Nowadays, world becomes diverse and people are anxious to catch up the latest trend and try not to be left behind. = Nowadays, the world becomes more and more diverse and people are anxious to catch up to the latest trend and try not to be left behind.
And Hanja education for children went viral several years ago in our country. Lots of books dealt with the benefit of Hanja education, and parents went crazy to catch up with the latest trend and try hard cramming in their children’s head.
Sadly, these phenomenons plummeted these days like other things depend on trend. = Sadly, these phenomena plummeted these days just like the other things which had depended on trends.
The great downfall of our hanja education is all because it’s not depending on true necessity.
For the most of contemporary people, Hanja is not quite essential part of education. Though more than 50% of Korean words came from Chinese, we can understand it without knowing Hanja. We can get by without much knowledge in Hanja.
However, like English users try to learn Latin to have more profound understanding on their own language, by having some knowledge in Hanja, our understanding in our language gets much deeper and deeper. = However, just like the English users who are trying to learn Latin to have more profound understanding on their own language, by having some knowledge in Hanja, our understanding in our language gets much deeper and deeper.
There’re lots of advantages after learning Hanja for sure. = There are lots of advantages after learning Hanja for sure.
However, it takes so much time and effort to be equipped with just basic understanding. So in conclusion, I will teach basic Hanja to my future children, likewise my parents did for me.
But whether learn advanced Hanja or not, it’s completely on his decision. = But whether to learn advanced Hanja or not, completely / solely depends on his decision. |