<p>Would it be ridiculous to take Spanish, French, and Hindi at the same time while trying to take additional classes that apply to the International Development studies major?</p>
<p>I took AP Spanish my junior year, and I got an A and I got a 3 on the AP test. I know I'm not very good at it because I never put much effort into it.</p>
<p>Hindi I can understand but I haven't learned how to speak or write/read it. </p>
<p>I would start at the beginning levels for all three languages. I've always had a fascination with learning languages.</p>
<p>People's ability to learn languages are best before they turn 7, I believe. </p>
<p>Languages classes are demanding, as they often meet 4 out of 5 days a week. I wouldn't advise taking two language classes at the same time.</p>
<p>People usually take 3 classes first quarter to get acquainted with UCLA. 4 classes is around the norm. 5 classes will pretty much swamp you, unless you have good time-management skills.</p>
<p>at the same time? oh dear.
everyone i know who's tried taking two languages at once (generally french and spanish simultaneously) has regretted it. it's too easy to mix vocabularies and grammar. mentally compartmentalizing it is HARD.
3 languages in 4 years can be a reach. 3 at once? suicide!!!</p>
<p>^for Hindi. If you can read/write one of the following scripts: Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Tibetan/Dzongkha, or any other syllabic alphabet in general, learning to read/write Devanagari should be fairly easy. If you don't know a syllabic alphabet learning to read/write Hindi will take some time. The shift from regular alphabets to syllabic alphabets can be mentally taxing. I am quite the opposite of you, I can read and write Devanagari but cannot speak or fully understand Hindi</p>
<p>I would love to take three different language classes at the same time. I guess it depends on how well you can focus on each of them. When I took a Spanish class a few summers ago, I had some interference when trying to speak Japanese, but it didn't affect my reading/writing/listening skills at least. I think having enough time to practice would iron out these kinds of problems.</p>
<p>I would take Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese at UCLA if I could. I wouldn't foresee an excessive amount of interference with each other since I already have some background in these languages; the problem is I need time to also take major requirements. I think having enough time to do everything is the main problem, and an obstacle EKS might run into. You would have to plan carefully whether you have time to pursue 3 language courses per quarter while still able to graduate with all major requirements within 4 years (assuming you're a freshman).</p>
<p>I think I'm going to take Hindi because they only offer two years anyways and then if I'm still interested I'll enroll in French starting my junior year.</p>
<p>I'm still a tad torn between Hindi and French...oh well, I don't need to decide right in this moment.</p>
<p>I'm majoring in International Development so I would love to work in/with India...we'll see...</p>
<p>And yeah, I will be starting as a freshman in the fall.</p>
<p>not recommanded.
Further more, why do you have to learn so many languages? I mean, you should concentrate in only 1 or 2. Believe or not, fluent at ONE languages is better than knowing 3 languages if you can't speak all of them well.
BTW, I know 4 languages, and English is my worst one T_T crying ......... hope I can pass all classes in LA :d</p>
<p>Don't think it should be too bad, I studied French + German + Mandarin concurrently, (though I knew Cantonese beforehand so Mandarin wasn't too big of a leap) and planning to take on Japanese soon. Plus, I'm an English Major so pretty sure my english is fine.
So yeah, 2 of those languages u already have a base in, so it's really just a matter of brushing up, and only learning one language from scratch. If you're good with english french is pretty easy to pick up.</p>
<p>Luckily, I don't have a problem with tones. I just wonder if I could keep up with memorizing enough vocabulary in three languages simultaneously. It might be too much to study if I'll also be working at the same time, but since these two years might be my last chance to study these languages in a formal setting, I still really want to take advantage of the opportunity.</p>