French or German? Which language is more useful?

[vlim]

verykiasu2010:

vlim:

[quote=\"autolycus\"]French more useful for humanities; German more useful for sciences.


German is easier to read; French is easier to speak — or so people tell me.

so French more useful for buying LV, Hermes and Gucci bags while German more useful for learning their super advance technology

the German assembles part of the Airbus 380 and ship to France to complete the assembly work, then fly it to Germany for painting, then fly it back to France to deliver to SIA ......[/quote]wooo...that is confusing :scratchhead:

[Pen88n]

vlim:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"vlim\"]
so French more useful for buying LV, Hermes and Gucci bags while German more useful for learning their super advance technology

the German assembles part of the Airbus 380 and ship to France to complete the assembly work, then fly it to Germany for painting, then fly it back to France to deliver to SIA ......

wooo...that is confusing :scratchhead:
[/quote]Aiya, then take Japanese la.....why must be European language? At least can enjoy Japanese drama, cartoon and songs...... :lol:

[vicki]

Pen88n:

vlim:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
the German assembles part of the Airbus 380 and ship to France to complete the assembly work, then fly it to Germany for painting, then fly it back to France to deliver to SIA ......

wooo...that is confusing :scratchhead:

Aiya, then take Japanese la.....why must be European language? At least can enjoy Japanese drama, cartoon and songs...... :lol:[/quote]Or Malay? Easier to pass as a 3rd language!

[peanut_butter]

vicki:

Or Malay? Easier to pass as a 3rd language!

Malay is popular with Aussie Agriculture experts who work in Indonesia. Is that what you want.....?

[3Boys]

vlim:

Hi would like to have opinions of ksparents of which language is more useful French or German.. thanks

Neither. For meaningful business transactions, even the French and Germans speak competent English. From an utility point of view, not much to be gained at all.

If you have interest, take for fun lah!

[vicki]

peanut_butter:

vicki:

Or Malay? Easier to pass as a 3rd language!

Malay is popular with Aussie Agriculture experts who work in Indonesia. Is that what you want.....?

Thinking more of practicality. To pass as 3rd language + since we are surrounded by so many Malay speaking countries - good to know the language.

+ when you get a maid in the future (if indonesian) can communicate with her easier!

[vlim]

3Boys:

vlim:

Hi would like to have opinions of ksparents of which language is more useful French or German.. thanks

Neither. For meaningful business transactions, even the French and Germans speak competent English. From an utility point of view, not much to be gained at all.

If you have interest, take for fun lah!

not for me la...I am gathering info for my boy who might be taking 3rd language in 2012. He keeps saying he want to learn Latin..siao :siao:

[3Boys]

vlim:

3Boys:

[quote=\"vlim\"]Hi would like to have opinions of ksparents of which language is more useful French or German.. thanks

Neither. For meaningful business transactions, even the French and Germans speak competent English. From an utility point of view, not much to be gained at all.

If you have interest, take for fun lah!

not for me la...I am gathering info for my boy who might be taking 3rd language in 2012. He keeps saying he want to learn Latin..siao :siao:[/quote]I think its too far ahead to consider which country your child may be pursuing post-graduate education, which to me, is the only real practical advantage of taking a third language at secondary school level. It could conceivably be France, Germany or Japan, I suppose, where there are strong scientific institutes.

That is not to say that there is no value in taking a third language, which is why I say to take for fun. There is plenty to be gained in reading texts from a different culture other than English, so Latin isn't actually so far fetched!

[Nathaniel]

autolycus:

French more useful for humanities; German more useful for sciences.


German is easier to read; French is easier to speak — or so people tell me.

totaly agree with you on this .

[weekeelong]

My son was given French and we ultimately chose Malay Special Program under his school.


We lived in South East Asia. Our immediate neighbour to the north of about 27 million people speaks malay. Our neighbour Indonesia comprising of 230 million speaks malay too. In singapore, we have about 10% of malay.

for practical purpose, we chose malay.

The school also provides annual trip to the region to understand the culture our SEA.