Languages
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As far as languages it depends on the needs of each person , i mean in school to make people learn Chinese or Japanese or any other languages that probably won't be used by most people if they are going to work at some desk jobs is just pointless. And FYI learning Japanese and Chinese is just such a pain in the ASS.
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stephboyx wrote...
As far as languages it depends on the needs of each person , i mean in school to make people learn Chinese or Japanese or any other languages that probably won't be used by most people if they are going to work at some desk jobs is just pointless. And FYI learning Japanese and Chinese is just such a pain in the ASS.I think people should be allowed to learn the language they want. Maybe not in elementary school (because which elementary school is going to have the funds to teach several languages?), but in middle or high school, they should have a choice. And they should have a lot of choices. Otherwise, it's pointless.
Like I said earlier, my high school only had Spanish, French, and Latin (though French did get cut), and it was required to take two semesters of a language (for the general type of diploma or whatever). It'd be worthless for me to take Spanish because I cannot speak it, quite simple. My tongue cannot make the right sounds. I believe that I will never be able to speak Spanish coherently. As for French, I did't have any plans to ever visit France or any of the countries that speak it, and I also didn't plan on becoming a salesman that would ever need to go to any of those countries. Latin wasn't so much about learning the language as learning about the origins of other things, like medical terms and the roots of words.
Let's say Arabic was required in my school, and I could read it and speak it perfectly. How would that help me? I'm not going anywhere that speaks Arabic. I'm not going to translate books into or out of Arabic. I might as well know Klingon. That's the way I see it. If you're going to devote the time and energy to learning a new language, it should be something worthwhile that you'll use. Otherwise, why not learn a fake language from a TV show?
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The language of the elves in Tolkiens trilogy is a fully qualified language which can be both written and spoken.
THAT is a language for me :)
THAT is a language for me :)
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Tribly wrote...
doswillrule wrote...
Forgive me, but some of you aren't really answering the question: shouldn't we be favouring languages like Chinese or Japanese, which are of more practical use, rather than French, Spanish etc? A couple of people cited neighbouring countries, but I think most people who are learning languages in schools are looking for them to further career opportunities if anything, not to speak a bit while on holiday. With the nature of modern business and trade, and the prominence of Asia in this, I think most people recognise their prominence; but then, are some people learning languages which they think will be more useful than is true - this all harks back to the question. I'll emphasise what I said: those 'big three' languages may be widely spoken, but the countries with which they are associated are also largely English-speaking; it's brilliant to be able to communicate with people in their native language and there are still those who don't speak English in these countries, but you can still get along fine most of the time without.
You mean because China and Japan are 2nd and 3rd in terms of GDP? Maybe if you want a more business view of things but people are learning other languages because there are more speakers. But I agree that there should be a general importance in the Asian language, not only because they can be used in advanced countries but they're few of the most hardest languages to learn that is so alienated for English speakers. There's a growing number of non-Asian speakers and wouldn't be bad if there were more. Hell, there are even Asians in America that don't even know their own native tongue.
I also noticed that some people who took classes in Asian countries learn other Asian languages respectively; like in Korean schools people learn Japanese/Chinese and vice versa. Is it a mandatory choice or do people just take it on high demand?
its on high demand cus they're neighbor countries
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stephboyx wrote...
As far as languages it depends on the needs of each person , i mean in school to make people learn Chinese or Japanese or any other languages that probably won't be used by most people if they are going to work at some desk jobs is just pointless.at my high school, we weren't required to take a second language. i took spanish because i saw it as being the most useful in my future of trades work, but i dropped out before i finished. as far as i can remember, french and german were the only others offered as classes. there were clubs for other languages, but they were after school or during lunch.
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At my school they only taught french, but nobody really wanted to learn it. The Head Master was also french ¬3¬y
I always wish they taught Latin, Russian, Chinese, or Japanese. I mean come on some schools even taught klingon & elvish and all I got was french.
I always wish they taught Latin, Russian, Chinese, or Japanese. I mean come on some schools even taught klingon & elvish and all I got was french.
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mantisprime1250 wrote...
i live in Tijuana, (Mexico)and i speak English, Spanish & German oh and some Latin.
i learned them all except English just 4 the lulz and it has payed off with flying colours all the time
i wish i could learn languages just 4 the lulz....
anyway i live in southern california, in about 10 years time, there will be more spanish speaking people than english speaking people, assuming things continue as they are. I, as a result of this, learned spanish (kindof learned it). Where the hell do they speak japanese aside from japan? And how many dialects of chinese are there?! Srsly. (learning japanese for lulz now..... not very good progress)
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dr roxo wrote...
mantisprime1250 wrote...
i live in Tijuana, (Mexico)and i speak English, Spanish & German oh and some Latin.
i learned them all except English just 4 the lulz and it has payed off with flying colours all the time
i wish i could learn languages just 4 the lulz....
anyway i live in southern california, in about 10 years time, there will be more spanish speaking people than english speaking people, assuming things continue as they are. I, as a result of this, learned spanish (kindof learned it). Where the hell do they speak japanese aside from japan? And how many dialects of chinese are there?! Srsly. (learning japanese for lulz now..... not very good progress)
like 8 of my friends r learnin japaneesse and since i spent alot of time with them i hear them speak it so i guess it kinda rubbs on me XD