Studying French vs Spanish - Which one is easier to learn?

They are both the same. The question is I suppose which he will find more useful.
Are there French or Spanish children in the school/estate?

From a biased French teacher From my experience of working with Spanish teachers, the exam at Leaving Cert seems to be more difficult than French. French is also very close to English and students can pick it up quite easily. Is there not a trial period in the school? Our students study both for a year and decide going into second year. Also, don't let grades make the decision. There is more of a push on Spanish in our school but looking at the way it's examined and graded, students choose it because they see it as easier because they got higher marks. As I tell my students, first and second year French is the hardest for exams because they have to learn a lot of vocabulary/grammar. Guesswork and making a good attempt at writing passages in the Junior/Leaving Cert can result in good results.

I think that the key to learning a language is to love the language. I fell in love with the South of France, and that inspired me to speak French every day and to eventually attain fluency.

paddy_murphy wrote: »

Spanish is much more fun than French! (and easier...)

Have you studied both?

I am close to fluent in Spanish and intermediate French. The French conquered England in 1066 and for centuries the wealthy spoke French, this is Why French vocab is so much closer to English. French grammar is also easier the verb “to be” is possibly the most common verb in any language, it splits into two in Spanish.

The only advantage of Spanish is that it is phonetic, also it has fewer types of symbols that go over letters so is easier to write.

Spanish is by far, a more important language though (don’t forget the USA)