Demand of Go Contents in English
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 7:24 pm
Hello everyone!
It's been a while for me to post something in this forum, but time-to-time I find that this is the more comfortable place for me to write a thought and let the discussion happen naturally.
I am currently 2D in FoxGo, and has since running physical classes after the control order of Covid-19 is uplifted here in Malaysia. I've been teaching mostly beginners with 0 knowledge about the game, and my audiences are varied from children of 4 years old to adults in the 60s.
One thing I've learned is that there's really ALOT of people who totally has little to no knowledge about the game, only "slightly" recognize it from Korean Dramas or movies and to some extent, games. I am also taking into consideration not many are actually seriously consider improving themselves to Dan level. Most if not all, are looking for a good leisure activity that is brain stimulating and fun only.
I've been teaching mostly in Chinese language, which is my mother tongue, and I realized after teaching to students who speaks English natively, they struggled to find contents that can help them "after" the class.
It made me wonder if the struggle is the same to players of other countries, and I am assuming the same trend may also occur for Go players in the English speaking community, but I am not sure, so looking to verify it from experiences of everyone here in this forum on how huge is the demand of Go contents in English.
It's been a while for me to post something in this forum, but time-to-time I find that this is the more comfortable place for me to write a thought and let the discussion happen naturally.
I am currently 2D in FoxGo, and has since running physical classes after the control order of Covid-19 is uplifted here in Malaysia. I've been teaching mostly beginners with 0 knowledge about the game, and my audiences are varied from children of 4 years old to adults in the 60s.
One thing I've learned is that there's really ALOT of people who totally has little to no knowledge about the game, only "slightly" recognize it from Korean Dramas or movies and to some extent, games. I am also taking into consideration not many are actually seriously consider improving themselves to Dan level. Most if not all, are looking for a good leisure activity that is brain stimulating and fun only.
I've been teaching mostly in Chinese language, which is my mother tongue, and I realized after teaching to students who speaks English natively, they struggled to find contents that can help them "after" the class.
It made me wonder if the struggle is the same to players of other countries, and I am assuming the same trend may also occur for Go players in the English speaking community, but I am not sure, so looking to verify it from experiences of everyone here in this forum on how huge is the demand of Go contents in English.