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<p>Anyways, I am on the edge on whether or not i should take french in college. I'm going to be a freshman this year, and I already have 4 years of french experience during high school. I even took AP french, but I didn't pass that since french in high school was basically useless. When I took the placement exam at my university, I was placed into 2nd year french.</p>
<p>The books, access codes, and workbooks cost about $180 altogether, but they're for the full year. We are on term schedule, but I will be taking FR 211, 212, and 213 this year. </p>
<p>I am currently undecided in terms of choosing my major and direction path. Is it worth it to take french? Will it really give me a leg up in terms of jobs in America? </p>
<p>I do plan on studying abroad, but I am not necessarily set on going to a french speaking country. </p>
<p>If I don't take french, I would probably just take one of the prerequisite classes in place of that, such as gen psych or anthropology.</p>
<p>French is a really elegant language. I admire it a lot. If I had the time, I’d definitely try to learn it. Although, the best way to learn a language is to speak it diligently, not through classes or memorization. Nevertheless, class can definitely prepare you for your study abroad experience; I recommend Switzerland. I hear really good things about it.</p>
<p>yeah, but is it worth it to learn a language in which no one really speaks in america? I live in a small town, which is probably why I have never encountered anyone who speaks french, but are there companies based in America that could benefit from having french speakers?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s worth it in your situation. I enjoyed the language and took it all through middle school, high school, and then two semesters in college. Kind of a waste of my time, though. </p>
<p>I would only continue French if you are ready to put in the effort to become fluent (including an extended stay in a Francophone country). </p>
<p>A basic understanding of a foreign language can be useful (e.g. if you ever need to decipher a French document) and fluency can be useful. In between, it doesn’t really matter if you’ve had one year more or less of the language.</p>
<p>I feel like I could learn french on my own, since I already know some of the basics, and all I would need to do is review the tenses and learn more vocab. </p>
<p>And I would take psychology or anthropology because since I’m an incoming freshman, most of these are the prerequisite classes, and now many of the other classes are getting full. I know conversational chinese (cantonese), but I don’t know how to write it. </p>
<p>I think I’m going to drop french, I don’t think I should be struggling so much in choosing if I really had a genuine interest in learning it.</p>
<p>if you think you could learn it on your own and dont have a huge interest dropping would be good. there could be some more valuable language courses you could take anyways</p>
<p>Taking courses for pure erudition is admirable, if those four classes do not infringe upon your graduation requirements. That being said, French is really only practical for: classics majors (grad programs encourage/require French and German), international relations (emphasis on French-speaking countries), and jobs dealing with the language.</p>