Question

For a college perspective, does it matter if I take Spanish I, rather than Spanish II?

Answer 1

@e.mccormick @sleepyjess @Joel_the_boss

Answer 2

I know that 2 years of foreign language are required to graduate HS

Answer 3

I took Spanish I, Spanish II, ASL I, and ASL II

Answer 4

I'll probably take a language every year in high school.

Answer 5

I'll be taking world history honors. English I honors, biology honors, and algebra two in 9th grade. I don't know if I should add spanish II.

Answer 6

Did you already take spanish I?

Answer 7

I didn't because my homeschooling program didn't have it. But I studied using rosetta stone and a curriculum for Spanish one online.

Answer 8

Always begin with the first course! Learning the basics is a fundamental part of learning a language. Its like math, you learn addition and and subtraction then division and so on. Imagine them throwing a 6 year old into a calculus course, it would not look right. Take as many years of foreign language as possible, you wont regret it. :)

If you ever need Spanish help im willing to teach you. : )

Answer 9

Okay thanks

Answer 10

No problem. Being bilingual will open many doors for you. Trust me. And trust @e.mccormick

Answer 11

Yah, they are going to want to see something that represent the topic fully. Some schools may take a test equivelancy, like the AP test or DANES, etc. but others want to 100% see it on the transcript.

Answer 12

Or do they?!?!? O.o @e.mccormick
*Dun Dun Duuuuuuuunnnnnn!!!!!!*

Answer 13

Um... I'm bilingual in Japanese and it has not done much at all.... =P

Answer 14

Perhaps you have not looked in the right places. Many jobs will pay extra for a bilingual employee. Especially if that job has frequent customers or users who are native to that language.

Answer 15

Hmmm... yes, well, being in the desert around people that speak English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean has made it hard to even keep up on my Japnese.

Answer 16

That's a good thing about living in Florida, about 50% of the citizens are Hispanic, and it allows me to practice constantly. Pero no quero. : / Speaking Spanish was a challenge for me as a child, my family is originally from Spain so the Spanish's were quite different.

Answer 17

I know I have the choice of whether taking spanish one, or spanish two. Do colleges care which one I take in my first year of high school? I'll still be taking foreign language in sophmore, junior and senior.

Answer 18

Yes Take Spanish 2, the more advance course will look better when applying for college, that's like choosing an honors class over an AP course. :P But of course it all depends on your level of understanding. I think we should leave you to decide for the ultimate choice.

Answer 19

Ah, yes Calstillian Spanish vs. Mexican Spanish. Words like aurita have completely changed between them.

Answer 20

explain? @e.mccormick I have no idea what your trying to say eheh. Maybe providing an example because aurita is not a word although I think you spelt it wrong, and if so then yes I understand what you mean.

Answer 21

So I have completed level one of rosetta stone. I just found a curriculum guide for spanish one. I'm going to use it until 9th grade starts. Is that enough to move onto spanish two?

Answer 22

Oh, it is probably spelled wrong. My Spanish is very old and rusty. In Castillian Spanish it is used for now or soon. It originally came from hour, or within the hour, which is a historically short time. But in Mexican Spanish, the same word means whenever, or later. This seems to come with how the slaves in the Hacienda system would do quiet rebellions against their masters.

AW: You need to ask the school if they will let you test into the class. They may require you to take level 1 no matter what.

Answer 23

XD
Ahorita, lolol That's what you meant

Answer 24

Yah, well, I have not studied Spanish for a long time. 8th and 9th grades was all...

Answer 25

Though I studied French from 1st to 5th grades... realy helps with accents that use the more nasal vowels, like French, Spanish, and Japanese.