Which language, German, French, Latin?

Question

So I'm going to be a Freshmen next year, and we have high school registration in a few days.

I have no idea which language to take.

There's Spanish, German, Latin, and French.

I know I'm not taking Spanish, for sure.

French, many people have told me it was the hardest out of the 4 so, I'm not so sure about taking it, even know I kinda do want to learn French.

German, Well, my brother is taking German, and he said he'd help me, but I don't really know if any of my friends are gonna taking German. & I want to know how German is going to help throughout my life, as what career it'll be good for and ect

Latin, almost eeeeveryone is taking Latin. & it helps with your SAT and such. but I'm not exactly too sure about it.

if you know which language helps with what (career, college, ect) please feel free to leave an answer.

thanks.

Answer 1

If you want to make yourself more marketable (career), you should really reconsider taking Spanish.  There is a much higher demand for Spanish speaking bilingual people than any other language here in the U.S.  As far as college goes, I would venture to guess that any language you take would be helpful, but you should try to pick a language that fits your own personal interests.



I took French for four years in high school because my older sister had taken it before me.  To this day (many years later), I have yet to actually use that knowledge in any useful way whatsoever.  So, regardless of which language you choose, make sure you do it for yourself, not because of your friends or your brother or anybody else. Good luck!

Answer 2

Any of those languages, German, French, and Latin, will look good on your resume and especially your college applications. The career benefits are about the same, so I would focus on which language you would enjoy the most, which would be easiest for you, and which is closest to other languages you might want to learn later.

You would probably find French the easiest. German and English have grown apart over the centuries. So, even though they are both Germanic languages, they don't have as much in common as French and English. French will also help you with other Romance languages later on.

German will look good on your resume and college applications if you're going into science or psychological research, because many important works in these fields were written originally in German. French will look good if you're going to major in literature, the arts, or psychological testing.

Whatever language you choose, you might consider learning Interlingua first. Castellina found that people learned Interlingua so well in six days that they could write texts in it. The average is actually 15 days for English speakers, but that's still very fast. I was practically fluent in a couple of weeks.

You can acquire other languages much more easily after learning Interlingua. This has been shown most thoroughly for languages like French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese – basically all the Romance languages, which you can learn about twice as fast as usual. It's true of other languages as well. So, you save a lot of time and effort in the long run. When I learned Interlingua, my Spanish vocabulary seemed to pour into my head!

Both Latin and Interlingua help you with a wide range of other languages, including English, and with technical terminology. So, Latin probably isn't your best choice when you can whisk through Interlingua and largely get the same benefits.

Answer 3

I agree with everyone else saying that spanish would definately be most useful for you because you live in the U.S. and in my opinion it's probably the easiest to learn and the one you could actually use in life....(plus spanish girls are hot!!!)

German is the hardest language out of the four to learn in my opinion, because the grammar is very complex. But it is a very useful language to have if you want to go into business because germany has some of the biggest and most successful businesses in the world. Also i've been to germany quite a lot, and the people there are awesome, always up for a party and really friendly.

French i would say is probably the least useful but 1 of the easier languages to learn, and its a beautiful language which might help to woo the ladies. lol

I would only recomend learning latin if you were going into studying medicine, because it's a dead language that your're never really going to use.

I think that you should choose the one that you enjoy most because theres nothing worse than studying a subject you hate.

BTW - i study german and spanish at university in the UK, and used to learn french at high school. Hope i've been useful...

Answer 4

I would think German would be the hardest, well anyway. I dont think you would have much of a use for that one... Im taking French right now, and it is kinda hard, considering like every noun is either feminant or masculan for no reason. But it is also actully kinda easy, you can understand the gist of alot of sentences because english borrowed ALOT of words from them. The alphebit is easy to learn. There letters do make different sounds, and 7 of them are actully exactly the same in english. But its all pretty easy to learn in my mind, but i do have a very good teacher... And french is a very rewarding language too... Well i wish i could tell you more, but of thoes languages french is really the only one i know about. lol... I would find out who the teacher is at you school who teaches french, and if you hear good things. I would take it.

Answer 5

if you'd like continue in art, art...............only french

Answer 6

Spanish is a good language to learn if you live in North America. It may become required one day to know Spanish to get a decent job.

French, however, is much more important in Europe and Africa than Spanish is. Its also the language of business. Ive taken French for 5 years and are really pleased with what I am able to do.

German is a nice language, but at the same time its not very applicable. The German program at my school died out because no one was taking it anymore.

Latin is good to know for scholarly applications, but it isnt a spoken language so it wont really help you outside of that realm.

If I had to decide, either French or Spanish. It really depends on what you want to do for a career and where you see yourself travelling.

How "easy" a langauge is really determined by your teacher. If you have a good teacher, it wont be terrible, but if you have a bad teacher it could completely ruin your drive and desire to learn a language.

Languages look really good on  your college application, some even require it. Take at least two years of the SAME language, no matter how much you hate it. If you can, stick it out for all four years. You can take placement tests in college to get  college credit for what youve learned in high school. If you really enjoy the language you can try to get a minor or apply to study abroad in a country that speaks the language you choose to learn.

Good luck in your decision.

Answer 7

Spanish will help you a lot in life, there is a growing Spanish-speaking population in the US and around the world. Latin does help you on college entrance exams and if you want to go into medicine/law it will help you with the terminology. I would say French is all memorization and is very difficult to learn. I would say take German over French because at least your brother could help you with it. But I'd say Spanish first, then Latin, then German, then French. German and French won't really help you in any careers, so...

Answer 8

Well, I took Latin and it did not help me at ALL on the SAT. German is actually a really easy language to understand, and most colleges accept it as a language. French is pretty much difficult (for me at least) although 99% of colleges I have seen accept it as a foreign language. Latin is a dead language and will only really help you with law. German wont get very far either, and French is pretty much only good in Canada and France.

Answer 9

I would go with Spanish.  I think you would use it more often than the other three.  There are more and more Spanish immigrants coming to our country; learning Spanish will definitely be beneficial in the future.

Answer 10

I took Spanish before, I don't think it's that great. As of right now it's the 2ND language in U.S but soon before we know it, Mandarin will take over.

I'm taking French right now, it's not hard at all. There are many words like English, and their grammar isn't too complicated.

When in the world would you use German ?

I recommend taking Latin. English and most language started with Latin. If you study Latin, there will be many benefits. You can look at a big English word that you have never seen before, and  you can break the down the word if you know Latin.

I'm going to study Latin next year :D