what language should i take?

Question

french spanish orgerman?

Answer 1

The answer depends on YOUR reasons for taking a language. Many so far have responded about their personal preference or making an assumption about how you'll use it.

If you are learning it, first of all, to communicate with a particular group of people it depends on where you live -- e.g., in certain parts of the U.S. the ability to speak Spanish may be very helpful in everyday situations and even for employment.

If, on the other hand, you are thinking of ways the language study might benefit you in school in the future you might choose differently. For instance, many master's and doctoral programs (perhaps ALL PhD programs) require reading proficiency in one or two modern languages.

Now you may have SOME choice, but it is limited to those languages in which major research and writing in that field has taken place. Rarely is Spanish one of those languages (unless you are direcly involved in studying that language or societies that speak it). French is common; German more so. And of these two, French is much easier to quickly ain a reading knowledge of if you have to do so. (I've known doctoral students who already knew one or the other -- those who already had the German and had to cram in some French were MUCH better off!)

Beyond that, it's OK to take a look at the teachers. If it's a toss-up but one of the teachers is very effective and well-respected, that may decide it for you. (That's the main reason my sisters and I all took German, and why my kids have begun with Latin!)

Remember this -- one of the most important things to learn starting out in ANY field is HOW to learn, as well as how to figure things out (research, etc). That gives you something to build on even if you go on in a completely different direction.

Answer 2

Actually, French is harder than Spanish. Although the two are similar, derived from Latin as many languages are, French has a lot of silent consanants. Basically, two or three different words that are spelled that same sound exactly alike and you have to understand the rest of the phrase/sentence to know what word it is. The only problem is, so many French words are like this, you're likely to have a few in any given sentence. I definitely vote for Spanish. If you are in the U.S., obviously it would be an incredible benefit to be able to speak Spanish. It makes you much more marketable in terms of a job search. If you take Spanish and like it, you can always take French, too. Since they have the same root language, many words are slightly similar and you would have an easier time learning French, after you have a Spanish background. Also, you can take those same words look for common roots that you may be familiar with from the English language and figure out what it means. For instance, you know what terrain means. "Terre" is the French word for "land," and "tierra" for Spanish. See what I mean?

Answer 3

Spanish is the hardest out of the 3...French is very easy, once you get it German is piece of cake. The problem with Spanish is that it has a lot of irregular verbs so the variations in the construction and understanding of grammar can be a little tricky.

Finally you have to think which out of the 3 will reward you in your job or whatever the area you will apply this new language...just keep it fun and simple!

Answer 4

It depends on where you live

I'm currently taking Spanish. I started studying it when I still lived in Florida. But now, I am hoping to learn French as well because I have moved to the north and live near Canada

But I guess that if you're in the US, it is best to learn Spanish. You will be able to use it a lot more and it looks good on resumes

Answer 5

out of the three, spanish will be most useful to you. but, french is a nice language.

Answer 6

Well!!! A classical language, is a language with a literature that's classical— i.e., it must be old, it must be an impartial culture that arose frequently on its possess, no longer as an offshoot of a further culture, and it need to have a huge and totally wealthy frame of old literature. How Tamil is classical? Claims concerning the "Primary Classicality of Tamil": one million. Lemurian starting place two. Phonological simplicity three. Catholicity . four. Tamulic substratum of the Aryan loved ones of languages. five. Morphological purity and primitiveness . 6. The presence of the phrases ‘amma’ and ‘appa’ in virtually all fine languages in a few type or different. 7. Absence of Nominative case-termination . eight. Separability and importance of all affixes . nine. Absence of morphological gender 10. Absence of arbitrary phrases eleven. Traceability of Tamil to its very starting place. 12. Logical and average order of phrases . thirteen. Absence of twin quantity . 14. Originality and average growth . 15. Highest order of the classicality . Classical Languages in India: one million. Tamil two. Sanskrit three. Kannada four . Telugu Classical Languages on this planet (rather than Indian): one million. Sumerian two. Egyptian three. Babylonian four. Hebrew five. Chinese 6. Greek 7. Latin * Though the primary 3 languages exitsed along side all 7, handiest the latter four along side Tamil and Sanskrit are known as as Worlds Classical languages

Answer 7

My vote would be for Spanish. I don't know if you live in the US, but if so, being able to speak Spanish will certainly help to make you more marketable when you are searching for a job after college.

Answer 8

German. It's fairly easy (in many ways very similar to English, or at least more so than either French or Spanish) and it is practically the lingua franca of academia.

Answer 9

Take German- Bavarian movies are awesome (Der Shuh des Manitu, Traumschiff Surprise), and learning it first makes all of the other languages seem insanely simple. Plus, it's always fun to be different.
I love German, and I don't think it's at all ugly as it has a reputation of being... it actually has more scope for humor, if anything.

Answer 10

French, I guess. I took French, its such a beautiful and interesting language!