Foreign language in school?
@vicneedscoffee (1259)
United States
May 29, 2008 7:30am CST
My daughter was talking to me about what foreign language she should take in school. When I was a kid I took latin, which I never used, so I suggested spanish. Are your children required to take a foreign language in order to graduate? What language do you think is most beneficial for kids to study? Why?
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@pixelpixie (473)
• Canada
29 May 08
We are required to take French from grades 3ish-9th.
I also took Spanish for 3 years afterwards.
French is obviously helpful here in Canada, and I assume Spanish is in areas of the Sates.
I prefer Spanish myself...not quite sure why. I just had more fun learning it.
They're very similar languages.
Being fluent in more than one language is VERY helpful when applying for jobs as well.
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@pixelpixie (473)
• Canada
29 May 08
Ah! I hate typos. I really wish you could edit posts.
*States.
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@vicneedscoffee (1259)
• United States
29 May 08
LOL...I didn't even notice the typo until I read your second post. Spanish is very helpful here in the States. I interviewed for some jobs when I was younger and one of the questions they asked was if we were fluent in Spanish. That is why I suggested it to her. I agree that being multilingual is a good thing. It never hurts anyway.
@pixelpixie (473)
• Canada
30 May 08
Yes, employers LOVE when you can speak more than one language.
It's also a good way to learn about other cultures.
I always enjoyed languages myself, I guess that helped a lot too :)
I like learning.
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@ayumitakashi (4462)
• United States
29 May 08
I don't really know which language is beneficial for kids to study. But when I was in high school I studied French for three years. And now in college so far i've taken one year of Italian. I think that learning new languages is beautiful and it makes you learn more about other people's culture.
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@travel_in_Italy (8)
• Italy
25 Jun 08
I agree, in the US the most important language to learn is actually Spanish.
The it depends on what she would like to do in the future, for example I studied English and Spanish in the past, but now that I work as designer and I'm having a professional course in Italy, I'm studying Italian in an Italian language school for foreigners.
It's easier to learn a language in the country where it's spoken, so in the future she could think about a language travel ;-)
