[nabs-l] Choosing a Foreign Language

[alberto arreola]

Elizabeth:
My parents are from Mexico so I know Spanish as my first language I learned
English when I started going to school back in kindergarten, but I recommend
that you find out  if with this degree you are going to be working with
people from other countries, or if it's just one of their requirements.
Then make a choice based on what you think, and find out.  I would say make
a choice on whatever language you feel confident that you can learn, or do a
little research on several fields that are involved with that degree, and
what foreign people they deal with the most.

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Hello List,
 
I have been looking over the requirements of a particular degree I am
interested in obtaining and noticed that it has a foreign language
requirement. I'm not as afraid about how to take a foreign language class as
a blind student as much as I am about how to go about deciding which
language I should take. Back when I went to high school, there were only two
foreign languages to choose from, and since I enjoyed my art and journalism
electives, I chose to take neither of them. 
 
However, in today's college environment it appears as though it is no longer
a simple choice between French or Spanish. The community college I am
currently attending has French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Vietnamese.
In addition, the four year college I would like to transfer into offers
courses in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Italian, Portuguese,
Russian, Swahili, and Ojibwa. So with all these options, does anyone have
any advice on how I could go about picking the right one for me? I have a
few ideas in mind, but I am interested in hearing how other students have
gone about making this decision.
 
Thanks,
Elizabeth
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