I start college in one week and I plan to graduate in 2.5 to 3 years. The main thing I want todo in college in Learn to Speak and Read Latin, Spanish, and French (in that order) my question is what are my odds of being able to fluently read and speak those languages in the time I will be in school???
2007-08-09 05:30:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
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2007-08-09 05:46:15 · update #1
That's gonna be a huge challenge. Latin is an incredibly difficult language to learn, though it will definitely help you with Spanish and French. You don't really speak Latin though, it acts mostly as a basis for other languages nowadays. With the other Gen Ed classes you will be taking you will definitely have your work cut out for you!
2007-08-09 05:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Vbonics 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The odds of learning a language fluently in college are really really really really really low.
If you really want to learn to speak a language then spend the tuition money and go to a country where they speak that language and immerse in it.
If you're planning 3 years, that's six semesters. Unless languages is all you plan to take, that's only two semester of each language - not even close to fluent and probably not sufficient to learn to order lunch.
Not trying to be a downer - just realistic. Learn languages by being immersed in the language, it works a lot better then learning to conjugate all the verbs.
2007-08-09 12:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋