i’m in the usa and my school has german, spanish and french. i’m taking spanish all 4 years of high school and german starting this autumn.
India - local language, English and Hindi
(Language is a controversial issue in India, and the present situation is more a political compromise than what’s most useful, with many rules and exceptions, and some states / schools simply ignoring the whole compromise altogether.)
I lived in India(in what at the time, was called Hyderabad) for a while, as a foreign Arab. Most of the curriculum was in English, with both Telugu(the official language) and Hindu language subjects. I hated it.
Coming from an Arab country where the most English we were taught was the ABCs, and then being told I had to juggle 3 entirely new language. I wasn’t even exempt from it. I would alternative from getting 61 out 75 in a hindui exam to falling the class, depending on if the teacher let’s me cheat.
I couldn’t even tell you what letters I was writing, I just drew them as a I saw them. My dad even forced me to watch Hindi cartoons in the hopes I will magically pick it up. For a while, I even had a Telugu teacher teaching me the alphabets. None of it stuck.
Honestly that period of my life was really damaging. I left India with full English and not a hint of Arabic. Coming back to the Arab world, to even get to the point of conversing with people again took years, and I still don’t know how to read or write beyond a first graders level. Reading still gives me a headache.
Yeah, it’s a political compromise. Not what’s best for the students. At most the school could have offered you Urdu instead of Hindi, since it uses a modified Arabic script and has a few Arabic words.
It’s still ‘Hyderabad’, by the way! Thankfully the religious nutcases haven’t won elections in that state.
At most the school could have offered you Urdu instead of Hindi
You know, I never thought of it that way, probably would have made the transition back to Arabic easier too, when I moved back to my country.
Peace be upon you!🌹
I come from Germany, and at my school, we had English and Turkish. Since you’re about to start learning German, I’ll give you a little heads-up. Watch out for: „der, die, das"! 😂😂😂 Even real Germans sometimes struggle with getting it right!
The USA has just on article „THE" but Germany has three. The positiv thing : Many words in German sound exactly the same like “Hello = Hallo” so that makes things a bit easier.
Good luck with your studies! 😊😊
