I can already speak / am currently learning:
English
Latin
Greek (both ancient and modern)
I will be getting a tutor for the following in a month or so:
Mandarin
Serbian (Yugoslav)
My College Goals are as follows:
Bachelor's in Biology (if time allows, this degree is "just for fun")
Master's In Biochemistry
MD (I plan on becoming a cardiovascular surgeon)
Which language do you think would be best for my career goals?
Thank you in advance for all replies/comments. It always helps to see another perspective. I'm hopeful that someone will mention a language that I have not even considered.
2007-09-05 14:30:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
One quarter of the world's population is Chinese. I would stick with Mandarin or Cantonese
2007-09-05 14:39:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I would say Latin is not used as much as it was in the old days. I believe learning it for the sake of conversation would be moot. However, it may facilitate learning languages that are derived from it, so carry on. It is sad that you are excluding Spanish from your list, since besides English, it is the most internationally spoken language in the world. French or Italian would be my suggestion.
All the best
2007-09-10 06:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bruno Vespucci 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, its really cool that you know so many languages. I think that if you want to work in the medical field, especially at such a high level you might want to learn German or French. Just because a lot of medical advances are from Europe, and they are both really great to learn. I've taken two years of German myself. I plan on taking French also.
2007-09-05 14:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by willowingweep 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
wow great job with all of your achievements. i have been taking french for 4 years now. it is a wonderful language that isnt too hard to understand. its a great experience to go to a country with that language as their native language so you can better your speaking, knowledge of vocab, pronunciation, understanding, etc.
2007-09-13 14:15:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow let me congratulate you on a great goal and learning so many other languages how about german or french italian is very hard to learn
2007-09-05 14:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by rhodeislandbornandraised 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For scientific work, French, German and Russian
are very valuable. Sounds like one of these
might be your best bet.
2007-09-05 14:42:10 · answer #6 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've always wanted to learn french.
2007-09-05 14:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well i can only recommend langauges you might use in your practice. of course Spanish, mandarin chinese is a big one. if your area has Hmong population, learn that.
2007-09-05 14:42:45 · answer #8 · answered by the Bruja is back 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
French; African languages may be you'll have to work there!
2007-09-05 22:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by Judy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
German to help you read scholarly journals about the Latin and Greek.
2007-09-05 15:45:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋