With a doctorate in French Linguistics, would I be able to teach French more generally as well?
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You don't need a doctorate to teach French. In CT you need a bachelors degree and a teaching certificate. Thats it.
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I won't say it's impossible BUT, there are thousands of languages & dialects which would mean that while you may be intellectualy up to the task, there isn't enough time in one's normal lifetime.\n\nGood Luck!
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Yes.  I mix French and Spanish sometimes.  It's hard to just forget the other and focus on one.  I really don't have any advice.  You asked the same question that I was thinking about asking.
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No.  A linguist is a scientist who looks at the science of Language.  While linguists study about many languages and many know how to speak more than one language, that is not the point of the science.  We look at what makes language tick.
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Sounds like you might consider going for a degree to teach language arts.
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Well I would sy you should learn the language it will help yoou a lot.
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The language that's easier is dependant on what your native language is. If your native language is English, French will be easier than German by a little bit. And French is also one of the more popular "official" languages used in international relations and business. In addition, many important international papers are published in English and French. Lastly, many graduate programs (depending on the field, of course) demand that you have at least a reading knowledge of French (of course, some demand German. Some demand both, or neither...)\n\nSo I'd recommend French. \n\nSomeone here mentioned that German is similar to Polish. It is not.
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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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What language to take, you mean? French, probably.
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No, it is not complicated.  You can start with a program how to learn it. it will help so much to practice with someone who understand it.  Watching french programs or movie is also a good source to help.\n\n'la bonne chance à vous, vous l'aimerez.'\nGood luck to you, you will love it
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Here's a tip.  Go to France on an exchange program.  You will learn more French in one month than in a year of study.  Check around.  There are some summer programs that are not that expensive.
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i think if you can involve yourself in that language environment ,do it
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I like it. It sounds cool. And yes it is easier than french!
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ABSOLUTELY YES!\nYou don't mean on a boat, right?  Abroad not aboard, right?  Seriously, since they have study cruises.\n\nMy answer:\nIt depends on what kind of person/student you are.\nAre you the kind of person who will sit down and study from a book...vocabulary and grammar?\nAre you the kind of person who doesn't mind saying silly things or making funny noises?\nDo you feel self-conscious or stupid when you make a mistake aloud?\nDo you have a life in the US that can't do without you for a few months?\nIf you answered YES to the first two questions and NO to the second two, then here is my recommendation, based on my own study abroad in France, Italy, and Japan...\nPlan to study abroad.  Absolutely.  It's an irreplaceable experience that not enough Americans have, one that would only make you more interesting.\n\nFirst, sit down with a good French-French dictionary, a good French grammar book, a good book of exercises, and some good tapes of pronunciation and native speakers.  Study about 4 (2+2) hours a day, 5 consecutive days a week, for about 3-4 weeks.\n\nSecond, after about 2 weeks, start saying whatever you can in French to everyone around you, even if just to show off that you're studying.  And try sincerely to pronounce everything exactly as you hear on the tapes.\n\nThird, go study in France, but not Paris.  Try Tours, as it has a couple of the best programs and a very good dialect.  Save Paris for later or weekend trips away from your study town.  Paris is too big and it's too easy to both get lost and to speak English.  While in Tours or someplace, speak French and ONLY French.  And don't worry one bit about the mistakes you may make...don't worry about the pronunciation you may mangle.  Pretend you're like a drunk who finds everyone a friend and cares little what people think (though you still want to be nice and presentable). Listen only to French music and TV (definitely watch TV when there is no one French to speak with).  Don't call home, and don't write English home (applies to short term study programs).  Don't make American or British friends with whom you will inevitably speak English.  Write French if you must.  You'll have lots of time to get back in touch with people later (and won't forget English), but limited time to make the best of your experience while you're in France.  Immerse yourself in French culture.  Go pick grapes in the country and live at a vineyard.  Volunteer with a French version of a summer camp.\nFourth, try to make it an extended study program.  Try to stay immersed in the culture for a year.  A year in which you have really invested time before going, and are making the best of your opportunity while you are there.  If you don't do those two things, you won't have the best experience you can.\n\nAfter a year, having studied the language intensely before going, and really using it while there, you will come home, or go to Paris, more in touch with the world, more confident because you are able to exist alone, able to communicate well in French, and able to expand your possibilities for potential careers.  (Not to mention that repeating the experience in another country would be easier, and learning another Romance language would be so much easier...)\n\nGo.  Have fun.
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Move to France for 6 months. Take an intensive french course in Cours de Civilation Francais for the whole six months. It's damn expensive, but they're perfect. \nI know it's not easy to move to France, but i did it, and it works ... It's easier to learn French in France, right ??
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I don't see why not. If you did all your learning in Eglish and can speak, read and write it fluently then you should be okay. You may need to have your university state in writing that this erquirement has been waived for you due to your historical educational background. This can act as a suppourting document.
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I am studying French through night courses at a local college because Canada is billingual (English and French), because I live in an area with a large Francophone popluation and because I love speaking French!\n\nI am also studying Funeral Services Education through correspondence because I have wanted to be a funeral director since I was like 12 and I am going to try really hard to make this dream happen!