<p>Hi. I'll be attending college soon, and I was wondering about what language I should take in college. I've been taking Spanish for four years now, so I am getting better at that language; however, I don't want to lose my skills in it. I was thinking about either taking additional courses of it in college or do a summer study abroad. The problem is, I also want to learn Russian, so I won't be able to have any room for Spanish if I take Russian starting as a freshman. What should I do? I want to be fluent in both languages, but I don't know how fluent I would be if I worked hard enough and did two years of it while a study abroad for a semester. If I did this, is it possible to join a Spanish Club instead and use that to keep my Spanish skills?</p>
<p>You will most likely forget about Spanish, unless you practice a few times a week. Don’t bother going into Russian if you are four years into Spanish.</p>
<p>So keep Spanish then? Will I be able to remember it if I take another year of it or two and a study abroad?</p>
<p>I would definitely go for Russian. Russian is a critical language so there are more scholarships for study abroad and stuff. Plus it’s really cool to learn a language with a whole different alphabet.</p>
<p>I took four years of Spanish in high school (but was never that good at it), then took five semesters of Russian in college. I looooved Russian, and that was definitely the right choice for me.</p>
<p>If you don’t take Russian in college, you’ll probably never learn it because it’s not easy to learn outside of a classroom. Meanwhile, there are lots of opportunities outside of the classroom to practice Spanish and build on what you already know. The BBC has a free online Spanish language program that you might use to keep up your skills: [BBC</a> - Languages - Spanish: All you need to start learning Spanish](<a href=“http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/]BBC”>http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/)</p>
<p>¡Buena suerte! / Удача!</p>
<p>If your school has students who are native or heritage Spanish speakers, then you can try to maintain and reinforce your Spanish skills by speaking to them in Spanish.</p>