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Do I have to take Spanish courses in college?
Apr 13th
I plan on going to the University of Georgia. I will graduate high school with 5 years of Spanish under my belt. I am wondering if I will have to take Spanish and if so how much?
Are any of the programs claiming to teach Spanish worth it? Are they better than going to a college?
Apr 3rd
I work in a field where I have a lot of Spanish speaking parents and children. I would like to be able to speak with them myself instead of utilizing a translator (we don’t have one in the office but can call them on the phone or hire them). I did take Spanish in high school but that was about 6-7 years ago. I am weighing two different options right now which are go to a community college or use some type of software.
I already have my Bachelors degree and am enrolled in the Paralegal Program (not accepted yet, I get word on the 15th) so I may not even be able to go to a community college because the classes will conflict in scheduling. Going the community college route means I will have to go to class 4 days out of the week after work. I sometimes need to work extra hours to meet with clients and their parents or to finish up paper work so this would be difficult for me. My home is 30 minutes from work and another 30 minutes from the community college which will eat up gas and I will have to dedicate my Monday thru Thursday to school and work which might get really stressful. The community college would cost about $400 for 5 credit hours (which the Beginner class is) or $300 for the 3 credit hours which the upper level courses are. The actual college is closer to where I live by maybe 5 minutes (not that big enough of a difference) and costs $1500 for a 5 credit hour course, $900 for the 3 credit hour course.
The programs I have been looking at range in cost and I’m not sure which one is better or if they are even worth trying. Yes I would save time and money, but would I actually learn to speak the language? The programs I’ve read up on and what the general consesus is are:
Rosetta Stone – seems geared towards beginners, not great if you want to be fluent
Rocket Spanish – reviews state it is good for fluency, but most reviews seem biased and posted by the program advertisers
Tell Me More – seems to have good reviews other than it isn’t the most user friendly
Do you have experience with any of these programs? Which program would you suggest? Based on my current situation do you think a program would outweigh the community college route or is going through a college the only way to become fluent in a language?
Advice, thoughts, please respond!
I understand that “immersion” is the best way, but that isn’t possible due to the fact that I have a career here in the states that I love. I will be able to speak with Spanish speakers as 40% of the people I work with are Spanish speaking, about 20% only speak Spanish… so I will be able to practice with them.
For college foreign language courses, should your notes be in English or in the foreign language of the class?
Jan 20th
For example, should your notes for a Spanish course be in Spanish or English, or a combination of both?
This is an advanced Spanish Literature class.
The Spanish Language School Kukulcan, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Jan 18th
Kukulcan, the Educational Spanish Language Community located in Mexico, in a beautiful “eternal spring” city Cuernavaca, offering General Programs for college and university students including “credits” and Programs focused on different educational departments as: Art, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Communication, Education, Floriculture, Health Science, History and Goverment, International Business and Marketing, Nursing, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work. Except this we also offer Travel Study Program, Cyclist Program and a lots of Excursions with touche of real Mexican life and culture, Manufakture, Music and Salsa Dancing, Cooking and other activities.
As we say: “It’s good to be bilingual, but it is better to be bicultural!”
http://www.kukulcan.com.mx
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