I have a question in my application for linguistics that I am unable to answer. In order to study at this department, I have to take two languages: English and one of three languages—French, German, or Spanish. I’m not sure which option to choose. Any feedback? What in these languages should I look at? I’m leaning toward choosing French for now, but I’m not sure.
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What city do you reside in? The most useful one is the one I would choose. Which one would you be able to apply in your local community?
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Since I currently reside in Russia, I don’t believe any of them will be used in any way.
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Then choose the one that most interests you—learning French is not too difficult! 
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Spanish is still useful, and Russia and Latin American nations likely still have some ties.
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Isn’t German the most useful language to learn if you travel to Europe? 
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To give you a foundation in both Romance/Latin and Germanic languages (English), I would pick a Romance language. Therefore, French or Spanish would work, but since English will have a lot of French influence, Spanish would expose you to more foreign languages.
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