Languages!

Which language?

  • Latin

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • french

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • german

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Mandarin Chinese

    Votes: 4 21.1%

  • spanish

    Votes: 6 31.6%
  • Total voters
    19
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So I get to pick my first and second choice for languages that I will take in 7-8th grade.
I can choose Latin(only get to write it):(, German, French, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.
Which one should I take?
 
Spanish and Chinese seem to be the most applicable for the world today, especially if you live in the US. German is really fun to say, especially in an angry growling voice. Latin and French... eh. Those are my opinions on the language choices you have.
 
Go for Spanish if you want the easy A. Also, it's an awesome language.

Mandarin Chinese is pretty BA, also consider that one.
 
Spanish is a big waste if you want to go into any high profile field. (More often than not) Go with German or Chinese, even if you don't plan to do something big. I wish my HS had Chinese :(
 
Where do you live? I kinda would've liked to take Latin this year, but I'm taking Spanish because knowing Spanish is infinitely useful in the Southwest. Chinese would be great, especially if you are considering going into a business, trading kinda field. In all honesty, all of them are kinda useful and cool, with the arguable exception of Latin.
 
I'm taking Spansh next year. Take that or Italian, because my friend said it's lots of fun.
 
German is tough but a lot of the words are similar and easy to remember since English is a Germanic language.
 
French is really fun. I think some people naturally find it easier to speak certain languages and make their mouth conform to make the sounds common to that language.
If you live close to Canada, French might be a good language to learn, particularly if you live near Quebec at all. Spanish and Chinese are, of course, very useful also.
 
I'd say forse prenderesti l'italiano? (my personal second language :D), but out of your options definitely go for Spanish or even more so Chinese. If you live in the states, Spanish might become almost a necessity with increasing amounts of immigrants from Central/South America (notoriously Mexico of course), and since China is almost guaranteed to surpass the U.S. and other Western superpowers in the next 10-20 years, being able to do business and diplomacy in the same language is going to give you a priceless edge in the international workforce/community (I stress business because even though the Chinese government like to call themselves "Communist," they still like their Levis and Coke, and once China starts buying as much as it's producing, you'd have a real good chance for success both financially and professionally in that sector).
 
Latin.

I'm in second year right now. It will help you with any other language that you will ever take. I've seen Spanish, Italian, and even English words that I did not know and could easily translate them just because I knew Latin. Some of my friends in the grade above me are now taking Spanish after Latin and find it extremely easy due to the knowledge that they have from Latin.
 
That is cool that your middle school has so many language classes to take. My middle school had only Spanish and German. My High School had those two plus French. As for one classes to take, if you want easy - I would suggest Latin or Spanish. French and German are both interesting languages but not exactly necessary. I voted for Mandarin Chinese giving the political and economic climate.

Be warned though that it is VERY hard at first. I took a year and half of Chinese and my first semester of it was one of my hardest classes. Mandarin Chinese has four different tones so one word has at least four different meanings depending on what tone you use. I dated a Chinese girl for a while and I would try to use Chinese when speaking to her. She said it's very hard for Chinese to understand non-Chinese speakers since we put less emphasis on tones. She said it sounded like Chinese gibberish. I remember getting headaches when she would talk to her friends or parents. I would try to translate it all but she spoke like.....a speed demon. I would suggest learning Japanese but, then again, I am biased lol. Korean is pretty easy to learn. I was able to learn the number system, self-introductions, and personal preferences (likes and dislikes) in 2 1/2 weeks.

Anyways, languages are hard to learn and hard to keep up but do your best! Because in the long run, they are extremely helpful and really fun to use!
 
German is pretty useless, unless you live either in Germany or near Germany, which I do, you might consider German. French is a beautiful language, but almost as useless as German, though it's more common than German. Spanish is a world language, spoken all over the world, so if you plan on travelling a lot in the future go with Spanish. Chinese is gamble, it might be very useful in the future. Latin however is not useless at all for several reasons; you'll learn the basics of the romance languages, so would definitely useful for learning Spanish or French in the future and of course in science, especially biology, Latin is an often used language, its grammar is not easy though.

Anyway, I don't speak Chinese, nor I speak Spanish very well, so I can't really comment on these. But Latin has been the most useful language for me. Of course I do have one of the best teachers I have to say (well, as I'm almost a fluent speaker after only three years I think I'm allowed to conclude that).
 
German, French, and Latin are basically useless. Spanish is alright if you're planning to go into a field where you'll need it, in an area with a large Spanish-speaking population. In general, go for Mandarin Chinese. It's very hard to learn as it's not related to the European language families at all, but that's why you should start early.

Really, though, language classes in schools are not very helpful. They work for some people, but most people aren't going to benefit.
 
I can speak English, French, and some Chinese (My grandmother taught me some as a child)

I'd say Spanish. Although I can't speak it, or understand, it's pretty common in the world.
 
Yeah... Well, if you're near Canada take French and Spanish. If you're further south, Spanish would still be good. If you could squeeze Latin in for a couple of years that'd be fantastic, as it'd give you a foundation for other languages.

This is why I want to start Russian after GCSE. So I can take Latin abs forget French...
 
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