I'm considering studying german at uni.Anybody out there who studied german? What were your experiences after graduation.?
2006-07-25 20:27:51 · 13 answers · asked by paul m 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
No thank you..
2006-07-25 20:31:25 · answer #1 · answered by Bob The Builder 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend, I studied German in the 1970s and I have had a great life because of it. I was able to spend two years teaching English in Germany after graduation while I got a postgraduate business diploma. Then, I made a career in export sales and have been all round the world. When health problems arose, I became a German teacher and retired as Principal of a college. If you enjoy German, study it but also get a qualification in Business if that takes your fancy, or in teaching if you prefer that.
Hals- und Beinbruch!
2006-07-26 01:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by halifaxed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure. why not? Make sure there is an Erasmus year though. I learnt German in Austria by going to language classes in the university of Vienna and working in German environments.
In other news I recently got a best answer from a question I answered in the German section of Yahoo! answers so I must have done something right. Also - I couldn't speak German before I left for Vienna. It took me about one year to be quite fluent.
You just have to immerse yourself in the language and use it as much as possible - even in English for the laugh.
I have to get back to the arbeit
hope this helped
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2006-07-25 20:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My future sister in law has just grauated in German and Italian. I think she thoroughly enjoyed it. With a language degree you can go into most graduate schemes and being fluent in a language is a definite bonus. There is always translating and teaching too.
If you really enjoy learning and speaking German then study it at Uni. There aren't many better reasons for studying a subject at Uni! Try and get on a course where you spend a year abroad too!
2006-07-25 20:34:26 · answer #4 · answered by ehc11 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is NOT a waste of time afterwards. Lots of banks have links with Germany and have trouble recruiting English employees who are fluent in German (mainly because of the idiotic ideas of UK students like the one above eho has no idea of the uses). You'll get on one of their graduate schemes and probably gain extra money to start with due to your other language, plus you'll be able to travel as part of your job.
Just go to an agency specialising in bi-lingual staff or present yourself as bi-lingual to multinational employers during the 'milk run' (graduate emplyer fair) in your 3rd or 4th year at uni.
It is English people's strange obsession with languages being 'useful' that puts fluent bi-lingual graduates in such a strong position (because there aren't enough of them) so in a way, don't knock it.
2006-07-26 02:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by squeezy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
....hey paul...studying german is probably good and you can get good jobs but Latin or French maybe is more spoken in the world....it depends on what you want to do for a living.....
by the way I´ve read your answer to another question where you said, if someones concidering uk for moving there, there would be some good cities in the north...which one would you recommend if someones german and looking for a place to live and find a job in western scotland???
If you want, you can answer me (Schnurrkatze76@yahoo.de)
good luck with your studies
2006-07-27 06:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Schnurrkatze76 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any languages are good to study. I've taken Latin, German, Arabic, and Japanese. Enjoyed all of them and use what I know a lot.
2006-07-25 20:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by choirgirl1987 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I even have never studied German in intensity, yet i be attentive to sufficient of it to correctly referred to as we communicate merely how comparable that's to English. German is the only language person-friendly sufficient to verify in faculties it quite is interior the comparable subfamily as English, West Germanic to be particular, human beings usually overlook that. some individuals could say that English is a romance language or basically bears distant similarities to German, yet it quite is rarely the case even with the large French impression. If English have been a Romance language as some individuals think of you would be able to work out sentences comparable to here examples: The English is one language romance for what it has derivation of the languages romance. i finished ingesting the meals scrumptious from the backyard of mine. English no is one language romance for what that we use the grammar germanic. in any case, German is comparable sufficient to English which you will comprehend multiple cognates devoid of choose of translation. that's a extremely English like sentence in German "Mein hund trinken die wasser von die strom" meaning my canines (hound) drank the water from the flow. I in specific situations overlook that German and Dutch are not merely English with previous shaped or unique spelling.
2016-11-03 00:40:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becoming fluent in another language other than your native tongue is always a good move, there are so many avenues open once you have mastered a language and good money can be earned in translation work worldwide, good luck!
2006-07-25 20:36:08 · answer #9 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no,i dont think its worth it,i studied german and it got me nowhere concidering im living in Paris,spanish,english,french,yeah but german,no purpose,just a pain in the àè"
2006-07-25 21:32:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doing German at Uni will be fantastic - hard, boring, a waste of time sometimes but great afterwards!! - Do it, if you can!
2006-07-26 01:44:34 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋