<p>Sorry for such an obscure title. </p>
<p>I'm going to minor in Business (my school doesn't have a business major) but I also feel I should learn a language because:
1. I value the ability to be bilingual
2. I feel when working in the business world you should be fluent more then one language
3. You should respect foreigner's ability to be fluent in English as well as their native language, by being able to speak their native language (if that makes any sense)</p>
<p>I took 4 years of Italian in high school, but i personally see that as pointless to continue and I honestly wished I had taken Spanish or French in high school </p>
<p>So I'm stuck between Spanish and French for college,</p>
<p>I feel they are both useful languages in the world but I don't know which is more useful for business (more specifically MARKETING, more specifically MARKETING in the MEDIA industry)</p>
<p>So what do you think, because I have to choose my classes soon and I'm honestly stumped. </p>
<p>Help please!!!!</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Chinese is the best.</p>
<p>^lol…I’d go for spanish if i had to choose.</p>
<p>For working in business with American companies, Spanish is more useful as there probably are more opportunities in marketing in the media industry to Hispanic customers (both domestically and internationally). </p>
<p>However, it depends on whether you have an interest in business in particular countries or regions.
For the US & Latin America–Spanish
For France, the rest of Western Europe (especially since you already have some knowledge of Italian), and parts of North Africa–French
For Canada—French
For Africa—French (though I’m guessing there isn’t a big US media & marketing presence in the region for various reasons)
For Spain—Spanish (though I’m guessing there isn’t a big US media & marketing presence in the country for various reasons)</p>
<p>If you want to be bilingual, and actually use it in your career, I think Spanish would be the easiest language for you to dominate. Italian sounds more like Spanish, which will help you learn the language more quickly. Depending on where you are located, you’d actually get to practice your Spanish outside of school while in school. Even though English isn’t that close to Spanish, I think it’s easier to sometimes find Spanish words that sound the same or words that use the same letters in their English translations.</p>