Which language is easier for the typical English speaker to learn?

[A18]

I'm not fluent in either, but I would wager that option 1 is the correct answer.

Compare a French work with its English translation, and you can instantly spot the French passage that corresponds to its English counterpart. Not so with Spanish.

And as a side note... are there any monumental works penned in Spanish? French and German seem to be grossly overrepresented in that respect.

[A18]

Rosetta Stone certainly helped me think in Spanish. When I hear "tres," I immediately think of the number; I don't waste time translating the term into English. Class lectures and tutorials definitely sharpened my knowledge of subtle grammatical points, though.