| if u really want to you can pick up ANY language by living in that country for a year or more...so I don't think that's a huge issue
Language pros and cons:
Chinese - China is prolly gonna become economic superpower and pretty much all major businesses are moving parts to China. However, don't think that learning Chinese will give you an upper hand in dealings with China since there are soooo many chinese ppl in america that can speak fluently and flawlessly in english and chinese and that pursue high degrees of education
Spanish - there are a lot less spanish speakers that pursue high level of education (not trying to be racist) so spanish may give you an upper hand in business...but then again the hispanic world is not growing as fast as China/India
French/Italian - these are just kickass languages that sound sexy as hell and make you look smart cuz you can speak it but i dont really see that big of an advantage since like everyone in france and italy learns english anyway
Russian/german - um i actually have no idea i think these languages would be useful in business since they arent that wide spoken here but once again german and russian kids learn english so you would be nothing special
So basically if you're looking to to gain an upperhand in business i really dont think learning a language would do that. Maybe it would facilitate business dealings with foreign countries but even that is kinda unlikely bcuz its incredibly hard for non-chinese ppl to be successful in china if they are not super successfull already in the U.S.
If you really want to learn a language learn it for fun and to impress ppl and to maybe gain respect in that foreign country but other than that i dont think it will suddenly open many doors for you (you can always get a translator too) |