Is it worth taking a second lanuage?

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BACK ON TOPIC... *COUGH* lol

Unless you're REALLY good at remembering, then i would recommend a language

it's also REALLY hard to get a C grade in a language, in fact, harder than any other subject in school

It depends what you want to do later on in life, if you want to do something like art & design in college for example, i strongly recommend you don't take a language, as you will have no need for it.

To sum up; dont take if you find it hard to remember & memorize things
dont take it if you think you wont enjoy it
don't take it if you dont need it later on

[MrGazet]

I suppose it's not really a must but knowing different languages are a big advantage

I'd love to know french though

[Kieran]

I really, really, really wished I'd taken a langage and learnt it properly. It amazes me when people can fluently speak in multiple languages and it makes me jealous. I do intend at some point in my life to teach myself other languages. I just wished I'd paid more attention in school and learnt them properly.

[MrGazet]

I really, really, really wished I'd taken a langage and learnt it properly. It amazes me when people can fluently speak in multiple languages and it makes me jealous. I do intend at some point in my life to teach myself other languages. I just wished I'd paid more attention in school and learnt them properly.

haha true
i learnt arabic for 4 years but never paid too much attention to it.So yeah,4 years and I can barely come up with a proper sentence -shrugs-

[MissAlice]

If you was asked it's because they think you are capable of doing well at it. I applied to take Spanish at GCSE level, a language not available to anyone until yr 10, as only French and German was taught. But because of my other option choices, I was unable to do so, and was very disappointed.

The ability to speak/write fluently in a foreign language may well be a skill that helps you along your career path, and could hold the key to some golden opportunties.

[Rozi]

Personally, I am not really a 'language person' but I'm doing Spanish for GCSE and I think it's definitely worth it. The thing with a language is you have to put in a steady effort, it's not something you can cram just before your exam. You need to put in effort all through the 2 years, and really commit to memory a few tense patterns and useful verbs. If your teacher's good then these should come quite easily, but otherwise you'll need to put in a fair bit of effort at home. I remember hating Spanish before I started to make a bit of effort, but now I really enjoy it and it's so satisfying when you can think of a sentence in English and perfectly translate it into Spanish without having to pause or look anything up. As other people have said, languages are a very useful thing to have, even if you have only a bit of knowledge of them.

[leah]

if you're good at it then yeah, it's a good qualification to have!

[=Lizzy]

Thanks for the Advice guys. I want to be a teacher so i think ill do it,

[GommeInc]

It's a good idea if you need it or find it interesting, but it's not about "remembering" it as such, it's putting it to practical use as well.

[iAdam]

I've never regretted not taking spanish.

It's not essential but does look good.