<p>Nixxi you are wrong. 60 percent of English words come from Latin. You are right that English is more related to Greek, but Greek isn't offered as strongly as Latin. There are very few Greek Students compared to every other language. The majority of schools don't offer levels higher than standard because there are so few people/ I think some people don't even know 25 percent of the entire English Vocabulary. Remember that at one point all modern romance languages were Latin.</p>
<p>hmmmm
hard choice. but if i was you, (a horrible thought :) id pick spanish. u need spanish so bad nowadays, and its really useful. go to mexico or spain, and your set. most useful language, id say.</p>
<p>if you want to go into business you'll definately want to brush up on chinese french, arabic or hindi. You have to think about where the biggest emerging market is..Here's a hint, it's definately not mexico or the USA.</p>
<p>Again, thats true. France could work in Europe. Ah, this is a hard choice. I may end up taking French just for kicks :)</p>
<p>Spanish is good for this area, but on a global level...?</p>
<p>It would all be so much easier if we could spend at least 3 months in each of the countries. 6 months would be better though.</p>
<p>German -- I switched from Spanish to German in grade 8. Besides, you'd be able to read original writings by Goethe and other awesome people.</p>
<p>French -- This is what I wanted to switch to instead of German. I love French culture, food, and the sound of the language. You'd be able to read Camus and The Little Prince in the original text!</p>
<p>Latin -- This would help you with meanings of new words.</p>
<p>Spanish -- This would probably be the most useful in America since things are becming increasingly bilingual [English/Spanish].</p>
<p>Choose whatever you like is my advice. I foyu don't like it, you won't want to study it.</p>
<p>I will talk with my counselor tomorrow at the orientation. It seems I will take her opinion on this; however, I am leaning towards French. I am almost positive it will be my final decision.</p>
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German -- I switched from Spanish to German in grade 8. Besides, you'd be able to read original writings by Goethe and other awesome people.
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Yes! Faust forever, that's one of the major reasons I started self-studying German. Other is opportunity to read original papers by Einstein.</p>
<p>How hard is it to self study German? I'm very interested :p</p>
<p>From which books?</p>
<p>French....German/Latin are going to kill you.</p>
<p>French/English words are almost the same</p>
<p>Spanish is too common and well I don't think it'll help much</p>
<p>I suggest French because many people speak it although latin does look impressive on college apps. I am taking AP French and Latin 1 this year.</p>
<p>German is actually the most spoken native language in Europe and the 2nd most known language in the European Union (after English)</p>
<p>I took 2 years of Spanish at my first high school and then my family moved to Germany my junior year and I took both Spanish and German. I loooved German and just took that my senior year. I also hated all 3 years of Spanish.</p>
<p>I always felt more comfortable speaking German than Spanish.</p>
<p>My orientation is today; I'll try to get arrangements for French. :) Overall, it seems like it'd be an enjoyable, fairly useful language.</p>
<p>Latin is really not that hard, I started self studying and so far its going good, the main thing is to learn the SYNTAX of the language BEFORE anything else. I started with the everything learning latin book, and so far its going pretty good, though I'm not that good.</p>
<p>To all my other latin studiers, VALE!</p>
<p>i lovee german & french! i didnt take it in school, i was born in belgium(french speaking part) & moved to germany so i speak german fluently. I know some french but not enough. I only lived in belgium for like 5 years, then i lived in germany for 6.
My mom wouldn't let my take german in school since i already know it so i decided to take spanish. I have mostly forgotten french but it sounds cool. German is my favorite though..
But spanish is really easyyy. so technically i know 4 languages .. only 2 fluently(german & english) ..haha</p>
<p>"German is actually the most spoken native language in Europe and the 2nd most known language in the European Union (after English)"</p>
<p>Yes, but geographically speaking, French is spoken in more places.</p>
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How hard is it to self study German? I'm very interested</p>
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Herzeleid.com+Rammstein+online grammar tutorials :)</p>
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i lovee german & french! i didnt take it in school, i was born in belgium(french speaking part) & moved to germany so i speak german fluently.
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Das ist wonderbare! Du hat der SATII zur Deutsche sprache ergreifen?
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French....German/Latin are going to kill you.</p>
<p>French/English words are almost the same
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I think you meant reverse. German has much more of relationships with English (considering it's in the same lang. family).</p>
<p>Thank you all for your advice. It seems I am leaning towards French at the moment. I have just came back from my first day of school. I must admit, the school is beautiful, however the courses and the changes and all that is quite hectic. Aah, I cannot think straight at the moment... I am dying of hunger.</p>
<p>French is a good choice. All of the Latin in English comes from French anyways (it appeared in Middle English during the Norman Conquests), so anyone telling you that Latin is essential for SAT vocab prep is incorrect. Besides, who wants to learn a language for the sole purpose of doing well on a test?</p>
<p>French is a very good choice, i mean it is spoken on every continent (well antarctica is special)</p>
<p>personally i would study french, spanish, and Latin (like i do), but french sounds very pretty and it is an official language of many important organizations (like the olympic committee and the UN)</p>