I know this was discussed before but I couldn’t find the thread. Trying to better understand the rules for what languages my son can take and what level he starts. My son has 5 years of Latin through AP Latin. He took Spanish 1 and 2 as a “filler class” not necessarily as his language requirement. For PSU, can he start over with Spanish?
Also, there was discussion of the 6 credit - 2 semester foreign language option. I see this fall they are offering French. What is different about these classes versus the 4 credit? Obviously time commitment and credits. The only thing I can see from description is possibly conversing - speaking the language?
Anyone have experience with the 6 credit? What risks are there? Who has it worked for? or not.
He can only start over if he takes “intensive” Spanish (2 semesters with 1st semester reviewing high school 1+2 and part of HS 3, and 2nd semester covering most of HS 3+ HS4).
It exists for French, Spanish, and German.
Most students in the class have taken some form of the language in HS but feel too shaky to start in Level 2 or 3 in college. Others are dedicated scholars who want to learn the language faster and would thus cover 1-3 in a year, then take Sophomore level 1+2 in the Fall Sophomore year, and thus be in 300 level classes in the Spring Sophomore year (this is more frequent in French and German as students who wish to apply to grad school need a good command of foreign languages, for Spanish it’s often to get into Spanish for Medical Professions and such).
It’s the same basic material, just taught faster, with some blended work.
My son is taking the 6 credit Spanish 10 next fall. According to his advisor, they will start at the very beginning. He will have Spanish every day. Then in the spring he will take the next 6 credit spanish class. This will all be to accomplish the 12 credits of a foreign language that he needs for a Bachelor of Arts degree. (BS degrees often don’t have the language requirement, though some do). His last spanish class was 4 years ago as a sophomore in high school. He knows nothing. His advisor told him to do this and I’m hoping it all works out!
I took Russian for my language credits. There’s a lot of work to it, and it’s a difficult language. I had taken Spanish in the past, which is also a lot of work, but significantly easier for me as an English speaker. I switched to Russian because I just wasn’t enjoying Spanish, and Russian was a lot more fun. No matter what language you took, you’re going to have to spend a lot of time on grammar and especially vocab. For what it’s worth, the Russian professors are super understanding about how hard the language is to learn, and they grade accordingly, so if they see you putting the effort in, you’d do well. Not sure how professors in other languages are.
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