2007-02-09 01:50:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I want to take French, and I'm mostly concerned about how much that would help for having a good transcript.
2007-02-09 02:24:37 · update #1
If you are in the US and the language is Spanish, its definitely worth it. If you picked another language, it depends--so let me give you some things I noticed to help you make your mind up.
If you are planning to visit a country that speaks the language or otherwise use it, it would be good to take a fourth year--the first three years give you enough knowledge to try to communicate, but you probrably won't feel like you speak the language until you've had another year.
If you don't plan on using the language you are learning, you'll forget it pretty quickly. Some of it will stick with you, but once you are out of practice that knowledge will fade.
Colleges look at strength of schedule when recruiting you. Yes four languages looks good, but so does extra science or math or anything with the 'AP' label. Don't drop a language for an easy class, but if you take anything challenging in that time slot it will look good for colleges.
When you get to college, you may want to take a language there. If so, are you going to want to take something advanced, like literature in a foreign language (if so, take that fourth year), if you are only interested in learning to speak it, you could skip the fourth year and take a class in college to refresh yourself.
Guess its not an answer, but I hope it helped.
2007-02-09 02:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took 2 years of Spanish in High School. Before that, I learned a little here and there. In college, I still had to take a year of it, and I learned more in that year than in all the time leading up to that point. So, unless you plan on going to the country of origin of the language you want to take for 4 years, no, I don't think so.
2007-02-09 01:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by togashiyokuni2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believe me it is gud
here is somethg which wil make u believe it
a baby rat came to momma rat running
mommy rat :wht happened?
baby rat: mom the second language in school saved my life today
MR: how?
BR: a big cat was chasing me and i ran for a while then wen it was abt to catch me i started saying BOW WOW and the cat ran away frightened
so in the game of life u wil definitely b able to use this
try n choose language of a country about which you hv curiosity
happy learning
2007-02-09 02:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by ng2003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely yes, when Americans travel to Europe they and Britts are the only ones who can't talk the lingo.
2007-02-09 02:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by jimmymae2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends if you will and want to speak the language.
2007-02-09 01:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is. It's awesome to be able to speak another language, esp. if you like travelling.
2007-02-09 01:52:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a great idea. It opens up a lot more job opportunities.
2007-02-09 02:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by beachgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah.. will look good on your transcript.
2007-02-09 01:53:58 · answer #8 · answered by Allan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋