I am a college junior in California, and so far i have taken a few years of Spanish and that is all. I want to learn other languages in order to expand my options of working abroad. Any ideas? What languages will be most useful in doing non-profit work in developing countries (i don't know which yet)?
2006-07-12 07:59:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i already know english, btw
2006-07-12 08:01:42 · update #1
French is spoken all over the world in the old colonial regions, and Russian is becoming a surprising new lingua franca in Europe. Of course, Russian is much harder for a westerner to learn. Learn Arabic only if you are sure you are going to deal with those speakers. Arabic is very hard to learn.
2006-07-12 08:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by kanajlo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First and foremost, learn the English language well. Speak carefully. Take writing classes, learn grammar, and play spelling games, anything to excell in your native tongue. With that, learning Mexican Spanish would be valuable here in the US.
Latin is a valuable asset, since other languages, even English, have thousands of Latin-based words. French is a beautiful language, with poetry and other liturature that is unavailable in our prurient society. Chinese, since a billion people know it already, and it is a backward country that is rapidly turning around.
2006-07-12 15:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Lottie W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English, Spanish, Russian (this is a beautiful language!), French. Knowledge of any language is useful.
2006-07-12 15:03:20 · answer #3 · answered by eldridan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many developing countries. It's impossible to recommend one language to you without knowing at least which area of the world you're thinking about. And, by the way, I think it's fantastic that you want to make a difference in the world.
2006-07-12 20:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably the more necessary language to learn in life are the romance languages, aka Spanish, French, and Italian. If you feel adventurous, go for Chinese or Japanese, as the asian culture is making its mark on America, and seems to be everywhere nowadays.
2006-07-12 15:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by ratpac7_10519 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English, Mandarin, French and Spanish, respectively.
2006-07-12 15:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
since you already know English and you want to work abroad in non-profit work , i advise you to learn Arabic language. Arabic is not an easy language, but it is beautiful, and very important these days!
good luck
2006-07-12 15:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by shahd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try English
2006-07-12 15:01:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English. Everybody wants to speak it all over the world.
The FBI is desparately looking for people who can speak, read and write Chinese, Arabic, Russian and any language that is used by international criminal groups wanting to do harm to the US. In case you didn't know, the Chinese, Russians and many Arab nations want to do us harm...
2006-07-12 15:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by christopher s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Spanish because it is easily becoming one of the most commonly heard languages (even where I live!)
2006-07-12 15:01:33 · answer #10 · answered by Hannah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋