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Where to Study English

  • 12-03-2015 08:34PM
    #1
    alouisemd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi so I'm sitting my Leaving in a few months and I really want to go on to study English in Uni but I'm tearing my hair out over where to go! I'm not 100% sure what i want to do with it after I'm in two minds of going down a creative road or a logical, more sensible one.
    I'd really like to get involved with screenplay writing one day but I want to be safe for a job at the same time.
    I know that I really want to take film onboard and I've been looking at the course in Ucd and Arts with Film in Nui Galway and both have their pros and cons I guess but I really need help to decide!
    I'dreally like to get involved with screenplay writing one day but I want to be safe for a job at the same time.
    Any advice on either the courses, colleges or cities would be seriously appreciated!
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  • #2
    Kalman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    I'm not 100% sure what i want to do with it ?

    Now if you feel that way about it, then why bother? Good English is an asset for any future employment prospects.


  • #3
    alouisemd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭alouisemd


    Kalman wrote: »
    I'm not 100% sure what i want to do with it ?

    Now if you feel that way about it, then why bother? Good English is an asset for any future employment prospects.

    Sorry, I didn't word that very well. What I mean is I don't know what direction I want to go with it. I don't know if i want to teach, write, work in publishing etc. so I want to choose a course that will help me explore all the different areas and not cut me off from others.


  • #4
    Kalman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    alouisemd wrote: »
    Sorry, I didn't word that very well. What I mean is I don't know what direction I want to go with it. I don't know if i want to teach, write, work in publishing etc. so I want to choose a course that will help me explore all the different areas and not cut me off from others.


    That's ok ! However, to follow any of the above subjects, especially 'teaching' then you would need a good command of English.

    If I were you>>>>I would go for it. I was never offered the chance when I was young. I somehow made up for it later in life.


  • #5
    alouisemd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭alouisemd


    I'm kind of worried there's a difference in the quality of the courses. And i knows thats a bit of a judgemental thing to say but I have no idea and I'd hate to realise it when it's too late. Thank you!!


  • #6
    Zaph
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    Moved from Forum Requests


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  • #7
    Kalman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


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  • #8
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    alouisemd wrote: »
    I'd really like to get involved with screenplay writing one day but I want to be safe for a job at the same time.
    Do a degree that will get you a secure job and learn how to screen write in your own time. Plenty of resources (free!) are available online which are just as good as what you'd be taught by a lecturer

    At the end of the day, you already speak English, so why would you need an English degree?


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