allandanyways wrote: » Agreeing with what everyone else has said, I would also recommend Spanish if you want to travel- having a good knowledge of Spanish basically opens up a whole other continent for you to travel. It's also quite easy to pick up Portuguese and Italian when you have an in-depth knowledge of the grammar structures and it's a nice language to speak as well. Where are you studying it musical.x?
beccabeccabecca wrote: » I'm just finished first year intermediate Spanish at NUIG and plan to keep it on as part of my degree, and a lot of my friends took the beginners option. They said the course moves fast enough, but they all managed to pass it by keeping up with assignments etc. The staff in NUIG are lovely, very attentive and honestly care about students, and most of them have a good sense of humour and make classes fun too. They're also ready to help anyone struggling with the course and have no problem meeting with you individually during their office hours for extra help. The structure of the course last year was something like this (if I remember correctly from my friends): three grammar classes per week, two conversation classes, a general Spanish history class (taught in English and combined with the intermediate class - this is the only lecture in the Spanish module that has more than twenty students in one class) and a tutorial based on the history lecture. The history lectures are a bit of a pain, but you get credits purely for just sitting there so it's fine. Check out the Spanish society too - it's a great craic and a fantastic way to subconsciously pick up vocabulary. Got to say, I'm a bit sad about all the hate for French. It's a cool language too! :pac:
