Looking to take up another language... Any Ideas? :)

Bazinga_N

So, I'm looking to take up another language... I'm fleunt in English (obviously!) and Irish (went to gaelscoil and kept the language up!).. I also take French in school and would be almost at intermediate level! :P I'm now looking to take up a fourth language to study in my own time... Im just not sure which language to take :O I've seriously thought about:

• Spanish
• Italian
• Russain
• Japanese

Any Advice or Ideas? Thanks Much Appreciated!

Shalashaska

Speaking from experience, if you are pretty good at French, you will pick up Spanish and Italian fairly handily (with a bit of work of course ).

However, Russian may be useful language to master job-wise in the future as it is going to be a serious player in the global economy.

dory

I'd say pick whichever one you like the culture of the most. Films, songs and all that can help a lot when learning a language. So it helps a lot if you like the films songs etc. that come out of that country. I've learned Spanish and Russian and loved them both. Spanish is easier to get to a daycent level of, but I just love the sound of Russian.

davwain

Shalashaska wrote: »

Speaking from experience, if you are pretty good at French, you will pick up Spanish and Italian fairly handily (with a bit of work of course ).

However, Russian may be useful language to master job-wise in the future as it is going to be a serious player in the global economy.

Russian already is a useful language to master. Lots of people (other than in ex-Soviet republics) can speak it in Canada, the US and Israel, just to name a few countries.

Manach

Looking at a different way, perhaps check both a list of how easy the language is for native English speakers and as well what tools/sites (babbel/duolingo) support them.

daveyeh

Klingon

Manach

daveyeh wrote: »

Klingon

Well if one has to understand Shakespeare it is best done in his original tongue.