What would be the best languages to learn for ESL teacher?
Curious asked:
I already speak fluent Spanish, in my college the major requires me to learn 3 languages. Which should three would be the better choices? Should I do Spanish, even though I already speak it? This are also languages such as: Russian, Greek, French, Latin, Hebrew, and German. Someone help! I need to change my classes now while I still have time. I wish to teach ESL in an elementary school.
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I already speak fluent Spanish, in my college the major requires me to learn 3 languages. Which should three would be the better choices? Should I do Spanish, even though I already speak it? This are also languages such as: Russian, Greek, French, Latin, Hebrew, and German. Someone help! I need to change my classes now while I still have time. I wish to teach ESL in an elementary school.
Thanks in advance to all those who respond.
I live in the New York/New Jersey area. We have quite a bit of diversity in this area.
January 14th, 2010 at 4:51 am
Depends on where you live. Here in central Iowa, we have a large Bosnian immigrant population so a majority of all our foreign students are Bosnian. I would advise you to make an educated decision based on common ethnic groups in places where you’d like to work.
Spanish is a dead give away, I think you should choose it even though you already speak it fluently, the practice is always good. Unless you don’t feel like you need the practice, then choose something like German, Chinese, Russian and any other ethnic groups that are commonly in your area. Courtney S