i getting a bit worried, i'm almost 21 and my professor said that one should be able to master as much foreign language as he can before he turns 21. All i know are English and my local dialect. Any suggestions?

I've been thinking about dive-bombing a Harry Potter book in a foreign language in hopes I'll pick up something.

Is the goal unrealistic? Ludicrous? So entirely stupid that my future generations deserved to be damned?

... Or am I a genius? *O*
My logic is that if people can watch Spanish television shows without knowing what the actors are saying, then why would books be different?

I go to a special high school that I love, but we are required to have our two years of foreign language complete by the beginning of our senior year. If I don't get the credits I'll get kicked-out. My counselor told me to take the Spanish CLEP since Spanish is my first language. However, I've never studied Spanish grammar and I'm scared that there will be a lot of grammar on the exam.

I need two year of a foreign language. This is my second semester of elementary Spanish. I don’t like Spanish but hate how hard the grammar is and I can’t roll my R. what is an easy language to learn. My college has Spanish, French, German and Italian. Tell me what will easy for me to learn and if you need to make weird sounds!

Thank you

I learned spanish and need to learn another foreign language but don't want to take something too hard to learn (like Mandarin). I am debating Portuguese, German, or Russian
Also I want to learn a language that is useful, and spoken in a lot of countries.

I'm a sophomore in college and in order to get my bachelors of arts requirement, I would need to take two years of a foreign language. I'm already fluent in Arabic but due to some dialect issues, I wouldn't be able to exit out.

I studied Spanish in high school and received A's and B's but I was mostly bored by the language.

I think Italian is a beautiful language and I want to do a term abroad in Italy next year. However, if I take Spanish, I could do a term in Spain.

I'm obviously leaning toward Italian but I'm hesitant because I would be taking a year of a language over the summer (three terms in three months). It's very intensive and it would be easier to take Spanish since I've already been exposed to the language.

So, the real question is, do I protect my GPA by taking Spanish even though it doesn't interest me or do I take a chance on Italian and hopefully go to Italy next year?

For some reason this foreign language requirement is freaking me out. I figured Spanish would be the easiest one to grasp. How hard is it. I'm a Senior transfer student and this particular college requires this and I had no idea I would need this.

Okay, so I want to get into a prestigious international business program in college and I need to know a foreign language (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish). I'm already taking Spanish in high school so I figure I should just go with that, but this is a highly competitive program and I've heard if you take one of the lesser taught languages you have a higher chance of getting in. Should I stick with Spanish or learn a new language from scratch? What would be the best language to know?

I'm a sophomore in high school and speak English, Greek, and Spanish, and adore foreign language. (I've been studying Spanish for 3 years... it's not nearly as great as my English or Greek, but I pick up foreign language rather quickly.)
What's the best way to improve language skills? I'm very interested in further studying the Greek language, but it's so rare around here, and only my family speaks it. I listen to the music, watch the Greek news when I can, read books... any other ideas? There aren't any classes I can take around here.

Also, I was wondering what types or jobs there are for those who study foreign languages. (Other than the most obvious professor/teacher.) I know there are also translators between countries, too, though you have to be appointed by the state. My GPA isn't of the best ranking-- I'm absolutely horrible with math and the sciences. I do consider myself bright, though, and want a professional career to reflect that. Any ideas?

Thanks for your help!

I either want to learn a musical instrument or a foreign language. If I learn a musical instrument, then I'm going to play the cello. But I also want to learn Spanish. I'm thinking of learning Spanish just because I already play piano, flute, and clarinet but I would like your opinion.

I'm in Spanish 2, but my school has this thing where if you take the next exam for the next level of the foreign language (spring exam, not winter), you can skip a level. Like I'm trying to skip to Spanish 4 for next year instead of going on to Spanish 3.

I know it's not a good idea to skip a whole year of a language, but I'm already in French 4 this year and I'll be a senior next year and I really want to take Spanish 4.

The problem is, I think it'll be really hard because the head of the Spanish department at my school told me that in the 18 years she's been teaching here, only 2 kids have successfully skipped from Spanish 2 to Spanish 4 and they were both native Spanish speakers. But I think with enough hard work and determination and my talent for languages, I can do it.

I have the textbook they use (it's called Realidades) and I'm getting the workbook that goes along with it this week.

Any advice to help me prepare for the exam in the spring?

I'm a high schooler, btw...

I am going to be i hight school next year & you have to take a foreign language. So, i was wondering what is easier spanish or german? Sadly, there is no other languages to choose from.

Thanks for the help.

-heather(:

I am told by almost all of my professors that being able to speak a foreign language, especially Spanish in some areas, will help put me above my competition. I was wondering if anybody has any experience with this issue and if this is true or not before I pay money to learn Spanish. Thanks in advance!
A minor in Spanish is too late at this point

In high school I (for some reason unknown to me now) too Latin as my foreign language...I wish that I had taken Spanish. My soon to be husband is Mexican and in 6 months we're moving to Mexico. He has taught me a few words/phrases, but I still pretty much know nothing. I've never met his family before and I want to be able to communicate with them right from the start.

I can't really afford to take a class, so what would you suggest? Also, I'm having trouble rolling my "r"s...my fiance tried to explain to me how to do it, but I just can't get it. I've looked on yahoo!answers for suggestions, but none of them helped but I thought I would ask again. Thank you!

At the moment I'm trying to learn Spanish, so that I can learn Visayan and ultimately Tagalog a little bit easier (also, Spanish would be a good language to learn).

I was just wondering what other kind of languages would be useful to know in learning OTHER languages, so that I can broaden my foreign language intelligence.

it my school system, you take spanish staring in 2nd grade thru 8th grade, you don't have a choice. then thru high school you can choose to take spanish french or german. you need to take one year of a foreign language to graduate. anywhooo do you think its important for kids to learn the language? why/why not?

it my school system, you take spanish staring in 2nd grade thru 8th grade, you don't have a choice. then thru high school you can choose to take spanish french or german. you need to take one year of a foreign language to graduate. anywhooo do you think its important for kids to learn the language? why/why not?

I am trying to learn spanish and maybe another language. Problem is I dont have time to visit a foreign country for a year to totally be immursed into the language. What is the best software out there to learn a foreign language. I will be taking classes at school as well.

I'm going into high school and have never taken a foreign language. I've only spoken English my whole life. I live in America. What would be the easiest language to learn: German, French, or German?
Also, what do you think would be the most useful to me?

So I have finals on Wednesday thru Friday and i have my Spanish final on Thursday. I haven't really been studying very much...at all but i need a good grade in that class! (well...not an F anyway) I have 7 pages of the exam and i have no idea how to study for all of that in just a few days!!! I barely know how to study at all!!
How do you study or a 7 page final in a foreign language?!

My brother told me a friend of his learned spanish by a language swap website. You teach someone English and they teach you their language. I need to learn spanish quickly. I need to graduate ASAP and foreign language is all I need. I'm in Spanish 2 right now but anyone that is in or graduated college knows that you are at the mercy of when classes are offered. I would like for my stepfather to see me graduate. He has advanced prostate cancer at a young age and he has supported me financially and emotionally through finishing college. I owe it to him to learn soon and CLEP out. I have a clep book and have fallen asleep in it as well. It doesn't make good pillow. I am in search of a real person to teach me quickly.

I'm homeschooled and I'm really keen on learning some foreign languages for fun, and since I am pretty fluent in school French I decided to learn Spanish or Italian. I'm not American and so no-one I know can teach me Spanish and it's not offered anywhere. So I just want to learn basic/conversational Spanish online.

But all the sites I've gone to either require payment or they're actual "lessons" which I'll have to make time for, and which I can't really use. So does anyone know a site that simply has free, online, in-browser, basic lessons in Spanish? (Or any other foreign language really-Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Tamil...)

Help please?

I have wanted to learn a foreign language for a while. I am only 14. I have wanted to learn German the most, but I don't know if I will ever actually need to speak it. I know Spanish is probably the most useful, as we are right next to Mexico, but I don't want to learn Spanish. Would German help me at all? In what ways can a second language be useful? Would it open up any future careers? Which language would be the best for me to learn?

I'm american and I learned French and speak it at an advanced level. I learn Spanish up to an intermediate level, and have taken one year of Italian.

I want to know what would be the best option for my linguistic career:

To improve my Spanish up to an advanced level
To improve my Italian
To learn German
To learn Arabic
To learn Japanese
Or to learn a different foreign language

I currently teach English abroad, so preferably a language that would be useful for job opportunities.

Thank you!

Do you have any tricks to making it easier to memorize and study this foreign language?

Hi, I'm an International student in Texas. English is actually an foreign language to me. I learned English the past 2 years and I think I'm ok at it now.
However, my college required me to have 2 semester of a single foreign language, of course other than English. They don't accept my native language, Vietnamese, as a foreign language.
So what foreign language should I learn? Spanish or French? Which one is easier?
Thanks a lot, everyone!

I have to take two semesters of foreign language to earn my degree. Spanish seems to fit best in my schedule - I have a REALLY hard time rolling my "R" and just understanding the language. Can someone suggest a program that could help me learn to pronounce right and get a head start before next semester comes?

Once I become fluent in esperanto I would like to start tackling natural languages. How much easier would each one be as the Nth language learned as opposed to the first foreign language learned?

Suppose I learn Esperanto, then Spanish, then Italian, then French. Suppose each one normally takes about 600 hours for basic proficiency for a monolingual person. If learned successively, would it be like:

400 hours for Spanish, 350 for Italian, 300 for French?

I am a senior in college trying to bypass my foreign language requirement. I am taking the CLEP Spanish exam in December, and I would like to know what the best way to study for the exam would be. I am not a native speaker, but I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, and still use some of it today, and I tested out of Spanish 101. I would just like to know what I need to do to get a score higher than 65.