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| deej Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5338 days ago 31 posts - 38 votes Speaks: Hindi, English*, Italian, French | Message 41 of 94 11 August 2010 at 1:27am | IP Logged |
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I took English, French, Italian, Ancient Greek, Latin, German and a bit of Mandarin as
well, but I was interested in languages so took the maximum amount possible, otherwise I don't think they put much emphasis on languages in England seeing as we already speak probably the most useful one! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5608 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes  Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 42 of 94 11 August 2010 at 1:56am | IP Logged |
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Unfourtenately, I went to a school which only offered Arabic up to 10th grade as a
second language, in addition to English which is mandatory. I studied Arabic for about 2 years, though it was ridiculous. At the end of those two years I knew how to read Arabic letters but not to understand anything.I forgot most of it anyway. I really wish they would have offered more, too bad education in Israel is really bad. Because I'm an English speaker, I didn't need to go to English lessons as it was English as a second language and not the kind of English and English speaker would study. The point is, I didn't study any languages in school :(. Edited by Tally on 11 August 2010 at 3:39pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5495 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 43 of 94 11 August 2010 at 2:19pm | IP Logged |
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I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is mandatory for students to take French until high
school, where it is still offered as an elective though. In the Francophone schools, English is mandatory at all levels. There is also the French Immersion programme for Anglophones, usually starting in elementary or junior high, depending on the region, where almost all instruction is given in French. It starts very simple, but by high school, the classes are identical to their English equivalents. Once in high school, about half of classes must be take in French to earn the certificate. Some schools offer Spanish, Gaelic and/or Latin too. At my university, there are programmes in French(major, minor, elective), Spanish(major, minor, elective), German(minor, elective), Chinese(minor, elective), Japanese(minor, elective), Irish(major, minor, elective), and Scotish Gaelic(major, minor, elective), Arabic(elective only), and of course the Classics, Latin and Ancient Greek(both as major, minor and electives). One of the other universities in the city also offers Italian and Russian. (major, minor, elective) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 44 of 94 12 August 2010 at 3:41am | IP Logged |
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In high school, the first foreign language I studied was Latin. I completed two years of Latin and then had two years of French.I did well on the required Regents exams ( used in New York) but, much to my regret now, I did not maintain these languages through practice. In college, I had three years of Italian, 18 credits in total divided as: in the first two years, 12 credits learning the language (speaking, reading, writing) and another 6 credits (two semesters) in the third year studying one of the world's greatest works of literature, the Divine Comedy, with all lectures in Italian, all assignments in Italian. Once again, time passed and without continued revision, I lost a lot of the language.
Now, after many, many years, I have returned to language study. I now have been studying Spanish for a few years.I have recently added French, being happily surprised by how much is coming back to me! Why did I add another language? It was due in no small part to being inspired by the accomplishments of all the others who are part of this forum.And, for that, I thank you all! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| mattrossi Newbie Australia Joined 5222 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* | Message 45 of 94 12 August 2010 at 3:13pm | IP Logged |
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In my first year of high school, I did a semester in French and a semester in Italian, and from then on did three
straight years of Italian. After three years of Italian, I was only able to utter a few basic phrases. My classes involved learning a ton of grammar, and were full of people that did not want to learn Italian at all. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 46 of 94 14 August 2010 at 11:09am | IP Logged |
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I took 2 years of Latin in high school and loved it, but stopped studying it as it wasn't offered at my college. I started studying French on my own when I graduated, then later Spanish. I think it's interesting how many other languages are offered or even compulsory in other places ... my students think they've accomplished something if they finish 2 years of a language, which gives them a limited proficiency. And more than 1 language? There are only 3 students in our school of 1000 who take both French and Spanish, our only 2 offerings!
My daughter gets Spanish once a week at a private school from a native speaker, but then her curriculum will change to Latin. She'll only be able to continue Spanish more than once a week in high school ... 8 more years from now. Not sure how effective weekly Spanish is, even year after year. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| anima Newbie Australia Joined 5584 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* | Message 47 of 94 14 August 2010 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
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In primary school it was compulsory for us to take French. When I went to high school we had to take at least 1 semester of French & Indonesian in the first year. Since I had no interest in Indonesian I continued with French (as a elective) until year 10.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 48 of 94 16 August 2010 at 7:55am | IP Logged |
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In German grammar school I took:
- English - from grade 5 - 13 - Latin - from grade 7 - 11 - French - from grade 9 - 11 - Ancient Greek - from grade 9 - 12 The Abitur final school exam was taken in grade 13. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 16 August 2010 at 11:56am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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