nns91

Yeah. Thanks for your suggestion.

So I should choose French over Spanish ?

Grande Antilles

Nss, have you taken French and Spanish before? What other languages do you speak or learn besides English?

nss19, It won't be too hard to do any of them at the same time.
you might have some hard time translating Latin text into English at the beginning but it will be find with practice. The pronunciation is kind of constant. It does not modify like in French.

Try Spanish and French au that you have to take.
All you have to do with French is to learn the pronunciation and remember the verbs, and some extra little things. If you can learn French phonetic, you will improve your reading pretty fast.

For Spanish, try to understand the pronunciation since the very beginning of the class. If you can, learn some new vocabs as often as you can. Keep a journal and write in Spanish in it by using constantly all the words you will be learning in the class.

The first thing you have to make sure you understand, is the construction of sentences in Spanish and French. If you spend a month in the class and feel like you don't know how to construct a sentence even though you know what words to use, go see your teacher.

Good luck and try to talk to the teachers who teach the languages at your school.

Atawallpa920

Latin is amazing. I've learned more about English through Latin than I ever learned in English class. It also gives a strong basis for learning any other Romance Language. I can understand parts of conversations that my friends are having in Spanish or French based on the similarity in vocabulary.

If the question is over taking Latin and another Romance Language, I would certainly take both languages.

nns91

@Grande Antilles: I have been studying English for 10 years. My native language is Vietnamese. Now I want to study some more languages.

Kelowna

If you have time and passion for it , go for two languages.
Kids frowing up in Europe have to take two....

romanigypsyeyes

I'm in my third year of Spanish and my second year independent of Latin. I love it... I've never mixed anything up. My Spanish actually became MUCH easier when I learned it with Latin.

Grande Antilles

nss, I think that you should definitely take Latin. As far as for French and Spanish, I won't say anything about them because I know that some people will bash me for telling you to take French because they find Spanish more usefull. This is a little note that I posted once about most used and most spoken languages, so you can read it to and get an idea , if you are looking for languages that will be usefull to you. But if you just want to learn a language just because you want to know a new one and have the passion, it won't matter whether you choose Spanish or French because sooner or Later, you will learn the other one to fulfill your desire.

here is my post and there is no absolute truth behind it so potential bashers are welcome to add more details and correct any mistake

Here you go.
Mandarin? China , yes China has a large population but mandarin is mainly speak in China, and other countries that have people form Chinese origin. Still even in China some people don't speak mandarin. Spanish?

Well Spanish is only spoken in South America, Spain for Europe, US and other caribbean islands. I am sure that they speak it in other places too.

Arabic, well it's the same for the above but French?

French is spoken the Americas: in several caribbean islands, in the US by some people, New orleans, Vermont and some latin american countries. In Europe : France, Romania, ( yes Romania is an exceptional francophone country with a high interest in French), Luxembourg, Belgic,Corse,Monaco, and other European countries.

Africa: most of the countries on the African continent. Asia: Cambodgia, Vietnam, Thailand and other ASian countries have strong French presence.

In Addition we have rhe sub saharan contries or the North African ones: Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, and so one plus some of the islands in the indian ocean: Maurice, Seychelles, Madagascar, Solomon and so one. Oh I forgot the French Polynesia. French is Basicaly widely spoken on every continent, every region of the world. Reunion islands

Caribbean: Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Haiti, Sainte Croix


English: well we all know that English is spoken almost every wehre. So to answer your question. The most used languages I can come up are English then French. you can find the rest. But for the one that is spoken by most people you can say mandarin but it does not mean that it is the most used language mainly in one language since it's only used in one part of the world and by some immigrants who are from Chinese origin

Now you should choose a language that is in demand like Mandarin, Farsi, Arabic, Russia if you looking for one that will make you competitive. All languages are useful and important. If your language is in demand but few people speak it, you will have a great advantage. People tend to forget Portuguese when they are choosing language , I jsut lost a job because I dod not speak Portuguese

nns91

Thanks. I have studied Mandarin before but did not have time to follow up.

My next school will not offer Mandarin. They offer Latin, French and Spanish only.

I will definitely go for Latin. I am just thinking between French and Spanish.

BIGTWIX

i doubt it will be bad.

It's also much different than taking 2 spoken languages. Latin is very academic, as it is a dead language and besides use by few at the Vatican, it is not spoken but read.

I took four years of Spanish and Japanese in high school and I was fine.

nns91

Thanks guys.

Which one will be more efficient between Spanish and French ? I mean the chance to use it

Grande Antilles

If you live in California, Texas, or other staes that are close to the Mexican border and have a strong concentration of hispanics then go for Spanish. But if you live in places like NYC Mana..., Boston, Atlan... it won't matter if you take French. I never learned the languages that I know because they are "useful". I grew up learning them and enjoy it.