I’m just starting college and I’m contemplating on what language I should learn. I’m considering Latin, French, Japanese, or maybe even Sign Language.
Has anyone learned any of these?
Which would you recommend?
My native language is English. I also speak some Korean.
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Well if your a native english speaker then i would go with french or latin. i have taken latin for 4 1/2 years. i am bilingual i speak latin, german, italian, and portuguese. And latin was the easiest for me to learn.
french and spanish
If you learn french all the rest will be easy
since you speak some korean with english than it would be easy for you to learn french since it has words similair to them
I would recommend French and Japanese. Considering that you’re a college student who would one day be out in the real world pining for jobs amongst all the other fresh graduates, it would be preferred if you studied something useful which could aid your employment prospects.
If you can cope with pressure or multi-task, try learning both French and Japanese together at the same time. By doing so, you’ll be able to keep track of your progress of both languages. Try learning Mandarin if you don’t speak the language.
You can put Latin and Sign Language aside for later. Latin is somewhat of a “Dead” language (You don’t hear anyone using it, do you?). Unless you’re going into the Art/History field, then probably you’ll need it. As for Sign language, you don’t really need it but it could be useful for charity or volunteer work in the future.
All in all, don’t stop at one language. Try to learn as many as possible whether it is for interest or employment prospects.
Check out this language sites to help with your progress:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/which.htm
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html
Good Luck!!
Korean will help you with Japanese, but you can use French in more countries. If you are here in the U.S. though I would go with spanish, it will help you in more aspects of life in this country.
latin is a dead language so unless you want to be a doctor i wouldnt take that
French? Japanese? No, no, no, no..
YOU, my friend, should learn Dutch. Learn Cheeseheadish, it’s a wonderful language.