<p>Is it possible for a Chinese person to major in Chinese? I'm Chinese and am not very fluent in Chinese and would like to be. Would majoring in Chinese help me if I wanted to become an interpreter? What else could I do with a major in Chinese?</p>
<p>China’s economy and political standing are growing, and I’m sure that someone who could speak Chinese and English could have a great career in politics or international business if they were so inclined. And no, it’s not that weird; how many English-speaking English majors do you know?</p>
<p>I would guess that most Hebrew/ Judaic studies majors are Jewish. For that matter most women’s studies majors are woman. Wouldn’t be weird for someone who is Chinese to study Chinese language and culture.</p>
<p>well, studying Chinese, you can join the air force, navy, or marine corp to become a linguist.
Other than that, you are wasting your time.
Look, there are 200 million Chinese people in China already fluent in English, why do you think they are going to hire you instead of them? Well, security clearance might be an issue for those internationals, so you stand out being a devout U.S citizen.
If you want to go to graduate school in Chinese literature or whatever, then your best choice is probably do East Asian studies.</p>
<p>What do you personally want to do a Chinese major? You can do anything you want to with a Chinese major; some ideas: interpreter, writing for a Chinese newspaper, teaching Chinese, teaching English to Chinese kids, working in a museum, working in China/Taiwan/Hong Kong, writing novels in Chinese, business, working at a translation company…basically the possibilities are endless. I definately don’t think you’d be “wasting your time” as pharmakeus01 said.</p>
<p>Sure it’s completely fine, if that’s what you want to do and feel you were meant to do by all means go for it. I know tons of native English speakers that major in English, by having a strong backround in the area you sort of have a leg up, or fantastic foundation. </p>
<p>Yes it probably would help, it might also help to tutor people or teach on the side. They say when you know something enough to teach it you’ve mastered it.
At my high school we wanted to start a Chinese class but couldn’t find a teacher so a few students ended up starting a class through gifted support.
It’s a field with many job openings especially because many people, or at least i feel many people learn a language but never follow through with mastering it, they get to like a moderate level then stop. </p>
<p>Good luck and I hope everything is going well! :-)</p>