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Or the University of Amsterdam's General Linguistics program for that matter...

Thanks for all the help! I think Applied Linguistics might be fore me, but I guess I have a lot more to read about. One of the factors I have been considering when looking at masters programs is the location. I am absolutely in love with the idea of living abroad right now, so schools outside of North America are especially appealing especially for the fact that for a lot of them the program is only a year long. The University of Edinburgh, along with Oxford and Cambridge seem to be right up that alley. How do all of them stack up against American schools? Is there a resource I can use to find out more about a school's reputation?

Thanks for the advice! I don't think I'll be going down the route of getting a PhD, although at this point, before getting into graduate linguistics, I guess anything's possible. I definitely will go for a sub-field that interests me. On that note, is there any literature or any websites that you recommend where I can familiarize myself with the different areas of linguistics to figure out what they entail and which one would be right for me? From what it seems like, Second-Language Acquisition or Natural Language Processing are areas I might be interested in. I'm definitely interested in learning languages myself, so studying how that process happens sounds intriguing. Also, it seems like the job prospects for NLP should only get better and better in the future. Am I right in hearing that NLP is where the most demand is right now for linguistics jobs? On another note, I posted this on reddit in the r/korea and r/linguistics subreddits, and most of the response that I got was that as soon as I try to find work outside of Korea, the value of that SNU master's in linguistics would plummet. Does this sound true to you?

I'm an English teacher at an academy in Korea, and I recently had the idea of getting a linguistics degree to both further my resume in my ability to see the world while teaching English, and to have something more substantial than just a few years at a hagwon to settle down with when I decide to settle down. I did a little research on linguistics masters programs, and was surprised to find that Seoul National University is ranked around the 37th best in the world (and for a very cheap cost even before scholarships to international students), but I haven't been able to find anything on its reputation or any specializations. Does anyone know what the university is known for? I'm especially interested as there seems to be a scholarship available here in Korea where they pay for you to study Korean for a year and then pay for 2 years of your degree. Although that would make any Korean content manageable, I hear the classes are in English anyway. The idea of getting more out of my time here (or in any other country I live in) than just a few years teaching experience--say, a fluency or near-fluency in the native language, and/or a reputable graduate degree--is one that is very attractive to me. I have a BA in Political Science from a tier 1 University, will have at least 2 years of EFL experience by the time I apply anywhere, and a CELTA. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!