Should I take an introductory course in Spanish or German?

Question

I live in Canada and am going into grade 12. I have been taking lame French classes since third grade, and French in highschool. Which means that I that I can read and write at a very basic level (ex, understanding the story "Une abominable feuille d'érable sur la glace" and being able to write in nearly all of the following and if not, understand and recognize: conditionnel, conditionnel passé, futur, futur antérieur, passé composé, imparfait, impératif, plus-que-parfait... I'm sure I've missed a few. And I can speak it well enough that I could manage if I were to get lost in a French-speaking place, but I'm rather self-conscious about my pronunciation when speaking with with people who are fluent.) I plan to take French 12 as well, but I have a space in my timetable and am trying to decide between Introductory Spanish 11 and Introductory German 11. (These introductory courses are designed to bring me up to the level I would need to be at to take a regular Spanish/German 11 course; ie. they cover both grade 9 and 10 Spanish/German.)

My mother speaks decent German, which would be helpful, and I have German-speaking relatives. On the other hand, given where I live, I'm more likely to encounter Spanish-speakers than people who know German. Unless I really fall in love with either language, I'm unlikely to pursue in beyond this one course.

Which is more fun to learn? Which is likely to be more difficult, given what I already know? Which would make me more... rounded, I suppose you could say, as far as my understanding of languages goes? Which would you pick, and why?

Answer 1

The only reason I take Spanish in school right now is because German isn't offered. DEFINITELY go for the German. I've been learning it on my own for a while now, and it's more fun every day! Just pronouncing it is fun! And you can listen to Tokio Hotel music in German to help you! How fun is that!?!?

Answer 2

I have taken French and German simultaneously for the past 4 years, so I would definitely recommend German.  It's like English, so it's not very difficult to learn, I personally think French is harder to learn.  Spanish and French are a lot alike, so it might be monotonous to be repeating patterns over again.  German is a little different and a lot of fun.

Answer 3

German is WAY more fun. I took two years of spanish and it was so hard. but german is really fun... and german is remarkably like French!

My german teacher speaks both fluently, saying knowing German helped him ace French.

Like, the word for gloves is Die Handschuhe ("the hand shoes")

other quirrky, wierd fun things plague this fascinating lanuguage.

TU ES! (Do IT!) [ i think i got that right...]

Viel Glueck!