French, German, or Spanish; which one is more use full i am wanting to get a foreign language?

Question

I am wanting to get a foreign language as a minor but I am not sure which one will be more beneficial right now I am a business administration major and a pre law major i am wanting to get into international business law but don' know what language will be the best I would like to work in Europe

Answer 1

First of all, congratulations on being more open-minded than many other people, who seem to insult Germans at every possible opportunity and would never think of learning German.

I'm studying French and German right now (I'm English and I live in England) and I also have lots of friends that are studying Spanish.

Personally, I find German extremely interesting and relatively similar to English, once you get your head around the complex sentence structure. I find French a lot more boring and there seem to be more exceptions to the rule than things that follow the rules. All my friends that are studying Spanish seem to detest it as a language and definitely don't want to study Spanish any further.

German is also the most spoken language in Europe and therefore, I think that it would suit you better than the other two languages, wherever you travel, considering Germany, Austria and Switzerland are at the heart of Europe and you will find German speakers in Scandinavia (and the Netherlands) as well. French and Spanish seem to limit your options slightly as Spanish is only spoken in Spain (I'm talking about European countries, obviously) and French is only spoken in France and the western part of France (again excluding Canada for the same reason).

I may have a slightly biased viewpoint as I absolutely adore studing German and visiting Germany (I have already taken in two German school exchanges and some of my best friends are German) but I hope that you will have the same positive experience that I have had through studying German.

Answer 2

If you plan to work in Europe I would say 1. French 2. German 3. Spanish
The French economy is doing very good right now and thousands of their companies do business with the U.S. German I would say is right after French. Spanish for the time being probably is a distant third but I'm sure that you would still be able to make use of it.
Good Luck

Answer 3

1 French 2 Spanish 3 German.

Answer 4

I agree with anonymous about Germans getting a bad rap. I studied it for two years and it was easy to learn. Then I spent a summer in Austria and traveled to a few cities in Germany. I never got the feeling that I was looked down upon for being American, though this was many years ago. Most Germans I met were pleased to speak it with me, but ONLY after being asked. I'm not sure why this is, but perhaps they think you assume that they don't speak English if you begin talking in German.

Anyway, despite that, I would study Mandarin Chinese! It's now the second largest economic power and even if you don't go there, you will be dealing with people who speak it more and more. And unlike Europe, where so many people learn English, this is not as true in China.

Still, why not learn both?

Answer 5

Depending on in which you are living, I might say Spanish, Japanese, Chinese. If you want to make a profession utilizing a international language than American Sign Language is your exceptional guess, as there's a terrible scarcity (that's simplest going to worsen) of ASL translators. These men and women are wanted by way of the deaf group for the whole thing from university to courtroom to executive dealings, to holidays, theatre, and many others. If I had the time, I might study ASL and Spainish. I want I spoke either one of the ones now. ASL given that my daughter is studying it and I might aid her, I might additionally get an excessively well, top-paying task as a translator at any place and any time I desired. Spanish given that I are living in Utah in which there are alot of Spanish audio system and we're considering probably migrating to Mexico to retire.

Answer 6

GREEAAATTT question!

I took German for 3 years and now I've been taking Spanish for 3 years. German is great because it makes learning other languages so much easier. However, Spanish is more useful depending on where you are!

Answer 7

If you're looking to just learn it for credit in high school and not actually to use it in any real situation, then I'd say that German is probably the easiest as far as understanding it (English was formed based partly on German, so a lot of the words and general trends are similar) but grammar is easier in Spanish than in German. I took 3 years of German and 4 years of Spanish in high school, by the way. I never learned French, but I've heard that the pronunciation, both in reading and actually speaking, is difficult.

If you want to actually use this language, German is spoken predominantly only in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerlands, so unless you're likely to be or work around there often, I never found much opportunity to use my German skills and I don't think you're likely to either. In the southwestern (and other) states in the US, plus in nearly all of central and South America, or in and around Spain, Spanish is extremely useful. French is useful in France and for business in Europe (from what I've heard, and when I lived in Europe, French was fairly common), and they speak it in numerous African countries (Senegal, for example), but only really spoken otherwise in France and parts of Switzerland.

Or you could always just learn Mandarin Chinese ;-)

Answer 8

German, because it's a business language and the top fourth. Plus, sounds very nice :D (and since you know english, German sounds a little familiar to it, so it's easier, but harsher, which is so cool!)

Not French, it's not even a business language, but it is a romance and 'high class' language. Top 3 though, but not many countries use it. But then again, also for cowards. (French people surrender a lot... :P)

Spanish, no way. You wanna sound like a beaner?!

Answer 9

German would be the best. There are alot of European countries speaks German language, such as, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Denmark, France , Belgium, Poland, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Iceland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Namibia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Argentina. So there you go.

Answer 10

French. Most business in Europe uses French. Also get a little Latin under your belt. It will be beneficial with the law.