Best language for an International Relations/ Econ major??

skieurope
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:56:53 +0000

2. even with study abroad, it is unlikely that s/he will be proficient in those languages in 4 years.

Not necessarily true with study-abroad if one’s goal is verbal/speaking proficiency and being able to read the a newspaper.

Knew many non-heritage speakers who became fully conversant

Hence my use of the qualifier “unlikely.” While we will all know students for whom language study is a breeze, we do not know the OP’s capabilities. Regardless, the OP did not express an interest in either Chinese or Arabic, so the discussion is moot.