<p>Ill be starting university next year, and the school requires proficiency in a foreign language. Im from Quebec, so i'm pretty good and french, and am exempted from the language requirement because I did well on the SAT subject test for french. Basically, my options are either to take an advanced french class or just take extra gen-eds that I would like more (i'm sick of studying french). Is there a benefit in keepnig up with a less useful language?</p>
<p>Note: I am not interested in starting a "useful" language for buisness like mandarin etc.</p>
<p>Is french your mother tongue or you had to study it while in Quebec? I only ask because if your family speaks french, and you will be speaking french on a regular basis no matter what, then it probably isn't worth it to take advanced french unless you want an easy grade. But languages are easy to lose, so I might recommend using that class as a way to get good grades and maintain your french. Being bi-lingual is such a useful thing...en tous cas, bonne chance!</p>
<p>im english and dont speak french at home. the only time i speak french is at work, or in french class. im just not sure whether its worth not pursuing other interests to get an easy a...</p>
<p>Are you going to a school in America?
If so, an advanced class might be a bit awkward since the French here (well, France French away from the border) and Quebec French are so different phonetically.</p>
<p>Yeah, Im going to upenn so I'm worried that I will lose my french, especially because I might want to work in europe (france or switzerland) in finance later on. I shouldn't have a real problem with the dialects because I had a lot of teachers from france who had the nicer accent. (Think: Quebec is like a southern accent and france is like a british accent...)</p>