I'm doing a degree in Chinese and Cultural studies at Newcastle University at the moment. I spent last year teaching English in China, so I already have a pretty good level of Chinese. This first semester has been painfully slow for me, so I've been advised to take Chinese evening classes to keep my level up. While looking through the brochure for the evening classes they have, I saw you can do a whole range of other languages, ranging from Arabic to Swahili! I would like to get my level of French up to scratch, as I did it for GCSE and got A*, and wanted to do it for A-level, but couldn't as it clashed with other subjects. I had some private tutoring for French, but that was over a year ago.
I am considering doing French evening classes as well as Chinese, but I don't know if it's a good idea, considering that I will have other modules to pass at Uni which are more important, and which I find very difficult. (I am having to take Sociology, which I suck at!)
Another thing is, one of my flatmates is going to do beginners Spanish, and she wants me to come with her, but I don't know if it's better to further my average French, or to begin an entirely new language!!!
What do you think? Should I do the French evening classes, or should I just concentrate on my degree? I'm siding more towards doing the evening classes, but I don't know if it's wise!
Plus, do you think French and Chinese would be a good language combination for the future?