Current and Former College Students

[AnthonyM]

Has anyone ever taken a correspondence course? Preferably for Spanish?

I need two more Spanish courses to graduate and I'm likely going to take a correspondence course which is basically on your own time and not in a class room.

I was wondering if anyone here has taken one and could let me know if it's worth it or not? Easy or hard?

[rjv]

i actually took an italian course on line but i would not recommend a language unless you are already familiar with the language or can practice it around others.

[CosmicCowboy]

I know I'd sure like to correspond with the Rosetta Stone girl.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:sjt75fFd3n_n_M:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzc4MTQ1MDU2M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDY2NjYzMQ@@._ V1._SX450_SY675_.jpg&t=1

[baseline bum]

If you want to learn it, then that would be a horrible way. If you just want a quick and easy way to get the credit, it sounds ideal though, as all the technical rules are easy and speaking/listening is the hard part. A correspondence course will probably royally screw you over if you have to take a standard course for the second semester/quarter though.

[Stringer_Bell]

See if you can take a proficiency test or the CLEP exam. I didn't take a single foreign language class and just tested out of it 2 weeks before graduation because I spent my last semester abroad.

[AnthonyM]

I'll clarify a bit more.

I have taken the first 2 Spanish courses that I need for graduation. The last two courses I need would be through correspondence. I am familiar with Spanish because my extended family speaks it. So, I'm not necessarily learning a new language. I really just need it for the credit. I've gotten A's in both of the first two Spanish courses I've needed and I do understand Spanish a lot better than most students...

[AnthonyM]

Not familiar enough to where I will try to CLEP out though.

[AnthonyM]

And since the correspondence course is on your own time, I would be able to complete the last two courses I need during the fall semester

[marini martini]

You might as well, looks like you are very good at talking to yourself!!!!:lmao

[Eric Dampier]

You might as well, looks like you are very good at talking to yourself!!!!:lmao

Can you hurry up and die already?

[4down]

You might as well, looks like you are very good at talking to yourself!!!!:lmao


JAJAJA!!! MUY CHISTOSO! :rollin

[marini martini]

Can you hurry up and die already?

Every time you say that, I die a little inside. Are you happy,now?

K, Bu bye!:D

[AnthonyM]

JAJAJA!!! MUY CHISTOSO! :rollin

Wouldn't it be chistosa?

[Stringer_Bell]

Wouldn't it be chistosa?

Is that some kinda joke cuz this is a spanish thread, holmes? :reading

[AnthonyM]

Nah, spanish 101 man...

the adjective has to agree with the subject...so unless marini martini is a man...it should be chistosa...

[marini martini]

Gracias, Antonio!!!:toast

[ploto]

Have you checked to make sure your college or university will accept credit from this course or is it through the school itself? Some colleges have a cut-off of hours earned after which they will not let you transfer credit in from another institution.

[redzero]

Why learn a poor people language? Francais est miuex.

[Udokafan05]

I have to take 4 Spanish courses in the next year

[TDMVPDPOY]

why they makn u learn spanish? thats fkn lame man

[marini martini]

I have to take 4 Spanish courses in the next year

Why? Your taxidermy certificate requires this??? The animal is dead! D-e-a-d!!!!! It doesn't care what language you're talking!!!:lmao

[ashbeeigh]

As a former Spanish major and someone who tested up into a junior level Spanish class as a freshman in college, I would not recomend it if you really want to learn. Sure, you can do a lot of the writing and translating with that fancy big white and green dictionary, google translator and freetranslation.com, but hearing the actual discussion is the most important part of a Spanish class.

However, if it's just prereqs and you're like 90% sure you can ace 'em..why not?

Or i could reassure you and say, "sure, take the class you're a genius." That's what I think you're really looking for.

[AnthonyM]

Have you checked to make sure your college or university will accept credit from this course or is it through the school itself? Some colleges have a cut-off of hours earned after which they will not let you transfer credit in from another institution.

Yeah, they will. It's through the school so it will be fine plus I've already met with an adviser.


As a former Spanish major and someone who tested up into a junior level Spanish class as a freshman in college, I would not recomend it if you really want to learn. Sure, you can do a lot of the writing and translating with that fancy big white and green dictionary, google translator and freetranslation.com, but hearing the actual discussion is the most important part of a Spanish class.

However, if it's just prereqs and you're like 90% sure you can ace 'em..why not?

Or i could reassure you and say, "sure, take the class you're a genius." That's what I think you're really looking for.

No.

I'm not taking the classes just because I don't want to take Spanish or because I feel I'm too smart to sit through another 2 semesters of it. I'd be taking them because it is part of my mass communication major, and I am scheduled to graduate in December, but still need 2 semesters of Spanish, hence why I'm asking. Plus, my lease on my apartment ends in December, and I really don't want to have to drive an hour just for one class for a whole semester.

tbh, I just need the credits to graduate. 4 semesters of spanish at a university that relies mostly on online workbook completion and fill-in-the-blank tests isn't going to help you speak fluent spanish in the real world. So honestly, I don't really care about the listening and speaking it because most spanish in San Antonio is all slang.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I know I'd sure like to correspond with the Rosetta Stone girl.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:sjt75fFd3n_n_M:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzc4MTQ1MDU2M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDY2NjYzMQ@@._ V1._SX450_SY675_.jpg&t=1

:tu I thought I was the only one. :lol