Doubling up on foreign language in HS.

2collegewego
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:08:17 +0000

I took three languages in high school and a couple of my children have studied several. In general, I agree with fogcity that obtaining a high level in one foreign language is important. I would ask the high school to place her in Spanish (they should be able to have her sit on the final to see where she would score well) and have her continue until she takes her exit exam in Spanish.

The beginning levels of French are not a ‘joke’ but, with her Spanish, she could probably move through them a bit faster than high school pace. If she were to continue French, I would be likely to pursue the beginning year of that at the nearby college.

If she were to take a second language in high school, I would have her take Mandarin because it will be a slower, more thorough approach than the college level.