should i take french or hindi for class IX and X?
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take french as its scoring but it will require hard work from your side. if u're willing to put in work, then u should opt for french
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Some schools should look for ways to offer options, but actually- Spanish is becoming the second most important language in this country!   French is next to useless in many states.  Latin is barely useful- its helpful but has little application in the job market.  A great school might offer a remote classroom where motivated students could learn japanese, urdu, german,arabic, or russian or whatever.  Basic comprehension of spanish is important. If the student wants to study french, italian, or latin- then a background in spanish will still be useful due to some similarities in structure.
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mmmm, depends on what you are searching a second language for. Spanish is useful as well as French for getting along with people around the world. This 2 languages along with English are great for traveling or having relationships with people of other countries. Mandarine is good aldo, but very difficult to learn, so, I think that with Spanish, French and English you are done. Besides, once you have them you get the basics of lots of other languages like italian, german, etc.
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Yes, besides the www.wordanywhere.com, which has an exclusive Hindi board (of which I am the moderator), you can also reach my blog here:\n\nhttp://spaces.msn.com/members/IndiaLanguageCulture.\n\nMost likely, your query would already have been answered in either of these places. If you have any specific query, simply post it on the blog. I have the blog open most of the time, so you should get your answers in a few hours' time, if not instantly. Note that you need to have a hotmail account before you can post an entry on the blog. \n\nTo make your query, simply hit the "COMMENT" below any of my posts.\n\nCheers,\nSanjay.
85098
I'd say hang around people at school who speak that language. You can also take classes. Like Irish said, the older you are, the harder it is to learn.
99533
French is a lot easier. Take it from a singer. I've had to learn Italian and German. Those where the two hardest for me. Chinese from what I've heard from people is a little tougher. Choose what u think is comfy for u.
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I'm in only year two French, but both of my grandparents speak it fluently as their first language so I'm pretty ahead of my class. You can email me your essay in English at thezutonfever@yahoo.co.uk and I will translate it for you. It might be helpful if you tell me what you've learned, like direct object pronouns, indirect object pronounce, passe compose, imparfait, you know :)
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Well I lived in hong kong for a month and people there speak cantonese for their daily life, but almost all the people speak mandarin because its mandatory in most of the schools to learn it so its better if you learn mandarin, cantonese is harder.\nAs for french, its my 3rd language and I gotta tell you once you know spanish, french is a piece of cake , so go for french I say , french is also wide spoken, once you learn it I'll say go for mandarin.
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The best way is travel to India and learn there -- lots of practice.  The second best is to find a class or teacher wherever you are.  Third best is self-study -- that's what I am doing.  I'm using Rosetta Stone -- nice immersion, but very basic, Pimsleur -- listen only, no text, and I've bought two teach-yourself-Hindi books from Amazon.  I like Rosetta because it teaches without English -- you learn from pictures, sounds, written (in Hindi) words.  I don't think it's going to take me past 1st grade, though -- words and simple sentences like "The girls are running".  The Pimsleur is good for practice in the car -- 10 half-hour lessons, no written text.  I can listen and repeat, listen and repeat, etc.  It has a *lot* of repition, but that is why you retain what you are learning.  Good for basic travel "do you want something to eat?  Yes, I want something to eat", etc.  \n\nThere's also a good website if you want to be able to practice writing Hindi:  http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm\n\nHope this helps!
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I would go for Dutch but that is my own preference. I studied it for one year and gave it up though. The grammar and words are very close to German (it is a Germanic language afterwall) and so many words look like those in English. Bear in mind though that the prononciation is very, very difficult so if you are up to a challenge..It looks like German....but it does not sound like German.\n\nI know French so won't comment. But it would certainly help if I had to choose Spanish which is also a Romance (latin, not something romantic) language. But this is not a language which holds my interest so I would be useless.\n\nIf your maternal language is English, I think you are kind of lucky. Although English is considered a Germanic language, it has integrated much of the Romance languages via the French (1066).\n\nIf I were you, I would not go blind and find out too late that you just made the wrong decision.\n\nGo to a library, borrow some books and tapes, browse and listen to the sounds to see if you are attracted to one language more than any other. If you have a look-see first, I bet you will narrow your choice fairly quickly.\n\nWithout real motivation, a language is difficult to learn and you have - like somebody above said - follow your heart. Sooner or later, grammar will have you stumped and you will need your love of the language to maintain your interest.\n\nGood luck. Only you can make the choice you know.
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It really depends on your interests, who is teaching the course, and the genre of literature or philosophy covered.  Having said all that, I think I'd take literature.
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maths, english, english lang, chemisrty, biology, physics, geography, music, art, french, japanese
548505
Everything is relative from your mother tongue. You could say that Spanish is easy for you if you speak Portuguese but it might be not so easy for English speakers. Gaelic is such a small language that is really worth learning just so you can say you speak a rare language. GO FOR IT!!
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Portuguese\n\nPlus, that info about French above. Not true.\n\n1 - Mandarin\n2 - Spanish\n3 - English\n4 - Hindi\n5 - Arabic
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It's totally yur choice. if u think u want 2 learn german then go ahead. My advice is 2 learn both languages as both will prove to be useful.
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No.\nFrench is actually one of the easiest languages to learn for an English speaker. The pronounciation is the really hard bit, you will have to listen a lot, may be get advice from a competent native speaker, but persistent practice makes perfect, not only in French.
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I'm not positive but im pretty sure that Foreign languages in middle school dont count. At least mine didnt so i took French 1 in High School and am Taking French 2 in college and then transferring to a better college once i get that credit.