Languages
Languages
Primary funding is expected to arrive from a variety of sources, but probably most of it will come from offshore sources. Students and Cadets entering the maritime industry may easily find themselves posted to OUTUS (Outside of the USA) locations, and it would be career-enhancing, life-enriching, and client-base expanding for future employees to be able to seamlessly blend in with their counterparts. As poor or minority or economically disadvantaged people entering a very demanding and challenging industry, every advantage the students and Cadets pick up will only help them.
Four-year students and Cadets will be required to study and become fluent in one of several languages:
-- Korean
-- Japanese
-- Mandarin
-- Vietnamese
-- Russian
-- German
-- French
Others might be added, but to the point of non-necessity. Primarily, these will be in the shipyards and Classification Society offices. (Yes, I know the UK has LR. The AU, UK, and US US English will be split or lot-draw decided for the Korea location.
Two-year students and Cadets will be required to at least recognize and pronounce characters and words, and at least be able to read, even if little or no actual vocabulary is attained in the first year.
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