<p>the languages are only useful in what you want to do…
in general eng/span/fre are the top three for most used. </p>
<p>in academia it is going to be english/french/german/latin/greek </p>
<p>german will be the easiest transition for pure fluency from english, as they are both germanic languages.</p>
<p>might I suggest a non language major to compliment linguistics such as psychology (cognitive) or philosophy of language, philosophy of mind.
At many top programs, these are common doubles…</p>
<p>pulled some examples for you </p>
<p><a href=“http://college.usc.edu/ling/undergraduate/major.cfm[/url]”>http://college.usc.edu/ling/undergraduate/major.cfm</a>
<a href=“http://linguistics.uconn.edu/undergrad/majorlingphi.html[/url]”>http://linguistics.uconn.edu/undergrad/majorlingphi.html</a>
<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/</a></p>
<p>the best way to get fluent is not through majoring … it would probably be better and a faster route just to go live in a foreign country.</p>
<p>I agree with Gil on studying something completely unrelated to your host language (mandarin/arabic/japanese)… I think most native speakers of english can pick up germanic or romance language without classes.</p>