Author Topic: What Language are you taking in school? (Read 3182 times)

Xolerate� · February 06, 2015, 05:57:24 PM

forced spanish

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The Panic · February 06, 2015, 07:09:07 PM

None currently. I took one year of Spanish last year and ultimately retained nothing, but I found out that I really wanted to learn German, which I am now trying to teach myself since my school only offers Spanish.

Doughboy · February 06, 2015, 07:13:47 PM

Quote from: 77x5ghost2 on February 06, 2015, 02:50:03 PM

je suis 100% s�re que tu a utilis� google translate

non, c'est fran�ais parfait

Nonnel · February 06, 2015, 07:19:08 PM

Quote from: Swat 3 on February 06, 2015, 05:52:12 PM

In the State of New Jersey (heil fat governor), we MUST take one foreign language to graduate.

Now that's really loving stupid. It should be a minimum of two years.

it shouldn't be required, but schools should start giving the option to learn it earlier

otto-san · February 06, 2015, 09:34:54 PM

Quote from: Nonnel on February 06, 2015, 07:19:08 PM

it shouldn't be required, but schools should start giving the option to learn it earlier

foreign language being more heavily laid down in primary education would be pretty great. it's hard to have an opt-in set up there though because of the way primary education typically functions. i do agree that it should probably be optional though; it's not something that is commonly valuable to the extent of being a specific manifest function

ButlerBlockhead125 · February 06, 2015, 10:27:27 PM

english

Niff · February 06, 2015, 10:32:44 PM

~~c++~~

none

Rockinboy2000 · February 07, 2015, 12:42:36 AM

french, ill probably take german or something else tho if im able too

Benjamin Lopez · February 07, 2015, 12:52:24 AM

French, I don't actually want to take any language but it was manditory.

Gumba Jonny · February 07, 2015, 02:05:43 AM

I think the reason why Spanish might be hard for a ton of people is that the pronunciation is pretty difficult and that the grammar is confusing which is compounded by having trouble just speaking out words. I know a kid that speaks Greek conversationally but dropped out of Italian because it was killing his grade. Spanish and Italian grammar are nearly identical and both have big gaps for pronunciation from English so it makes sense that loads of kids in my grade dropped language - except for like all of the French taking kids because they're a tiny bunch.

I think that if my school offered non-Romance languages kids wouldn't drop the stuff after 10th grade. Just because a kid might be bad with Spanish grammar doesn't mean that there isn't the chance that something like German or Jewbag Yiddish would come along easily for them.

Romance is dragging down the school system!!

Starkiller · February 07, 2015, 02:44:05 AM

loving spanish. it was either that or ASL

�am�on · February 07, 2015, 02:45:21 AM

Spanish is required. I'd really prefer deutsch though.

Bacon Pancakes · February 07, 2015, 03:38:02 AM

I take German and French. I speak (almost) fluent French because of my parents.

K1ng_0f_N0thing · February 08, 2015, 10:38:50 AM

Quote from: Swat 3 on February 06, 2015, 05:52:12 PM

In the State of New Jersey (heil fat governor), we MUST take one foreign language to graduate.

Now that's really loving stupid. It should be a minimum of two years.

loving Christie

TrollBoat · February 08, 2015, 10:45:25 AM

watashinohaha kokugo wa nihongodesu