Which language should I choose for ab initio

I'm currently studying French at A level and I would like to study it with a new language in university. I'm stuck between taking up German or Italian at ab initio. I feel I would be more interested in studying German literature and history, but less academically I prefer Italy's culture and people. German has approx 64 million more speakers than Italian, but is of course harder to learn! I'm very stuck, would love to hear your opinions.

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17t.martin

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My friends do German a level and they say it is awful and there’s too much grammar and everything

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Original post by MattyFL8

I'm currently studying French at A level and I would like to study it with a new language in university. I'm stuck between taking up German or Italian at ab initio. I feel I would be more interested in studying German literature and history, but less academically I prefer Italy's culture and people. German has approx 64 million more speakers than Italian, but is of course harder to learn! I'm very stuck, would love to hear your opinions.

I definitely wouldn't worry about the difficulty. As with languages, I'm sure you already know that the most important factor in mastering them is motivation and perseverance.

I did both French and Spanish all throughout school and then chose to do French, Spanish and Japanese (from scratch) at university. I enjoyed both my romance languages but I absolutely adored studying Japanese language and Japanese history/literature/philosophy. Now, I'd say my Japanese was similar to a native speaker's :fluffy:

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Do what you're more interested in. (Plus, German is definitely waaaay more in demand as far as the job market goes)

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