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Old 04-16-2008, 11:26 PM   #16
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Take Latin! It does involve more memorization, but it will help you both with your English and with learning romance languages if you so choose later on. You'll also get a vocab boost, which will also help you when traveling. Even if you don't know the exact word that a native is saying, in, say, Europe, you might be able to figure out the gist.
Hmm, picking up a new language in order to learn the language you actually want to be better at more thoroughly. Makes sense.
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:45 PM   #17
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Japanese is pretty easy, grammar-wise (very litte conjugation, 99.9% of it regular).
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Old 04-17-2008, 12:53 AM   #18
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I don't see the point in a Japanses minor.
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Old 04-17-2008, 01:44 PM   #19
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^^^ What in the world are you talking about...
Japan has the #2 economy in the world and is a superpower in all advancements.
Japanese is not an easy language to learn (Memorizing kanji, SOV sentence structure, etc...)
I have been studying Japanese on my own and find it very rewarding.
I wouldn't reccomend taking it for 1 semester. You won't benefit much from 1 semester.
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Old 04-17-2008, 03:31 PM   #20
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I teach French and Spanish. I am sorry you don't like Spanish, but, hey, that's why they have menus in restaurants! French is pretty good, and similar to Spanish, so you might have a little help because of your Spanish, if you decide to do French. However, I would echo the recommendation to do Latin. First of all, it is very logical and sensible. Spanish comes from Latin, so you will not find Latin difficult. Latin is more complicated, grammar-wise, than Spanish, but it will make sense to you. Second, you mentioned that you want to major in Bio. There is a lot of Latin in Bio, and if you become a doc, there is a lot of Latin there too. I think Latin is the thing. It may be dead, but it is pretty cool.
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Old 04-17-2008, 03:38 PM   #21
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Latin is great and since you've taken Spanish that will help. I also noticed that taking Latin improved my grammar. The bonus is usually the classes are taught in English so you can actually understand what is being taught.
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Old 04-18-2008, 11:42 AM   #22
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Man I would never say Chinese or Japanese is easy. It's hard to speak, and memorize words is kinda tiring (I just have to write them like a thousand times )
What field do you want to work in later?
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