Studying another foreign language..
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If I wanna study another foreign language, which language(s) would be useful? - Japanese - German - French - Spanish - Portugese etc. Does anyone know where I could go and take up such language course? And how much would that be? Only available in full-time/part-time? Will the cert be recognised by companies? Thanks. *cheers* (:
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every language is useful
in fact language is the most useful subject in the whole world cause u can applied what u learn someday.
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why are ppl taking up a "third" language when they can't speak their own mother tongue properly?
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Originally posted by trendz:
If I wanna study another foreign language, which language(s) would be useful?
- Japanese
- German
- French
- Spanish
- Portugese
etc.Does anyone know where I could go and take up such language course?
And how much would that be?
Only available in full-time/part-time?
Will the cert be recognised by companies?Thanks. cheers (:
French would be the most useful on that list unless you are an 'otaku'. In that case, Japanese would be more useful than anything else.
If you really want to learn these languages, I am pretty sure that there are a lot of courses being offered for them locally; if you would just search online for the related education groups/companies.
There are definitely both part-time and full-time courses, and it is up to your own personal preference and time limitations to take up which one.
On the otherhand, these kind of certs will not really help you out if you are not taking up a language/communication/teaching related job.
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I will learn spanish one day.
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japanese lor.
learning japanese no cert de. only when u take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) den got cert.. dats if u pass. got many levels, so dun worry.
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Originally posted by L.lawliett79:
japanese lor.
learning japanese no cert de. only when u take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) den got cert.. dats if u pass. got many levels, so dun worry.
Somemore if want get Japanese GF/ wife, especially from mainland Japan, all the more Lawlie's choice is great. XD
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i hope i could learn japanese
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I want to learn Spanish someday.
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Go Bunka learn japanese since you're living in asia:)
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Originally posted by trendz:
If I wanna study another foreign language, which language(s) would be useful?
- Japanese
- German
- French
- Spanish
- Portugese
etc.Does anyone know where I could go and take up such language course?
And how much would that be?
Only available in full-time/part-time?
Will the cert be recognised by companies?Thanks. cheers (:
other than those mentioned above, i feel Hindi and Arabic will be useful, so u can start learning them
i dunno where
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If you are okay with chinese mandarin, then japanese I find is the easiest.
I am now having trouble with my behasa melayu, japanese because I tend to use the wrong language at wrong country.
And now trying so hard to pick up Thai, cos I easily confuse it with Japanese.
I went thru some dvd listening thing with spanish and french. But german totally stumped me.
And its easier when you can use the language. Why not just take up Melayu/Indonesian first? That can somehow make it easier to pick up spanish.
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oh. confusing as in? and from what i know, if you wanna study japanese, you've gotta study it for a few years just so you would be able to progress from elementary to intermediate, even long from intermediate to advance. yes, no?
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depends on a whole host of factors. how's your mastery of chinese and characters? if you're fairly comfortable with it, then japanese should be easy.
if you're like me, can't read write chinese characters, then any of the Latin-based language/those that use Romanized characters (i.e. A, B, C etc) would be easier. that's why i took german.
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I took Spanish and didn't regret it
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Originally posted by trendz:
oh. confusing as in?
and from what i know, if you wanna study japanese, you’ve gotta study it for a few years just so you would be able to progress from elementary to intermediate, even long from intermediate to advance. yes, no?
referring to second part only, yes.
what you know is correct. normally japanese for foreign language learners takes many years for progress from elementary to intermediate, and it is even longer from intermediate to advance.
japanese usually takes longer than other languages for one thing, is because the japanese language teaching is well-structured officially by the language department of the ministry of education of the Japanese government, therefore you can be ensured that your "intermediate" japanese standard will be the same as another person's "intermediate" standard, or your "advance" fluency in business communications will be the same as another person's "advance" fluency in business communications.
as the prescribed structured standard was based on the Western native language learners whom have minimal contact with the Oriental language background and system, thus it is inevitable that sometimes Japanese language route learning may seem to us (the Chinese / Koreans) as rather slow paced.
other than the reason of the prescribed structured standard for Japanese foreign language learning, other reasons may be due to specific Japanese language protocol pertaining only to Japan (cultural in-out group usage / honorifics / specialized business Japanese protocol / medieval Japanese usage / idioms / dialectal variations / contemporary manga, anime, magazine, newspaper readings) and multitude of kanji usages and its reading (kunyomi, onyomi, ateji)
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Originally posted by FireIce:
why are ppl taking up a "third" language when they can't speak their own mother tongue properly?
cos they have no interest in their own mother tongue. -
theres this french sch
alliance francais
at newton
my bro's learning there
got cert 1
and jap is useless 1
only japanese people know jap
other countries dont even need
french can be use in france, africa, etc etc
spanish in south america areas, spain, etc etc
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Spanish will be the most useful language from your list.
About 350 million people today speak Spanish as a native language, making it the world's second most spoken language in terms of native speakers but fourth in terms of total speakers.
I dont see why Japanese is the most useful
Unless you worship the girls in the country and all of their anime stuffs, then yes, it is the most useful language. To me, Spanish is easier to pick up. Also useful in terms of work, travel, etc. For me la.
Either French or Spanish.... you choose.
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Originally posted by FireIce:
why are ppl taking up a "third" language when they can't speak their own mother tongue properly?
Haha agree. Can anyone speak proper Mandarin without substituting English words?
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Learning portuguese can be fun too..
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I wanted to study Spanish because it is quite international / regional (many countries speak it)
Only pity is that Brazil is not using Spanish, or else almost all Latin America is using Spanish.
I like.
Mainly I consider the usefullness/ spread, for the purpose to open my window to other cultures and ideas and civilizations. For instance when I open YouTube I cannot read or understand Spanish videos from latin countries.
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Originally posted by Plastic Bag:
Haha agree. Can anyone speak proper Mandarin without substituting English words?
I can.Only when having to speak hokkien and cantonese, I substitute some words in English.
I grew up speaking Mandarin. But somehow, the mind switched to thinking in english. Maybe because english is so much easier.
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I agree on French being useful. Works well in europe and Canada.
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Chinese (Mandarin)