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| justberta Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5585 days ago 140 posts - 170 votes  Speaks: English, Norwegian* Studies: Indonesian, German, Spanish, Russian | Message 57 of 94 30 August 2010 at 8:03am | IP Logged |
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Norwegian, English and German. I only have a Junior high school education. I studied
Spanish at a private school in Spain and Indonesian in the jungle. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Aleksey Groz Tetraglot Newbie Yugoslavia Joined 5369 days ago 14 posts - 19 votes Speaks: Serbo-Croatian*, English, Czech, FrenchB2 | Message 58 of 94 30 August 2010 at 5:35pm | IP Logged |
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In Serbia, English is compulsory for generations now. It starts in kindergarten and continuous through the all process of education (e.t. elementary school, high school
and University). As a second language 1/3 of schools offers French, one 1/3 German and one 1/3 Russian. But Russian in the last time seems to be less popular so many schools who offered it before now teach Spanish or Italian. In high schools, beside compulsory English and the second language, offer and Latin (which is also compulsory). Plus, if you live in a multi-ethnic community you have to learn and language/s of local minority/ies (e.t. Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian etc.). And of course, Serbian, as official language is also compulsory. I started with my English in kindergarten and learnt it for 16 years. Due my changing of elementary schools I studied all 3 secondary languages (e.t. Russian, German and French). In high school, I took French as a second language (and on my Uni also) and got Latin. Serbian is my mother tongue and was language of my education. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| zore_riot Diglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5200 days ago 9 posts - 10 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 59 of 94 30 August 2010 at 9:08pm | IP Logged |
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It's obligatory here to learn English. I've learned it for 7 years but the new generations will learn it for 11 or 12. As second language I choose french but I could also choose Spanish or German (although my school didn't offer it)
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| kingkiwi Heptaglot Newbie United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5061 days ago 1 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Japanese, English, Russian, Mandarin, Latin, Ancient Greek, French | Message 60 of 94 16 January 2011 at 11:06am | IP Logged |
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Languages (in order of fluency): English, Japanese, French, Latin, Greek, Chinese (Mandarin), Russian
English + Japanese: I'm Japanese, but I live in England so I can speak both fluently... But I still attend Japanese School to keep it up to scratch. French: Been Learning for 10 years since reception so I can at least have a decent conversation with someone in France (providing they speak slightly slower than usual). Classics (Latin + Greek) - Been studying Latin for 3 years and Ancient Greek for 2 Chinese - for 2 years off-block. Russian - Have just begun to study Russian Will take a GCSE/IGCSE in all 7 languages in a year. I may continue some of this to A-Level (Classics, Japanese etc.) Edited by kingkiwi on 16 January 2011 at 11:11am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6960 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese | Message 61 of 94 16 January 2011 at 12:10pm | IP Logged |
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Latin for 5 years
Ancient Greek for 3 years French for 5 years The only way I practice French now is watching in Tv France24. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| irrationale Tetraglot Senior Member China Joined 6050 days ago 669 posts - 1023 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog Studies: Ancient Greek, Japanese | Message 62 of 94 16 January 2011 at 12:48pm | IP Logged |
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| Genocyde Groupie United States Joined 5772 days ago 56 posts - 75 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Mandarin, Persian | Message 63 of 94 16 January 2011 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
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French for 1 year in jr high
Spanish for 1 year in jr high and 2 years in high school, and I haven't taken any foreign languages classes yet in college. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6659 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 64 of 94 17 January 2011 at 3:41am | IP Logged |
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I studied French for four years and Spanish for three years in high school. I had to argue a bit with my guidance counselor to get to take them both. He told me, "Those are two languages." It was all I could do not to say something unforgivably disrespectful.
My school also offered German, Italian and Latin; they dropped Russian just before I got there. The school had 1600 or so students in four grades and is now closed. When I was in college, I majored in French. The college had a good reputation for languages and offered French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Latin and ancient Greek. As far as I know, languages aren't usually required in the United States and comparatively few students take them. Most students who do take a language don't take a full four years. Spanish is the most popular language, with French and German in second and third place. More schools are offering Mandarin Chinese, but it's still rare in this part of the country. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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