<p>I’m studying foreign language department and many people tell me that I should dubble-major.I don’t know how to choose the other major.By the way, I’m so afraid of mathmetic.
And I don’t know I should the French or German or Portuguese as my second language.
Can anyone offer me some opinions which major and second language I can choose?</p>
<p>What is your first major?</p>
<p>I am a Taiwanese and I major in Englisgh</p>
<p>Don’t take this the wrong way but I don’t think you should double major. I think you need to work on your English.</p>
<p>But now there are more and more people in Taiwan learn English.
If I just have one major, I couldn’t compete with others who learn bussinese and language.</p>
<p>Yea but seriously, you should work on your english before throwing another major on top of it.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous advice - op will be working on English no matter what major he has since classes and assignments are in English. It’s not like students study basic grammar as an English major. Any of the second language majors chosen is fine - but he may want to consider a second major or minor like economics (some math required though) - it will open more doors in the business world.</p>
<p>If you are majoring in English just to improve your English, just about any other liberal arts major will serve the same purpose. As web2094 said, an English major doesn’t actually teach you the English language as part of its curriculum. A history or philosophy major would serve you just as well. That is, unless you’re actually interested in English as a topic.</p>
<p>I’m Chinese and I’m also an English major.
Are you studying in Taiwan or U.S? If you are currently studying in U.S, the English major consists of literary analysis, which automatically requires you to have a very good grasp on critical theory, intellectual history, and anthropology. However, if you are studying in Taiwan, English major should be in every sense secondary to your “real” major. For instance, you may know peers who have studied business or biotech, but also are doing English as a side kick to get into grad school in U.S.
But if you want to come to U.S to study literature, you should probably brush up your Chinese skills first, knowing that you will have little to no chance to compete with English majors here whom, after all, not only enjoy the luxury of living in American culture, but also native fluency which we will never acquire.
小语种来说，法语，德语，或者拉丁文都非常有用。不过如果想来美国留学的话，恐怕还是要回去学文言和现代中国文学。</p>