Tuesday 28 January 2014

Any advice?

Having finished one chapter in my life (PhD), I am thinking of opening another. Since I have been a proud member of the Romance Philology Institute's faculty for a few years now, I feel I should start learning at least one Romance language. I have ALWAYS wanted to learn French, so the choice should be easy, except that there are some practical reasons why it should rather be Italian. The thing is I teach a course in Information Technology for students of Italian. Knowing that language would help me make their lessons more attractive for them, more suitable to their needs. Another thing is that I am surrounded with speakers of Spanish (I share my office with some native speakers of Spanish), so my everyday contact with them would probably be very useful if I chose that language, and would make the whole process easier. The problem is I am not particularly keen on it, to be honest.
So there it is - my dilemma.
What would you advise? And do you know of any good courses in French/Italian/Spanish in Poznań? Mind you, I don't want to make it very intensive or expensive ;)

When I listen to the song in the video below, however, all my doubts fade away... Isn't it perfect? I just wish I didn't need the translation! ;)

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  1. Unknown30 January 2014 at 20:22

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ib_AvTNgM :)

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    1. AgataL30 January 2014 at 21:54

      Thanks! This actually makes it even more difficult now! ;)

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  2. Unknown15 February 2014 at 17:49

    Good luck with French! :) But, why do most of you don't like Spanish? I am not a fan of it but, I have met several Poles who don't like Spanish at all!

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    1. AgataL16 February 2014 at 22:38

      Germán, Spanish seems to be much more popular in Poland than French these days, judging from the number of candidates for Spanish studies, for example, so I don't think Poles in general have a problem with it. Some of us love it! For me, however, the way a language sounds is very important, and to be honest I am simply not very fond of Spanish in that respect. It's a bit too rapid and too loud to my ears. I love Latin American music, though, especially to dance to :)

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    2. amywrz4 March 2014 at 02:06

      You said that You always wanted to learn French... it's the most important argument for:) You won't be disappointed:)
      Some teachers also said that French and Italian are similar... and now we have the answer:)
      Alors...
      Good luck with French and then (in the future) with Italian :)

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    3. AgataL4 March 2014 at 14:34

      Thanks, I've already started my French classes, and I enjoy them very much. I'm lucky to have a very good teacher :)

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    4. amywrz23 March 2014 at 22:21

      J'en suis très contente! Je vous souhaite tout le meilleur et bon courage! :)))

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