Category: Language and Culture
Next year when I start college, I'll have to take a language as a course requirement. I took French for a few years, but I haven't used it since sophemore year and am a bit rusty. I'm thinking about starting another language, but what should I go with? I hear Spanish is pretty good for beginners, but can anyone recomend anything else? Or should I just stick with French?
For usefulness, Spanish all the way. It's increasingly being spoekn even in the States. I'veheard you have a difficult time in Miami if you don't know Spanish and well the Spanish speaking folks are taking over the world so better be able to communicate with them <grin>
cheers
-B
Hmm, it could be pretty usefull on my campus too since a lot of the workers and people like that are Spanish as well as many of the students who come from the Dominican Republic and places like that.
Well, as I am not living in the states I do not know what languages are offered except French or Spanish. But as Spanish is spoken in more countries than French, I would choose Spanish.
Italian is comparitively easy and very expressive...also it's la lingua di amore.. the language of love..smile
Broad Scots is also good 1 and original ..smile
I'd encourage you to stick with French. Even though you haven't had it since high school, if you start out with 101, or probably even 102 or something like that, it will come back to you. Plus, by sticking with French, you will have the opportunity to learn more of the beautiful language, and it will increase your knowledge. Keep in mind that a quarter or semester of college french is generally compared to a year of high school french. HTH
I would say Spanish because it is one of the most spoken languages in the States. I'm not sure how hard French is to learn, but at least for me, Spanish was hard because of the grammar part of it, so at least starting on it in a structured setting like school/college would be a good thing. And then afterward, especially since you say a lot of people at the college speak it, you'll have a good oppertunity to use it. (The only reason I'm not good at it is because I'm not practicing as I should be, but I could because there are lots of people around here speacking Spanish also.) But yeah, I think it would make the most sense in the long run to take Spanish, especially if your going to get a job here, and another good reason to take it is that they usually will pay you more since you'll know and likely will be using that language. *smiles*
Leilani
Ok, so far the vote has turned overwhelmingly to Spanish. And sorry Goblin, most colleges around don't offer Broad Scotts. I think some have Gaelic though. That might be interesting.
Hi there. Well I lived in Texas for one year, and I noticed that over than 20% of the folks over there speak Spanish, and the spanish-speaking population is increasing in the US. So I'd definitely go for Spanish. Well I already speak Spanish anyway, so no worries. Smile. Joaquín
Well, I think Spanish is spoken in more countries than French, so, I would suggest Spanish.
Stick with French, they speak it just north of the boarder in Canada. If it is at all possible, and you are studious enough, take the pare of 'em.
spanish is an easy language to learn, the grammar isn't that difficult and pronounciation is ok. Besides it's popular
how about chinese? chinese is hard to learn but when you know how to speak, thats very useful and i can say that chinese is the most meaningful language. every word can be different meaning when its come to the different sentence. and nowadays, chinese, special mandrin, its very useful not only in China, or other country who speack in chinese, i will say in future, chinese will be the most major language in the world.
oops. sorry, i should say mandrin instead of chinese.