<p>Well, I'm coming up to UT this August and have absolutely no idea as to which language I should take, I took the Spanish APs in May but idk what i made, but I'm really good at Spanish and I love the language, but I also have wanted to take French since forever (they never offered it at my high school)...so I don't really know which I should take...I'm gonna major in gov't but if i'm not mistaken I need at least four semesters of FL to graduate LAH...any advice would be welcome.
Mil Gracias! Merci Bocoup!</p>
<p>You need 4 semesters of foreign language to graduate in ANY liberal arts major, not just to get the LAH honors.</p>
<p>It really doesn’t matter which one you take–it’s really up to you to choose whether to continue the language you’re in (or not need to if you got the score/pass the placement test) or take a new language.</p>
<p>I took Latin in high school but didn’t take the AP. I’ve seen the UT Latin placement test and I could pass it with some study, but I’m choosing to take Sanskrit instead.</p>
<p>Wait, the UT just says you need 2 years of FL from high school. I’ve only seen the need for taking the AP test if you’re continuing in FL at UT. If you’ve already done your high school FL doesn’t that suffice without the AP test if you aren’t going to do any FL in college?</p>
<p>I’d recomend taking Spanish since you have expierence with it. Personally, the foreign language requirement is stupid since people who grew up speaking English are forced to take another foreign language and since there are a lot of Indians at UT they take Malalaym or whatever and pass it with a breeze.</p>
<p>The “equivalent to two years of language study at the college level” requirement posters here are talking about applies to what you need to graduate from the UT College of Liberal Arts.</p>
<p>theloneranger, you are taking Sanskrit? </p>
<p>There is a pretty awesome range of options offered through the Department of Asian Studies.
[Chinese</a>, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malayam, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Vietnamese](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/courses/descriptions/]Chinese”>http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/courses/descriptions/)</p>
<p>Yep. We’ll see how well I do though. I believe the class is largely of Indian origin and can already read Devanagari script, so we’ll see if that puts me at a significant disadvantage.</p>
<p>Haha, thanks for the help, but seriously, would you say the French or Spanish dept. is better?</p>
<p>They are about the same. You will have huge classes in either one because they’re the most popular languages.</p>
<p>I’ve heard many people recommend either taking Spanish online through University Extension or through ACC because the classes are so big, but if you test out you probably won’t have that problems.</p>
<p>I took three years of French in High School and no one helped me besides few of my classmates, my stubborn teacher, and [Free</a> Translation and Professional Translation Services from SDL](<a href=“http://www.freetranslation.com%5DFree”>http://www.freetranslation.com) …I would say although its a beautiful language, Take it If YOU need it. If you already have experience with Spanish, I would stick with it and pull out a higher GPA than try learning something totally new. First semester would be definitely fun but after that, it get difficult. Also see, if you UT has credit by examination for Spanish and you can take that if its offered. Has been an year since I took French 3 and I only remember 3 sentences (lol and I did made A’s in both year working my arse off and a High B my last year). If You need it right now or will later, for example in International business, then go for it. If not, then stick to spanish, most widely spoken in U.S after English… afterall predictions are that in 50-60 years Mexico’s economy will be the Best in the world lol so thats my opinion.</p>
<p>Hey man thanks, i think i’ll probably stick with spanish then, if i want i’ll do french on my own lol</p>
<p>if you are thinking of doing masters work in government or history…they often require knowledge of 2 languages…</p>
<p>knowing spanish you will have an easier time understanding the spoken language but may struggle with grammar! french is the hardest grammar lol :(</p>