What foreign language did you take in HS?

In high school I took 2 yrs of Spanish and 2 yrs in French. When I went on to college they had a requirement of being fluent in at least one language in order to graduate so I continued in French.
 
¡Tomé 4 años de español y necesitados un traductor para escribir esto! ;)
 
for me, the best thing abouts panish has been eavesdropping and knowing when someone is talking about me on the metro. i usually respond if they are talking about me. ;)

aprincessmom, your post reminded me of a rhyme we used to say in latin class:

latin is a dead language; it's very plain to see.
latin killed the romans and now it's killing me!

:p
 
Originally posted by caitycaity
latin is a dead language; it's very plain to see.
latin killed the romans and now it's killing me!

:p

My favorite thing from Latin class, and yes, we used that rhyme, too, was what our teacher would say. He'd remind us that Caesar said, "Veni, Vidi, Vici." (I Came, I Saw, I Conquered.) He told us that by the end of first year, we'd be saying, "Veni, Vidi, Cucurri." (I Came, I Saw, I Ran.)
 

I was in HS before they made a foreign language a requirement. They actually changed it when I was a senior I think, but my class was grandfathered. So no foreign language in HS for me. However after living in Italy so long I do know enough Italian and I can count to 10 in Spanish -- LOL.

:bounce::wave::bounce:
 
I took German..... and every day at work now I wish I could remember some of it. I work for an engineering company and half of our group is in Germany.
 
Originally posted by ead79
I really think that Latin helps you improve your vocabulary and English grammar/sentence structure skills. Also, my Latin teacher said that he felt taking Latin helped increase your SAT score (particularly in the vocabulary area). I also was very interested in the history and cultural parts of the classes, so much so that I took another Roman culture class in college as an elective. I certainly don't use Latin on a daily basis, but I do feel that it greatly benefitted me (and still does). :)

This is SO TRUE! My DD will be taking a Latin summer course this year for preparation for her Senior HS year in pre-med.

But even if it weren't for the fact that she will need Latin for the medical field, I feel it is the ROOT of all languages.

Unless, of course, you've watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" -- then you KNOW the only root language just HAS to be GREEK!;)
 
Way back when I was in high school...... I took Spanish and then I would go to my French class - learned to unroll my tongue going from one to the other - 2 years of each and did nothing with it -
 
I had two years of middle school Spanish, 3 years of high school Spanish and 1 year of Spanish in college.

I can understand Spanish some, but I can't speak it. It used to come in handy when I was at my DH's house with his grandma. She and his aunts would speak Spanish and I could understand them. I would answer in English. At first they were surprised that I new what they were saying;)

My DS took 3 years of Spanish in high school and I thought his Spanish 3 was very difficult. We had some kids from Venezuela staying with us and he could communicate very well with them.
 
I took a year of Spanish, then moved to a school system that didn't teach Spanish. So I took three years of German.

I will admit that I haven't had the opportunity to read this entire thread, but hasn't anyone out there taken ENGLISH as their foreign language??? Afterall, the DIS is international. :)
 
I took 4 years of high school Spanish and thought I didn't remember any of it, but we bought the MUZZY tapes (from the BBC) for our kids and I'm surprised at how much I understand.

I thought the kids wouldn't really care for the videos since they are entirely in Spanish, but they enjoy watching them. Both kids (6 and 4) can count to 10 and know the names of the colors in Spanish so they are picking up something. Next year the grade school is offering after-school classes in Spanish and my son has already expressed an interest.
 
I took Spanish (4 years), French (4 years), and Mandarin Chinese (1 year). Chinese was the most fun, by far! I have retained the most Spanish, probably because it is the easiest language. My school district is now offering American Sign Language, and if that was offered when I was in HS, I would have taken that. It would have helped me the most in my field (working with the hearing impaired).
 







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