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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, forget French.  If your DC truly masters Spanish, then s/he has a groundwork for learning French.  DC will have more of an opportunity in the States to speak Spanish than French, and, therefore, a greater chance at mastery.[/quote]

I agree.  French is a waste of time.  15 other languages are more spoken in the world than French (Telugu is one example)[/quote]

Actually, I know a lot of people who have tried to learn both Spanish and French in different orders. Universally (well, at least among my limited set of 5-6 people), learning French after Spanish was a lot harder than learning Spanish after French. French is just a more difficult language as far as pronunciation goes, although the grammar is similar although not identical. Yes, I speak both, and learning Spanish after French was a breeze, but my relatives and friends who tried to go in the other direction really struggled with French pronunciation and none of them ever became fluent in French.[/quote]

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