Thread: Having a hard time picking a foreign language

Thank you all for your replies and advice!!

Quote: Originally Posted by j_k_k If you want something that's marketable as a fallback, consider Japanese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese or Korean. French is quite versatile, and keeps coming in handy. Might think about Bahasa Indonesia, which is supposed to be pretty easy, Portuguese or Italian. Languages aren't that useful professionally unless you achieve full fluency, so I'd say consider three years of whichever one you...

Quote: Originally Posted by Huckleberry3911948 "i am just naturally picking it up anyway." how does that work, like osmosis? can i have some of that??, mine was by blood sweat and tears. Mine too. But I think that the "osmosis" technique can work. A friend of mine married a bilingual foreigner and moved to his country. In the family only his sister was bilingual. Her kids went to the local school. Between...

I know this feeling quite too well. I myself am Juggling French and Italian.

I'm going through the process of second language learning right now. I'm learning Chinese (Cantonese) because everyone around me speaks this language so it's the natural one for me to learn. I'd love to learn Mandarin but no-one here speaks it. So I'm learning to love Cantonese. It is a HUGE advantage in language learning to pick one that you are frequently exposed to. Mandarin might be the language of the the future...

Esperanto. No violent countries associated with that one. I imagine Spanish would be useful in parts of the US and beyond. While French has a number of similarities to English as we nicked a load of their words a thousand years ago. Or how about something a little closer to home? I believe Algonquian was once widely spoken in your area.

I think Chinese (Mandarin first & Cantonese number 2) are the languages of the future.

1) Mandarin Chinese to talk to the most people 2) Spanish to live in the most countries with beautiful women (Latin American, Spain, Italy) 3) Malay if you want to live in the most interesting geography and culture (base language for Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and southern Thailand)

Quote: Originally Posted by Anders15 I am in the US. I am having a hard time picking a lang to learn. I want to learn a language that has safe countries, open people, fun to learn and a good future. Right now I am not required to learn one but my career will either be in science or arts (animation.) I am about to start college and I never took a lang before previously so what should I do? If you want something that's marketable as a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Teak 2) Spanish to live in the most countries with beautiful women (Latin American, Spain, Italy) Anders15, there isn’t a Goethe Institute where you live http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/enindex.htm you can find musical CDs, movies and books at Alliance Française Chapitre Rochambeau Présidence :M. Peter SICKINGER 3224 Monument Ave. RICHMOND, VA - 23221 Tél. 804-355-1327 listen to some songs and conversations to...