Language opinion question- easy points!?

As much as I love learning Spanish, I would recommend taking Japanese.

1. Structured classroom environment means serious learning - important because Japanese is completely new to you!

2. You can already practice Spanish with people around you

3. Spanish uses almost the same alphabet as English, so it's easy to follow along and teach yourself on the internet in your spare time.

www.italki.com <-- really cool networking site where you can speak with natives around the world to help teach eachother a new language!

Have fun! Buena suerte ^.^

I think you should take Japanese now. There are so many things that you'll probably want to do after college, but work and life can get in the way. It is going to be a lot harder to find Japanese courses that will fit your schedule then. With Spanish, you can find non-college credit classes after you graduate through community education (cheap!) that will be much more flexible with a full work schedule.

Plus, if you learn Japanese now (and you already know some Spanish) then think of how great it would be to do some traveling post-graduation! : )

The truth is when applying for a job, being bi lingual gets higher pay, so, depends on your situation, if you need the better GPA, go with easy to learn Spanish so you have an easy time of it, no stress. If you want more challenge, go with Japanese and you will have a 3rd language on your resume and look even better. You might find yourself applying for a job where you will need this language. If this is your first interest, then go with it, you will be more happy in the long run and will have something fewer people possess. Most everyone knows Spanish nowdays.

I think it depends where you would eventually use these languages. Applying for a job, language can be an important factor; the more you know, the better. You should choose based on where you think you'll be able to apply your skills better to your advantage. If you are planning a career in North America, Spanish would be wise decision because many companies conduct trade/business with Mexico and Spanish is common in more countries than Japanese. If you are learning the language for personal gratification, go with your huts :P.

Do what ever your more interested in. If your more interested in Japanese , then the more likely you are going to study for it and get a good grade. And more than likely the spanish course is going to be harder since the teacher knows that a lot of people took spanish in highschool.

If your living in a place with a lot of Hispanics then, knowing Spanish would look extremely good on an application.

But, if you just want a fun language to know and learn, then i would take Japanese!!

But I think Spanish would help you out in the job aspect.

I took both Japanese and Spanish in school

Japanese is hard!! there are 3 alphabets...2 are the symbols. learning 3 totally new alphabets is a headache!

But spanish uses the same alphabet and some words are kinda similar like mucho which is much.

And some spanish words are everyday words such as grande is large.

So I'd say Spanish : )

i would take spanish. you already have a good base going and maybe you can even test out of the freshman level spanish and college and go into something more advanced.

see if there is like a japanese club on campus or in town or you could always get rosetta stone.

just finish what you have started, then go on from there.

Take Spanish as you have training, and people converse in that language in your area. That way you will have good grades and won't forget the language after a while. You can always go to Japan for a year to work and learn the language.

I think you should take Spanish. You are already familiar with it and it is a lot more useful. If you leave time in between your classes in high school and the next time you take Spanish, you might forget some of the information.