which language should i choose to study in high school?

[imabrat]

It's sad that they don't teach German anymore.

We have German. I almost picked it and stayed until I got sick and was never there. So I switched back to Spanish because I knew it already.

 

[Cinderelli16]

It's sad that they don't teach German anymore.

I'm taking my 3rd year of German right now.

 

[schmitty]

Latin, lots of languages are influenced by it and it will help you out a ton on SAT, ACT and GRE.

 

[Pecobill]

I'm taking my 3rd year of German right now.

Cool down here in Florida none of the schools that I know of have it.

 

[Cinderelli16]

Cool down here in Florida none of the schools that I know of have it.

Really? That stinks, I actually enjoy it. hahah

 

[saratogadreamin09]

It's sad that they don't teach German anymore.

In NY you cant take it in most high schools but you can take it in college

 

[Pecobill]

Yea it is a pretty cool language.

 

[inlalaland]

Cool down here in Florida none of the schools that I know of have it.

My school next year has German. It's my second choice.

If you're fluent in Spanish already, then I'd say French or Chinese. I'm taking French next year. Chinese, just because it's so popular.

 

[Pecobill]

I'm taking my 3rd year of German right now.

Ich spreche nur ein klein wenig Deutsch.

 

[DramaQueen]

If you live in the US, I suppose Spanish might be the most beneficial for you...maybe?
I take French and it's really beneficial to me living in Canada--it's our second language and can benefit you in getting a job.
I'd like to learn spanish though!! sounds so romantic!!

 

[Shelton123]

French is very widely spoken. I would go with that! It's spoken in France (duh), Quebec, and many many countries in Africa.

Ich spreche nur ein klein wenig Deutsch.

Spirchst du Deutsch?

 

[Pecobill]

French is very widely spoken. I would go with that! It's spoken in France (duh), Quebec, and many many countries in Africa.


Spirchst du Deutsch?

I just said I spoke a little.

 

[imabrat]

Mein leiblingsfarbe(fribe) ist rot.

???????
I don't know much, except for some colours. Oh and the phrases "thanks" "good morning" and "hello".

 

[That_Australian_Kid]

yeah, but it's pretty difficult for english speakers, but i'm still up for it if it comes down to that...and well, if latin was boring, i don't want to kill FOUR years on it.

Its not particularly hard for english speakers. I started taking it agin this year (8th grade, took it for a year in 5th grade and was being taught when i was 4-5) and its not too bad. the characters are confusing for sure, but yeah.

I would def. say chinese

(im 1/4 chinese!)

 

[Sparx]

lets put it this way,
you won't actually learn too much in any high school language classes, unless you've been learning the language since you were little.

french: its pretty easy, a lot of words are direct cognates and building the vocabulary is rather simple, but the grammar (masq, fem) is hard to learn if you've never been introduced to it.

spanish: (copy and paste from what i wrote for french) and you can actually use this one.

latin: learning latin will help your vocabulary in EVERY other language, pretty much.

japanese: when are you ever gonna need this? really? and if you do need it, you're going to need a better dose of it than a high school language class. cause you're not actually going to learn it, and you're wasting an opportunity to learn something useful (spanish/french/latin)

 

[DramaQueen]

lets put it this way,
you won't actually learn too much in any high school language classes, unless you've been learning the language since you were little.

french: its pretty easy, a lot of words are direct cognates and building the vocabulary is rather simple, but the grammar (masq, fem) is hard to learn if you've never been introduced to it.

spanish: (copy and paste from what i wrote for french) and you can actually use this one.

latin: learning latin will help your vocabulary in EVERY other language, pretty much.

japanese: when are you ever gonna need this? really? and if you do need it, you're going to need a better dose of it than a high school language class. cause you're not actually going to learn it, and you're wasting an opportunity to learn something useful (spanish/french/latin)

You guys have Japanese @ your high schools?!?! And Latin?!
My HS only had french & spanish as language options.
In ontario public HS's you have to take french in grade 9, then you don't have to take it or any other language again if you don't want.
I stuck with french throughout HS because I love it, and I'm taking it in uni now.

 

[MrsSparrow..]

I do French, Spanish and Italian and a bit of Latin. Personally, I think Spanish is the 'easiest' language to understand but I began learning Spanish after 3 years of French, so it may be easy because of that.
French is really fun, great language, not too difficult to grasp the grammar rules and most other latin languages have the same rules.

Latin, to be completely honest with you, is only really useful if you are studying one or two other languages because it helps you understand or are considering to apply to a school which favour it. But honestly, I think a modern language is more useful in life generally.

I hate Latin, it is the most boring language I have ever studied and am thankful I have only had to do it for a matter of months. But everyone enjoys different things.

Japenese or Chinese would also be extremely useful, but it is completely different to languages like French and Spanish. French and Spanish are obviously latin based languages like English, so in theory are easier to learn.

Do you HAVE to take a language then? Most schools round here don't make you, but my school does.

 

[i<3castawaycay123]

i absolutely HATE latin. i have taken it for 6 years and it is a pain! i would prob choose French, Chinese or Spanish. those seem like pretty useful languages b/c so many people speak them.

 

[ilovepoohbear]

Well I was going to suggest German but its isn't on your list XD

It is honestly really easy to learn XD

 

[ilovepoohbear]

Ich spreche nur ein klein wenig Deutsch.

You speak just a small little German?

Cool

Ich spreche Deutsch und ich finde es sehr interessant