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Learn Spanish or French ???

PsychoPsycho
edited July 2013 in General
I'm a beginner of French and Spanish, and now I want to focus one language to study. I wonder that which language has more advantages to find a job, though I won't major in it. Plus, which language is taught well in SFU. By the way, I speak mandarin .
Thanks

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  • 112233
    Take French you can get a whole degree in it at sfu of you want. So there's lots of courses available. Spanish has some but not as many. Also I would think French has more job advantages especially in the government field.
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Dude, it's Canada.
  • PsychoPsycho
    @112233 I only wanna get a language certificate. The requirement of  the number of courses are almost same. French has two more course than Spanish.
  • PsychoPsycho
    @ BeAnBeAn   Of course I would choose French if I plan to stay Canada. But I dont know whether I will live in Canada in the future. I heard that learning Spanish is a better choice if staying in South America,especially USA. But which one is easier to learn? I heard Spanish is easier, but I feel French's vocabulary is similar to English. Plus, the sound "r" is difficult for Asians to prounce. 
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Well you should have specified your travel intentions. And you asked which one would better get you a job not which one is easier etc. and French is definitely the answer then if you're staying in Canada.

    Canada= Take French, I mean it's the other language of this legally bilingual country.
    US= Take Spanish, do you know how many Mexicans live there?
    South America= Take Spanish, obviously, the majority of countries there are Spanish speaking countries.
    (btw the US is not in S. America).

    Mots people say Spanish is easier due to it's similarity to English but French is easier imo. Most people in high school who couldn't handle French though dropped it and took Spanish. French vocab is sorta similar to English but not its grammar. 

    And the "r" is easy for Asians to pronounce I think you mean the "l" as in "Engrish".

  • PsychoPsycho
    @BeAnBeAn. Thanks for your suggestion. Well, I don't think "r"is easy for Manderin speakers, maybe for Manderin speakers from the north. I am a person from the south. North people think us can't tell the difference between"l " and "r". LoL. Plus, I don't like the " r" in Spanish, and I'd rather choose to prounce French "r" . o(●´ω｀●)o
  • ezc
    Well, modern English has a lot of French origin, so there would be more similarities than Spanish(The old English kings and nobility only spoke Norman French, not Anglo-Saxon).  

    Spanish is spoken in most of America (USA, central, most of SA) so if you plan on moving there, take Spanish.  The trilled r is a different sound than the English r, so you might have trouble with that.

    French is more "worldly," as you have native speakers in all the old colonies (Africa, parts of Asia, etc.)  
  • PsychoPsycho
    @ ezc Thanks. (′～`●)I heard people who major in French would work in Aferica if they wanna earn a large amount of salary. But if I stay in Canada, learning Spanish is still a good idea. ( since people in here know French better than Spanish, Spanish has more demand, right? Plus, as an Asian, if I choose french, I feel that I don't have advantages to compete with Canadians. (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    No, that's not how languages work. 
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    And not everything is about salary and $, but if so, French is better in Canada because like I said, it's Canada's legally second language as a bilingual country. If you speak fluent French you can work in government and get your high salary because it's made up of taxpayer's money. 
  • PsychoPsycho
    I'm not a immigrant so I don't know whether I will live in Canada in the future. Anyways, I tend to choose French. ╮(╯▽╰)╭
  • ezc
    edited July 2013
    I wouldn't say that Spanish is more in demand, since there's a small "artificial" demand for French due to bilingualism.

    Realistically, not many people speak French or Spanish in BC, especially fluently.  In BC, there are more people who speak German, Chinese languages, Punjabi, or Tagalog than French.  

    So, in the end, go with what you think you'll enjoy the most.  Very few people actually end up taking government jobs that require bilingualism, so don't worry too much about employment, especially since you don't know what country you are living in.  Both are Latinate languages and are similar in many ways.  The real benefit would be just knowing an additional language.
  • PsychoPsycho
    I heard in China, Spanish is more demand or maybe more popular than French. I think governments or business companies are more willing to choose people who major in French, or master in French. （ I heard this is  the phenomenon in China,but I don't know what situation in here ) Getting a language certificate might help me to experience the culture and it is helpful during the travelling. O(∩_∩)O  
  • ezc
    Sorry, I meant I don't think Spanish is necessarily in demand in Canada.  I would think that Chinese businesses would prefer French, since they seem to do a lot of business in Africa, which has a lot of former colonies.  But this is all guesswork.  It also depends on where you want to travel to.  For example, in Europe, German or Russian may be more valuable than French or Spanish.
  • PsychoPsycho
    It's true that many people work in Aferica, but most of them are men. ( we think it's not safe for women )
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    You sure you're not an immigrant? ...''a immigrant", "Aferica" (twice), and not knowing that Canada is legally bilingual which is probably a question on the citizenship test...
  • PsychoPsycho
    What do you mean? 0 0 I do know that Canada has two official languages.
  • ezc
    You're a woman?  Just marry me and everything will be ok! :-)
  • PsychoPsycho
    @ ezc  So have you prepared the big big dimand ring? :D
  • ezc
    Whatever you want, hun.  I just want my kids to be smart! ;-)
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Clearly they won't be. HAHA jk
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Also, *golddigger alert*
  • PsychoPsycho
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