the more curious I am

When you're willing to learn more about the world

there's nothing gonna stop you

from learning

and there's nothing gonna stop you

from making yourself better

And that's a wrap

For today's introduction to English majors

Is there any topic you would like us to share?