Why not? Going into Spanish II is pretty much suicide; I don't even understand some Spanish 1 material. Plus that C on my GPA is really going to mess me up.
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I've in uni for 10 years now. Trust me, no course is worth the trouble
If you think you can get A+, i woukd consider...
The thing is, it doesn't mean much in the final grade.
Guess i'm not a super achiever, but i prefer to rest and live.
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As a native Spanish speaker I can tell you that Spanish has a LOT of grammatical rules and they change very often.
I failed calculus 2 times, and at my third try, I got an A+, that was one of the best days of my life man.
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I will not give you an affirmative or negative answer man, this is up to you.
I just can share my experience about the topic and I can tell you that when you approve a failed class it feels awesome.
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Many native English speakers don't get an A in English either.
Are you taking the class because you want to learn Spanish or is it because it's a requirement? If it's the latter just move on. No one will look down on you because you got a C in Spanish and one class won't kill your overall GPA. If you are actually planning on using the language in your work or everyday life though I would retake it. It only gets harder as you go higher.
It's been 25 years since I had to take any foreign language classes and because I never used any of it I forgot most of it.
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I am required to take two years of foreign language.
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Are you required to take two years of the same foreign language? It would be easier if you could take Spanish I and the first year of any other language.
PS: El español es un idioma bastante sencillo de empezar a hablar, pero muy complicado de dominar. Mi suegro es de USA, lleva 40 años viviendo en España y sigue cometiendo errores con tiempos verbales y con las terminaciones de algunos sustantivos. (Spanish is a language rather easy to talk/read but really hard to speak as it would be your mother language. My father in law was born in the USA, he has been 40 years living in Spain and he still makes some errors with verbs and the a/o ending in nouns)
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Yes. My brother is recommending me to go into German, should I do that?
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Most people consider German to be harder to learn than Spanish, and you're much more likely to encounter Spanish than German. Personally, I took German because I wanted to know what the Nazis were saying in the Indiana Jones movies. Plus, a group from our school would go to Germany for a month every two years and I really wanted to go. My German was never very good, but a lot of them speak English anyways, so it was all worth it!
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But from your personal standpoint was in harder than Spanish?
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Hmmmm, well German is really my only choice. So should I go for it, or not?
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Since you need two years of one language, and you already have one year of Spanish completed, just knock out Spanish II and move on with your life. Maybe it'll click more in the second year. Some people are like that. Once they start getting more immersed in it, they understand it a lot better. Or maybe you'll just scrape by, but either way, you'll be done with it.
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Yes, that is a choice. But my amigo, who is in Spanish II currently; was doing the same in Spanish I. And right now he has a C; and he says it is much much harder! I have no idea if I should take the risk. Because next year I am going to be doing a lot.
Because I signed up for cross country next year, and they force you to train afterschool.
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No te rindas compañero!
Un macho alfa de verdad no teme a ningún desafio por muy duro que este parezca.
Animo!
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Yo no quiero hacer mal mi amigo! No puedo! El español es muy difícil!
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I did retake a couple of subjects during my studying years. I felt it was the right choice.
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That's literally ALL my Spanish 1 teacher made me do and at the end of it I didn't know anything, yet still got an 88 since she was a terrible teacher and the class was awfully easy. Spanish 2 so far, I'm actually learning to put things together and my new teacher goes over things with us.
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It looks like you want to retake the class
IMO you should study hard to keep up with Spanish II and not waste time retaking anything unless you really need to
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I recommend checking out the offerings at Duolingo (https://www.duolingo.com/) as well as the courses over at Spanish MOOC (http://spanishmooc.com/). They are all free of charge, though Duolingo encourages folks to help translate material for websites such as wikipedia. SpanishMOOC uses popular Spanish music to help teach people the language. Both methods rock!
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So pretty much this year I got a C in Spanish 1. Even with a lot of studying, the class is very hard. Even native speakers don't even make an A in the class, they usually make a B.
On top of that there is a LOT of material that I simply do not understand. And jumping into Spanish II next year is pretty much suicide.
Is retaking the class a good idea?
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