Should i learn mandarin or french

Hebrew is completely another alphabet and the sounds are not familiar neither and is written from right to left and the grammar can be complicate. So I really think that Chinese made it easier for me by not having a difficult grammar! I wouldn't worry about perfecting your accent.

There are many people who've been speaking a second language for decades and still have an accent, especially if they learned it later in life. You don't need to have a true French accent in order to be conversationally fluent in French. I would just trust your gut instinct here. Even if you start a language and quit before you reach fluency, you'll still have learned more than if you never started at all!

Get started. Should I learn Chinese or French? May 27, Chinese, definitely. It is way more widely spoken than French. June 3, May 28, CharlieLee May 29, Maybe you should try both, but choosing chinese as a long term goal. Learn Chinese in just 5 minutes a day. To find out more, visit our Sister School Partnership page. Hours: Mon-Fri Phone: Email: contact trueeducationpartnerships. Share This…. Professor Mike Kelly, former Department for Education adviser on languages and head of modern languages at the University of Southampton.

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