flaganarchy
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Do most people agree? I already dropped the second semester half of my Introductory Spanish for some more ECOP
I did 1631&2 last year, now 3621 and it is a little better - as in we don't have to read three books, but the tute sizes are so massive (about 30!), plus they go for 2 hours! I am still not sure whether I want to keep on doing it - I planned for it to be my arts major, but I'm not so sure anymore. This semester is supposed to be the decider. I also thought I would regret dropping French, and it's true it is a way to keep it up, but at the price of me hating it, Im wondering if it's worth it.I'm doing Advanced French but I'm not really enjoying it. I did think of dropping it but then I realised despite how much I disliked it at first, I would regret not continuing French (having spent more than 4 years on it). Hope you like your new unit!
I did ITLN1611 last year. I thought it went reeeeally slow - especially if I compare it to FRNC1611 which I'm doing this year.Introductory French is moving at a perfect pace for me. Italian is alright, although a bit slow for my liking. Last year Greek just went so tediously slow, but I enjoyed the casual aspect of our classes. However it is a far more challenging language, yet still they certainly could have pushed us a lot further.
Are you in Jacqueline's tutorial?I did ITLN1611 last year. I thought it went reeeeally slow - especially if I compare it to FRNC1611 which I'm doing this year.
In Italian we only did one tense the entire first semester semester (present) and in second semester we did two types of past tense and the imperative mood and other minor crap. In French it's week 6 and we've already done all that, except the imperfect, which is apparently next week anyway.
French is like twice as fast as Italian.
Glad I did Italian first though, all the basic grammar concepts are like 90% the same, so I don't mind the speed.
Nah, I'm in Vick's tute.Are you in Jacqueline's tutorial?
My case is similar how I did Greek last year, although it's a far more complex language and seemed more like a grammar class at times. We got through the present, two types of past, two types of imperative, two types of future, and the subjunctive. But we didn't get into much detail because most verbs are frustratingly irregular.
A lot of first year language students seem to be struggling with French. I was speaking to my Italian tutor today, and I told her I thought they should do a short pre-semester course based 100% on grammar. I can't believe there are people who still can't understand the concept of inflexion. I really do think French has nailed the course structure spot on though, at least for students like us.