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| PaulLambeth Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5371 days ago 244 posts - 315 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Hindi, Irish | Message 33 of 48 14 July 2013 at 1:27am | IP Logged | ||
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I took German for a year at uni. Mostly, I wanted to test out what it's like learning a language in class, after having recently gotten into learning languages. For the most part, I found it much more rewarding to sit at home on my own with a book.
I also took a self-study in Icelandic course while I was in Iceland - a bit of a cheat on my part, because I could speak it just fine, so I knew I'd have to put in almost no work to guarantee top marks (self-study meant not even a class to attend). It was also a third of my second-semester course credits. Good choice, I'd say. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| -Eddz- Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 5052 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Icelandic | Message 34 of 48 14 July 2013 at 4:59am | IP Logged | ||
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I do, first year French and German at uni here in NZ.
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| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4620 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 35 of 48 14 July 2013 at 10:51am | IP Logged | ||
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I didn't become seriously interested in languages until my early 30s. I wasn't going back to college at that
age. Actually, I have thought about doing a language degree through the Open University. This is a British institution that allows you to study part-time at home. But it would still cost a few thousand pounds and there are so many resources out there that require just a tiny fraction of that amount. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4666 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 36 of 48 14 July 2013 at 4:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had 3 semesters of medical English while in medical school,
no other languages at uni. The alternative would have been have the whole 12 semester program in English, but the price is 10 000 euros for 1 semester, so it was out of the question for me. Edited by Medulin on 14 July 2013 at 4:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lorren Senior Member United States brookelorren.com/blo Joined 4249 days ago 286 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Danish, Irish Studies: Russian | Message 37 of 48 14 July 2013 at 4:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I did take three semesters of Spanish at my University. I also took three quarters of Italian at a local community college while I lived in Italy.
I've been learning more, faster, through independent study. Plus, it's a lot less expensive. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PaulLambeth Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5371 days ago 244 posts - 315 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Hindi, Irish | Message 38 of 48 14 July 2013 at 6:12pm | IP Logged | ||
Is this in Croatia? That's incredibly expensive. It'd be much more valuable to just live in an English-speaking country for the duration of the 12 semesters, and you'd be profiting. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5583 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 39 of 48 27 September 2013 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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At least in the US, language education at university is GARBAGE.
You learn nothing. You study grammar tables, give speeches you had a week to 'write up' and memorize. I was going for my Spanish minor. Realizing I was taking too many credits, and having a Spanish minor on my resume didn't mean I was fluent, I've decided to pass some sort of exam on my own eventually. You're much more efficient teaching yourself in my opinion. You learn what you want, how you want, as fast as you want. I hate having grammar shoved down my throat, no audio, no speaking. Language education in the US is terrible for the most part. If I wasn't an engineer I'd become a teacher solely to fix so many problems with language education no only in Universities by high schools as well. (Yes, I'm an angry college student that is paying over $0.50 a minute to teach myself everything for a fancy piece of paper that claims I'm 'qualified.') Edited by datsunking1 on 27 September 2013 at 6:23pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4232 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek | Message 40 of 48 27 September 2013 at 6:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sorry if I'll repeat someone's thoughts.
In average Russian university language study become a scientific process. One takes the language, smashes it into small pieces and the rebuilt it again. No, thanks, I do not want to know where and why we should use something. Well, maybe it's not the very truth, it actually is interesting thing, but if one gets too much of it, there could be problems. Foreign languages teaching in our schools, universities and courses are usually tend to be like this: take the Russian grammar part and see how it works in X language. I suppose, if one learn language as a linguist, it becomes even worse. Of course, you can't deny the grammar of your native language, but what are you to do if you do not remember the actual rules, structures, etc? I consider studying foreign language in university as the sole target nearly impossible, if you are not THE master of your native. Sad, but, as I think, true... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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