love 8,778 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 i would probably choose either spanish (which i studied back in high school but didn’t continue with) or korean for the convenience of watching shows/listening to music without subs ^^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyurigged 273 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Mandarin omg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkpanda_spirit 14,647 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, juryduty said: Mandarin omg same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibi 4,504 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 just one? i'd pick korean or mandarin... both for hobby reasons and bc i think they're really beautiful languages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelkoya 17,769 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Japanese. I'd love to travel across Japan someday so it would help, especially in the countryside where things aren't translated to english and locals only speak Japanese. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) spanish, been studying since i was 9 up until i was 18 and i cant speak for shit lol mandarin too.. 4 years for nothing ctfu Edited August 16, 2020 by muesli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satoori 45,814 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 if i had to pick one... 1. spanish - here in the us it's beneficial ... 2. chinese 3. korean - because of kpop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rananicolee 10,266 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 spanish. so beneficial here in the US. there was someone who wanted to shoot with me but they only spoke spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanescence 842 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Mandarin, Korean, or German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serena25 388 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Either english or japanese, I can’t choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,630 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Mandarin because I'm studying it now and this stuff would be so much easier as your first language 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunheart 4,862 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Japanese. It's the first 3rd language I ever wanted to master since I was a kid and still the one since then. Then only come Arabic and Korean, and eventually now, Mandarin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harumaki 4,354 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Korean or Japanese so I could translate on my own, maybe I'll try to learn someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timur Sharapov 2,056 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 German. This language is fascinating, deep, smart, sophisticated, sounds so sexy and edgy at the same time and it's everything amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felidae 2,742 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Mandarin ngl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSsOrGaNiZeDsUsHi 353 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 English - I can speak it fine but find difficulty articulating myself the way I want to many a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighterxx 12,204 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Mandarin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighterxx 12,204 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 10 hours ago, satoori said: if i had to pick one... 1. spanish - here in the us it's beneficial ... 2. chinese 3. korean - because of kpop I was always curious, when do they start teaching you another language in school? O.o i heard from my British friends its very late for them, and they would complain about it, I'm curious if US is same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love 8,778 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, lighterxx said: I was always curious, when do they start teaching you another language in school? O.o i heard from my British friends its very late for them, and they would complain about it, I'm curious if US is same not who you quoted but since i'm also from the US...why not lmao it largely depends on your school district; there's no federal mandate for when schools have to teach certain things or whether they have to teach it at all. that usually comes down to the state's choice or even the district itself. i know some schools that start in 7th grade (around 12 to 13 years old) but my own school didn't offer foreign language courses until 9th grade (14 to 15 years old). also for most schools there's only a 2 year-ish requirement and then you're free to go. i studied spanish for four years because i liked it but the class size definitely decreased a LOT by year 3 and especially year 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satoori 45,814 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, lighterxx said: I was always curious, when do they start teaching you another language in school? O.o i heard from my British friends its very late for them, and they would complain about it, I'm curious if US is same Depends on what type of school you go to. Some start as early as elementary while others 12-13 years old. It's not required at every school either. The biggest issue is many language teachers are not that great. Or more like not much funding and support for the department. You'll often hear Americans say they took a language like Spanish for years in school yet still know basically nothing. The teachers are a lot better in university. But by then it's a lot harder to learn a language. Tho I still know more Korean then Spanish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighterxx 12,204 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 43 minutes ago, love said: not who you quoted but since i'm also from the US...why not lmao it largely depends on your school district; there's no federal mandate for when schools have to teach certain things or whether they have to teach it at all. that usually comes down to the state's choice or even the district itself. i know some schools that start in 7th grade (around 12 to 13 years old) but my own school didn't offer foreign language courses until 9th grade (14 to 15 years old). also for most schools there's only a 2 year-ish requirement and then you're free to go. i studied spanish for four years because i liked it but the class size definitely decreased a LOT by year 3 and especially year 4. Its so odd to me, by 7th grade it gets alot harder to learn languages, I wonder why they won't start at 1st to 3rd grade like ours o.o I mean due to type of language we speak its hard for us to learn English or German or etc, bcs its closer to Japanese but still we start learning alot earlier and I found it more helpful in long term o.o Its a shame most see it as a requirement tho, learning a new language is a beautiful thing, I often regret not being able to learn German properly in school rip 16 minutes ago, satoori said: Depends on what type of school you go to. Some start as early as elementary while others 12-13 years old. It's not required at every school either. The biggest issue is many language teachers are not that great. Or more like not much funding and support for the department. You'll often hear Americans say they took a language like Spanish for years in school yet still know basically nothing. The teachers are a lot better in university. But by then it's a lot harder to learn a language. Tho I still know more Korean then Spanish. i was curious bcs we start learning at 1st grade to 3rd grade It can be as early as kindergarten sometimes as well Still 12-13 is not too late but it is probably too hard to learn after those ages If Spanish is too hard to teach for the state, why not try another language? For structure I found out German is very close to English, some schools can give a try to that o.o still waiting till uni, it should be pretty hard to learn after that point rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satoori 45,814 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, lighterxx said: i was curious bcs we start learning at 1st grade to 3rd grade It can be as early as kindergarten sometimes as well Still 12-13 is not too late but it is probably too hard to learn after those ages If Spanish is too hard to teach for the state, why not try another language? For structure I found out German is very close to English, some schools can give a try to that o.o still waiting till uni, it should be pretty hard to learn after that point rip Most schools that offer language courses do usually have more then one option. Spanish is one of them at every school tho. Like I said in my earlier post, it's beneficial in the US considering the population. Also it's usually the most popular pick by students and parents because of this. Not matter what language it is still doesn't change the lack of good teachers and funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighterxx 12,204 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, satoori said: Most schools that offer language courses do usually have more then one option. Spanish is one of them at every school tho. Like I said in my earlier post, it's beneficial in the US considering the population. Also it's usually the most popular pick by students and parents because of this. Not matter what language it is still doesn't change the lack of good teachers and funding. Hm instead of many options ,then they might try spending their fundings on raising actually proper teachers o.o i noticed with language tho, majority is things you have to do yourself. I didn't learn English from my teachers (only got base from them) , i learnt it from books I read at my free time. Only blaming teacher is bit wrong for language courses I think o.o I'm sure teachers lack too, but majority of the effort should be from student, that effort is not possible when everyone starts learning it so late T^T unless they have special love for that specific language Edited August 17, 2020 by lighterxx Idk how to fix this mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli London 1,762 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Spanish or French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hamster Named Loneliness 3,680 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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