Best language for an International Relations/ Econ major??

cobrat
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:35:56 +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 in Chinese and other East Asian languages verbally and reading well enough to read the local newspapers and some light books within 3-4 years. And most weren’t natural polyglots*.

To be fair, they did have a strong demonstrated passion to learning the language and were willing to work hard to learn it well.

A couple who are have a nice moonlighting option of acting as translators for publishing houses and law/corporate firms.