How many Foreign Language classes did you take? How much do you remember? Me? Losing

[Beachguy]

How many foreign language classes did you take in school? Write your sequence.

This was mine and it was minimal in school

High School: Spanish 1

College: Spanish 1, Spanish 2

I also did a few years of self study to get me beyond Spanish 3.

Big problem? I'm losing it and won't really be in any situations to use it. I don't live where it is used at all.

So, how many classes did you take in Foreign Language and how much do you remember? Did you get stuck having to take up to class 4 in your sequence for college? I know that is kind of needed now for a lot of people.

[HyperRealist]

The only class I ever didn't pass in my life was Spanish in high school. I got kicked out with 2 weeks left. I don't remember any of it.

[Johnny Vinyl]

I was born in The Netherlands and starting in Grade 4 or 5 (it was almost 50 years ago, so I'm not entirely sure) we had to take 4 language courses.

Dutch (naturally)
English
German
French

Some years later we moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, so the few years of English and French helped a bit. Within 3 months I was fairly fluent in both.

The little German I took has all but been forgotten, although Dutch is part of the Germanic languages, so I can understand some of it.

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

I was born in The Netherlands and starting in Grade 4 or 5 (it was almost 50 years ago, so I'm not entirely sure) we had to take 4 language courses.

Dutch (naturally)
English
German
French

Some years later we moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, so the few years of English and French helped a bit. Within 3 months I was fairly fluent in both.

The little German I took has all but been forgotten, although Dutch is part of the Germanic languages, so I can understand some of it.

I am really surprised !

me :

English
Swedish
German
French

and Finnish as mother tongue !

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by nefilim

I am really surprised !

me :

English
Swedish
German
French

and Finnish as mother tongue !

Hmmm...I thought you knew! Oh well.....

So do you speak all of them fluently or conversationally?

[RandyK]

I took 4 years of Spanish in high school (the only language we had) and I forget some of it. I have to take three semesters of a language here in college and I'm more than likely going to take German.

[Sodslaw]

English
Greek
Mandarin (well I'm trying at least)
Did Latin for a few years at school

[Random Collector]

I took four years of Spanish and barely remember any of it. I'd love to learn Japanese but I can barely get this whole English thing down.

[Astro Zombie]

Took 2 years of Spanish in high school, but I already knew Spanish so I passed easily

[Blu-Benny]

2 years of French in High School.....i can still ask to go to the bathroom and i can introduce myself to other people.

Esche chapu ale dans la toilet??

Je m'appelle Benny.

[jsteinhauer]

4 years of high school German. I recall a few random words and phrases. I can say "death to America" in Persian and Arabic. And I know "Eigo hanashimasuka?" which is more than my wife who lived in Japan for a year remembers.

[Moviefan2k4]

I took a week of French in junior high; it was part of a multi-subject social studies class. I don't remember much, sadly.