Monday, March 29, 2010

Which language do you want to study apart from Putonghua and English?

Which language do you want to study apart from Putonghua and English?Give at least 3 reasons for your choice.

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  1. i would like to study Japanese.The first reason is their animation.I usually watch the cartoons with Japanese, but i will not be know what they are talking about without subtitle. Therefore i want to study Japanese.The second reason is nowaday,Japan has already become a developed country.I will go to Japan to develop my business if i have a choice.The third reason is the envirnment of Japan.It is more better than other Asian country.

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  3. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study French. It is because of three reasons.

    The first reason is that I like the culture of France, such as the Gothic architecture and so on. Hence, I want to study French, and learn the culture from its language.

    Besides, I hope that I can travel France in my future. The scenic spots of France are very famous, like the Eiffel Tower and so forth. Therefore, I hope that I can travel France in the future. Although I can hire a travel agency, it must be funnier if I travel through France by myself.

    The last reason is that French is very useful. Nowadays, French is common in use, such as Canada and so on. I can speak this language in many different countries.

    Because of the above-mentioned reasons, I want to study French apart from Putonghua and English. I hope that I can have an opportunity to study French!

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  4. Apart from study Putonghua and English, I want to study Japanese. Since other than Chinese and English, Japanese is the language we can see the most in our daily life.

    Nowadays, most of our living things are come from Japan, such as electronic products, cartoons and comic books and so on, the words of instructions would be written in Japanese. If we don’t know how to read Japanese, we don’t know what they are talking about. For example, as a fashion girl, I like reading Japan’s magazine because of the updated fashion trend there. Although these magazines have the Chinese version, we can’t always rely on the translation. So, we should learn Japanese for our daily.

    Besides, as we know the Japanese are weak in English, we can’t communicate in English. Hence, when we travel in Japan, we should know how to speak Japanese in order to understand each other. Otherwise, we would get lose there.

    To sum up, Japanese can really help our living. And I think it is the most interesting language I have ever meet before. Therefore, I hope that I can study Japanese.

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  5. I would prefer to learn Korean, although someone might say that Korea is not as better as Japan and PRC, actually their drama and movies, also their unique spirit, delicious food and race characteristic make me like Korea and want to learn Korean.

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  6. Apart from Putonghus and English, I want to study Português in the future or on the lesson.

    First of all, as Português is a wide, common language, it is the sixth language among the world, more than 2 hundred million population are using Português. Português is not solely utilizing in Portugal, it also through out the China Macau, Brazil, Angola and so on. If i can speak in Português, it will be very convenient for me to travel through the world without any langusge barrier.

    On the other hand, the writing of Português is similar with the spanish, therefore, if I am able to handle Português, I can manage with spanish too. And it is so awesome!

    Last but not least, as we know that, Portugal is a excellent, brilliant, wonderful country. Portugal is a marvellous country for tourism to travel, as we can appreciate the impressive view of the Atlantic in that, at the same time, portugal has its own food culture. especially the codfish. Hence, Portugal is a amazing place for everyone to relax or to enjoy their rare holiday,

    To sum up , if i have any chance, i think i will put a lot of time and passion to study Português. I am looking forward to the day I am traveling in Portugal , putting a sunglasses, having a great drink, and speaking in fluently Português~

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  8. Apart from study Putonghua and English, I want to study Latin. The following is the reason of why i choose Latin.

    Latin is actually the root of English and many other languages, like Spanish, French and Italian. English is the international language in the world now; it is basic in our life. I think that learning Latin can definitely improve my English. It can help me to learn English easily and it is quite useful.

    Latin was the international language of science and scholarship in central and Western Europe until the 17th century, when it was gradually replaced with vernacular languages. So a lot of the scientific term is still using the Latin. I believe that studying Latin can help me to understand the science better.

    As Latin is an old language, and it had a really long history, some of the old books were written in Latin. If I know how to read Latin, it can help me to read the reference books that are in Latin.

    To sum up, I think that it is quite cool to study Latin too. This is because this language is very historical and there is only a few people know it.

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  9. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study Spanish.

    The reason of I want to study Spanish is because nowadays Spanish is third language in the world, so it is very useful. And in Hong Kong most student only know three languages, it is English, Putonghua and Cantonese. If I learn Spanish, I can learn more than them, so I can easily find a university.

    Second, I want to know more Spain, when I still in primary school, I am very interesting in it. I want to know more their culture, in future I purpose to go to Spain, so I want to learn Spanish.

    Third, I think the alphabet of Spanish is very funny and the pronunciation of Spanish is very special. And I have heard the History of Spanish, this History is very attractive.

    Lastly, it is because of these three reasons, so I want to learn Spanish.

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  10. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study Japanese in the lessons. Below are the reasons that I want to study Japanese.

    First, I want to learn more about the Japanese words, I think the Japanese words is very unique and cute,if a know how to write and how to see Japanese words, I can read the Japanese book without traslation.

    Besides, if I want to travel to Japan, I can use the Japanese to communicate with the Japanese. As the Japanese are realtively weak in English, using Japanese is the effective way to communicate with them.

    Moreover, I can learn more about the Japanese culture, I can learn some of the Japanese cultures through studying the Japanese words, such as know more the history and the formation of the Japanese words.

    Overall speaking, I would like to study Japanese because the Japanese is very help in everyday life and I think it is an interesting language.

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  13. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study Spanish. There are three main reasons why I prefer to study Spanish.

    First of all, since Spanish is one of the popular spoken language. According to Wikipedia, Spanish is second of the most natively-spoken language. Learning Spanish can help us to communicate with different countries' foreigners easily. Besides, it is beneficial for finding jobs and the future development as it can enhance our competitiveness.

    Apart form this reason, it is also because I feel interested in the culture of Spain, especially the culture of dance and music. In recently, I have watched a tourist program which is talking about Spanish dance and music--- Flamenco. I really love it. Therefore, I want to study Spanish so that I could listen to what they are singing and talking about.

    Last but not least, it is because I want to travel to Spain by oneself in the future. If I learn Spanish, I could travel conveniently and overcome the language barrier. Moreover, I could help me to experience the culture of Spain deeply.

    All in all, I love Spain. That's why I want to learn Spanish!

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  14. Apart from Putonghua and English, I would like to study Japanese because I think its letters are really interesting.

    Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family. There are a number of proposed relationships with other languages, but none of them has gained unanimous acceptance. Japanese is an agglutinative language. It is distinguished by a complex system of honorifics reflecting the nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary to indicate the relative status of the speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned in conversation. The language has a relatively small sound inventory, and a lexically significant pitch-accent system. Japanese is a mora-timed language.

    The Japanese language is written with a combination of three scripts: Chinese characters called kanji , and two syllabic scripts made up of modified Chinese characters, hiragana (ひらがな or 平仮名) and katakana (カタカナ or 片仮名). The Latin alphabet, rōmaji(ローマ字), is also often used in modern Japanese, especially for company names and logos, advertising, and when entering Japanese text into a computer. Arabic numerals are generally used for numbers, but traditional Sino-Japanese numerals are also commonplace (see Japanese numerals).

    Japanese vocabulary has been heavily influenced by loanwords from other languages. A vast number of words were borrowed from Chinese, or created from Chinese models, over a period of at least 1,500 years. Since the late 19th century, Japanese has borrowed a considerable number of words from Indo-European languages, primarily English. Because of the special trade relationship between Japan and first Portugal in the 16th century, and then mainly the Netherlands in the 17th century, Portuguese and Dutch have also been influential.

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  15. Besides Putonghua and English, Japanese is the first language I want to study. There are three reasons for me picking Japanese. And the reasons are listed below.

    The main reason is that I want to understand the comic and cartoons without any translation. I love reading comics and watching cartoons. Most of them are written and created by Japanese. Hence, I have to wait until the translation is finished when I want to enjoy them. However, if I know Japanese, I can enjoy the original perfectly.

    Secondly, Japanese includes many Chinese words. We can see many Chinese words in Japanese. I think it is interesting for studying same words applying in different languages. And because Chinese words are included in Japanese, I think it will be easier for me to study this language since my mother tongue is Chinese.

    The third reason why I want to study Japanese is that I am deeply attracted by the local culture and views in Japan. I wish to go to there myself one day. But Japanese are not able to communicate using English. Hence, I should learn Japanese for preparing the trip to Japan.

    To conclude, the three reasons I want to study Japanese are it is useful for my entertainment, application while having tour and interesting to study.




    Respond to Yiliz's opinions:
    I absolutely agree with you=]
    However, since Latin is a dead language, it is quite difficult for you to study. But it does have its attractiveness. Support you ;D

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  16. Apart from Mandarin and English, I would like to study Spanish.

    Since Spanish is the third dominant language, while English and Mandarin are the first and second respectively. I have learnt Chinese and English, and I now master Spanish. Which means I can communicate with anybody around the world basiclly. When I need to travel around the world in the future, I have no language barrier.

    Moreover, Spanish is very similar to French. If I master Spanish, it is easier for me to study French. French is another worldwide and important language in the world. Therefore, if I can master Spanish and French, I can travel to the Europe and Southern Africa freely.

    On the other hand, by studying Spanish, I can learn about the Spanish culture. By learning its culture, it helps me make friends with Spanish. This is because when I know about the culture of Spain, it can shorten the distance and reduce cultural difference between me and Spanish. Making friends with distinct races and nationalities is a fascinating thing.

    In conclusion, I would like to study Spanish as it is one of dominant language, help me master another language and make friends. I am very pleased to recommend my friends to study Spanish with me, too.

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  17. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study Japanese. Japanese is a member of the Japonic language family. There are a number of proposed relationships with other languages, but none of them has gained unanimous acceptance. Japanese is an agglutinative language. It is distinguished by a complex system of honorifics reflecting the nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary to indicate the relative status of the speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned in conversation. The language has a relatively small sound inventory, and a lexically significant pitch-accent system. Japanese is a mora-timed language.

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  19. Apart from Putonghua and English, I would like to study Spanish as my fourth language. The reasons are as below:

    First, Spanish is a worldwide language, just like Putonghua and English. Also, it is the one of the six official languages used by the United Nation and the estimate second most native speaker language. In the world, there are more than 417 million people using Spanish worldwide. Spanish is also be spoken in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, not only in Spain. So I can travel all around the world using the Putonghua, English and Spanish.

    Second, I am interested in the pronunciation of Spanish. As in Spanish, there are many ‘r’ sound, I love to read the word with the letter ‘r’ or ‘rr’. Moreover, the pronunciation of Spanish is similar to Putonghua, so I think it would be much easier for me as I am keen on Putonghua.

    Third, I think Spain is a place worth traveling. As Spain has many special traditional festivals such as Flesla De San, Feria del Queso, Día de San Juan etc. Besides, the distinctive Spanish dishes are also famous worldwide. The famed Spanish dishes are paella and Churros.

    To sum up, I hope I can travel to Spain, speaking Spanish fluently, watching the exciting Flesla De San and have an unforgettable experience there.

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  20. Apart from Putonghua and English, I would like to study Japanese. The reason for me to choose Japanese are as follows:

    First, I like Japanese animation very much. If I can learn Japanese, then I will be able to understand what the characters in the animation are saying. Although nowadays, there are usually Chinese sub-titles and dubbing. However, it would be better to listen to the original sound track than dubbing. Sometimes, the dubbing sound and the tone of speaking are not that alike to the original one.

    Second, I like Japan so much too. I have already visit Japan for almost five times. Neverhtheless, I still do not know much Japanese. If I learn Japanese, I can understand more in Japan such as the name of the place or shop. And I can communicate with the people there too. It would be easier for me to travel in Japan if I understand Japanese.

    Third, students in Hong Kong usually just know three languages that are Manderin, Cantonese and English. If I know more and different language than normal students, I may have more choices on university. I can even choose to study or work in Japan too.

    In conclusion, if I study Japanese, I can understand the Japanese animation and travel to Japan easier. Also, I may have more choice in selecting university and working place. Therefore, I would like to learn Japanese apart from Putonghua and English.

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  21. Apart from Putonghua and English, I would like to study Japanese. There are three reasons for me choosing Japanese to study.

    The first reason I would like to study Japanese is that the structure of Japanese Character is very interesting. The Japanese Character is a bit like Chinese and English Character. Japanese is written by three types of script, namely hiragana, katakana and Kanji. For hiragana and katakana, the script is little bit like English Alphabets that some of the srtokes are cruve. On the other hand, Kanji is some of the Chinese Characters borrowed from China and without making any changes on the strokes of the character. I think the Japanese Character is quite interesting and I want to have a further study on it.

    The second reason is that I want to know more about the content of those Japanese Animation, drama and Movie as they are in Japanese. In daily, I would just guest the content of them by looking at the action of the character on the screen. Therefore, if I learn Japanese, then I can know the meaning of the whole programme and that will not an blockage for me to understand Japanese programme and publications.

    The third reason I would like to learn Japanese is that I can travel in Japan without any language barrier. Although much of the Japan people know a bit of English, learning Japanese can communicate with local people and experience the foreign local culture. It is much better than only speaking English. Also, travelling to Japan can give me a good chance for me to practise my Japanese if I really study it. Therefore, I would like to study Japanese to handy my journey in going to Japan.

    To sum up, Japanese is a good language for me to study as I can make use of Japanese to communicate with people come from Japan. Learning Japanese is not only for understanding Japanese publications or travelling, but also in workplace. For example, Japanese skills can used in facing with a Japanese Clients. Therefore, I would like to learn Japanese apart from Putonghua and English.

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  22. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study Japanese. It is totally because I am a Japanese lover.

    The main reason is that I like Japanese culture. Learning Japanese is the direct way for me to learn the Japanese culture. When I learn the word of Japanese, I can know more about the history of Japan.

    The second reason is that I can understand more about the content and meaning of the Japanese music, movies, comics and so forth. If I watch the Japanese movie without captions, I can still understand what it is talking about.

    The third reason is that Japanese is the most interesting foreign language for me. I like the pronunciation of Japanese. Many Japanese female pop stars speak Japanese cutely. It let me think that the people who can speak Japanese are lovely. Therefore, I want to study Japanese too.

    All in all, I hope I can really have a chance to study Japanese.

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  23. If I could learn a new language, I would choose to learn Spanish.

    Firstly, i like Spain too much when o'm still 5 years old. At that time, i went to the library once a week, it is because i want to find some reference books abut Spain. Whether is about the language, or the sightseeing there.

    Apart from that, my uncle is good at speaking Spanish, he always met his friends who came from Spain. Although I didn't know much about what was he talking about, but under his influence, i started to love Spain.

    To conclude my writing, i think Spanish is the language that i would most like to learn it.

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  24. I would like to study spanis. It is because spanish is very useful.

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  25. Apart from Putonghua and English, I want to study Spanish. There are three reasons for me choosing Spanish to study.

    First and foremost, Spanish is the third most natively-spoken language in the world. We can use Spanish in many countries, not only in Spain, such as Colombia and Mexico. When I need to work or travel to other countries in the future, I can take it easier to communicate with other people

    Furthermore, Spanish has a very special characteristic, all the words of Spanish can be classified to female and male. For example, “chino” is means China’s male, and “china’’ is means China’s female. Also, there are some interesting examples, the words ‘’Soy porfessor’’can only been spoken by male, “Soy porfessora’’ can only been spoken by famale.  

    Moreover, the pronunciation of Spanish is very interesting. For example, the letters of the alphabet are totally different to English, such as ‘’D’’, it is pronounce as ‘’DAD’’. I want to learn more language’s pronunciation, The most different pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet is Spanish, So I want to study Spanish.

    In a nutshell, I think study Spanish is very important and useful. Thus, I want to study Spanish apart from Putonghua and English.

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  28. If I want to learn a new lauguage apart from Putonghua and English, I would learn Spanish.
    Firstly, Spanish is the third language among the world, more than 400 million are using. They come from Spain, Mexico, Eastern USA and South American country. I can talk with them easily.
    Secondly, I want to travel Spain, Mexico and South American country. I think I can know more about this culture if I can speak Spanish.
    Thirdly, I have the most interested in Spanish culture and delicacies. If I learned Spanish, I can understand this culture and eat this delicacies.
    Therefore, I think that the most interesting language is Spanish and I want to study it apart from Putonghua and English.

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  30. Apart from Putonghua and English. I would like to study Japanese.
    The first reason: I like watching the animation in Japan. The conversations in these animations are speaking in the Japanese. I can know the meaning of Japanese conversation after I have learnt the Japanese.
    The second reason: I would like to travel to Japan. If I have learnt Japanese. I can communicate with Japanese.
    The third reason: My bother is good at speaking Japanese. He often suggest me to learn Japanese
    As a result, I think that the most interesting language is Japanese. Therefore. I want to study Japanese apart from Putonghua and English.

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  32. potonghua.because i am a Chinese and english is boreing

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  33. Besides Putonghua and English, I would like to study Japanese. The following are the reasons why I would like to study Japanese.
    Firstly, learning Japanese is one of the ways for me to know more about Japan's culture. There are many popular Japanese cartoons in Hong Kong, although there are usually Chinese sub-titles and dubbing, but I think it would be better to listen to the original sound track than dubbing. Learning Japanese can help me to understand the conversation between the characters.
    Furthermore, preparing for the travel to Japan with my friends is another reason for me to study Japanese. Learning Japanese can help me to know more about the words shown in Japan. The words for showing the directions are mostly in Japanese, so learning Japanese can help me to travel in Japan.
    Last but not least, most students in Hong Kong usually learn Manderin, Cantonese and English. If I know more and different language than normal students, this may help me to have more choice in university and can also help to find a job in the future.
    All in all, the three reasons for me to study Japanese are learning Japan's culture, preparing for a travel in Japan and preparing for my future.

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  34. Apart from Putonghua and English, I would like to study French.

    During the English lesson, I can learn some French words and idioms that my English teacher has taught as the 'five phrases and idioms'. It's so interested for me to know more. As I can also learn more French in the newspaper and the websites.

    Suddenly, I haven't study anymore. Also, I would like knowing more about French culture, such as what do they like to do and eat in France. Now, we can see France as in the TV, football match , newspaper etc.

    Finally, such LTPSS have ordered people to have a chance to learn Spanish. If we can have more activities like the 'World Culture Day', then we can have more information about France and learn more French words of it.

    So, let's get well to learn French in anyways.

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  35. I want to study japanese other than English and Putonghua.
    Since that Japan was a strong country that have a lot of outstanding point,it attract many foreign businessman to have trade there. And therefore Japan is crowded.
    Moreover, Japan is famous for it's interesting comic.There comic is famous and well-known for the people in the world.And a lot of people like their comic due to the pretty picture and exciting content.
    In addition, Japan is a country that have different culture in there. Japan is a country that have Western and Asian culture there.
    When i have learnt Japanese, i can go to Japan and learn for their unique culture and learn more thing to have more knowledge of different culture.
    Also, if i have learnt japanese, i can be more joyful in Japan since that i know what the thing in Japan mean.And i can buy things in Japan easily.

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  36. I would like to study Japanese.

    First, I love the culture of Japan and I want to travel Japan. But I also heard that the English of Japanese are bad from an elder. Therefore, if I have learnt Japanese, i can have a good conversation with them and have a good trip to Japan.

    Moreover, many Japanese are living in Hong Kong now. Because of that, if I have learnt Japanese, I can talk with the Japanese and show off my Japanese in front of my friends.

    Furthermore, Hong Kong is a country that has different cultures in there. Therefore, if I learnt Japanese, I have an advantageous position of finding a job.

    All in all, I think that learning Japanese is very useful, so I would like to study Japanese if I have a choice.

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  37. I want to study French. Many people think that French is difficult to understand and learn, but I when study Literature in English, I know that learning language of other country, is useful to us.

    On one hand, we can use it on our study in the future, on the other hand we can apply it when go to France.

    Not only French, other language are also useful to us, I think we should learn more other different types of language when we have the opportunity.

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  38. I want to study Spanish. It is because nowadays Spanish is the third language in the world, so it is very useful. Also, it can help me in the future,no matter for study or for job.

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