<p>I take Japanese and French. French makes everything easier.</p>
<p>I take German, and sadly its the only language which my school doesnt offer honors in, which I only found out too late</p>
<p>I’m pretty proficient at Japanese. Don’t take it unless you want to deal with some pretty difficult grammar (albeit probably more sensible than other grammar systems, it’s very difficult for the English student to learn – Romance and Germanic languages are easier).</p>
<p>The most useful depends on what you want to do. (And just because tons of people speak Chinese doesn’t give a good reason to learn the language.)</p>
<p>American Sign Language (easy, easy, easy!)</p>
<p>where i live? definately Spanish, my town is at least 70% Hispanic…everyone knows at least a little bit of spanish down here.</p>
<p>Spanish and Chinese. Two most common languages.</p>
<p>Latin is for nerds. I would never take a language just to improve my CR score. Just take Spanish.</p>
<p>And I haven’t heard of very many schools that offer Chinese. Usually Spanish and French are the only ones you can count on. My school just has Spanish.</p>
<p>swim2daend, I live in Louisiana and French is not spoken here. You may be referring to true Cajuns, who once spoke French and are few and far between, but pretty much all speak English now. And in many countries where French is an official language it is only spoken by aristocrats and government officials, not the common people. </p>
<p>French, believe it or not, is also dying.
<a href=“http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=16980[/url]”>http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=16980</a></p>
<p>In my opinion, Spanish is the easy way out of a language. Many people who are serious about languages do not opt for Spanish as their first. If you do take an entry level Spanish class, you’ll find yourself with the largest group of students who aren’t serious.</p>
<p>I would say that taking a common language isn’t that useful because you will always have tons of people who grew up speaking that language along with English.</p>
<p>This discussion is really just proving the point that each language has advantages and disadvantages. In all honesty, I would just go with what language you find the most interesting. For example, if you’ve always had an intense desire to go to Paris and spend a few weeks there, take French. If you feel that Classics is your calling, take Greek. If you are fascinated by Asian culture and customs, take Chinese or Japanese.</p>
<p>Each one will serve you in its own way.</p>
<p>It depends on where you live and what you want to do. Yes, a lot of people speak Chinese, but that doesn’t matter if you don’t go to a Chinese-speaking country. Spanish or French is probably most useful in the U.S.</p>
<p>“Useful” is kind of silly when it comes to languages.</p>
<p>I speak enough Spanish to get by, and I’m fluent in Japanese. I currently live in Korea, however.</p>
<p>So really, neither one of those could qualify as “useful” right now.</p>