Which of the following languages would you rather learn?

[TNF]

Spanish.

[Tender Branson]

I speak German and Italian already, so probably Spanish.

[Platypus]

I speak conversational Spanish already, so German

[politicallefty]

Everyone in LA is taught French in elementary school, but I haven't picked it up since. I'd like to, however.

I wish; I went to a Catholic school in New Orleans for elementary and they just had Spanish. I probably would have liked French more.

Most elementary schools don't teach foreign languages at all, which is huge shame. Even beyond the benefits of actually knowing another language, it has been shown to improve cognitive development. Foreign language education should be mandatory starting in elementary school. It makes no sense to wait until high school (as most schools do) before offering foreign languages.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I can more or less read and write Spanish, though I have difficulty understanding it spoken and can barely speak it. So other than honing my abilities on that I'd say French.

[Storebought]

I wish; I went to a Catholic school in New Orleans for elementary and they just had Spanish. I probably would have liked French more.

EBR public schools all offered French starting in elementary grades, and this was the during the mid 80s.

Most elementary schools don't teach foreign languages at all, which is huge shame. Even beyond the benefits of actually knowing another language, it has been shown to improve cognitive development. Foreign language education should be mandatory starting in elementary school. It makes no sense to wait until high school (as most schools do) before offering foreign languages.

And this is odd, too. Isn't foreign language instruction begun at least in middle school (6th-9th grade)?

[politicallefty]

And this is odd, too. Isn't foreign language instruction begun at least in middle school (6th-9th grade)?

Well, I consider 9th-12th grade to be high school. But no, I don't think the vast majority of Americans have real access to foreign language classes prior to 9th grade. The best time to start learning other languages is during elementary school. Everything I've ever read strongly supports teaching other languages as early as possible.

[kcguy]

And this is odd, too. Isn't foreign language instruction begun at least in middle school (6th-9th grade)?

In my semi-rural 1980's public school system (class size = 200), my middle school offered 12 weeks of Spanish in 7th grade.  In 8th grade, they offered 18 weeks of Spanish and 18 weeks of French.

In high school, they offered four years each of Spanish, French, and German.  However, the demand for German was so low that they taught German II, III, and IV simultaneously.

[Simfan34]

Everyone in LA is taught French in elementary school, but I haven't picked it up since. I'd like to, however.

I wish; I went to a Catholic school in New Orleans for elementary and they just had Spanish. I probably would have liked French more.

French fluency should be a mandatory subject in Louisiana.

[Sol]

Arabic. I know some French and Spanish already, don't wanna learn other Indo-European langs. Abjads are easier than Logographies, and triconsonantal roots are cool.

[Prince of Salem]

Spanish is my mother tongue lol So... hard one ^^'