Hey Guys,
I'm almost finished with my first year of mandarin in HS (already love it however I'm between an A- and B+) , still got 2 more years to go. Afterwards I wanted to continue studying it in College. But my only reason wanting to learn it, is because of job opportunities and the fact that I might want to live in Singapore where more than the half of the citizens speak mandarin.
However I'm in love with the new modern culture of the japanese. I love Animes, jrpgs, and japanese horror movies. So I'm wondering after finishing High School with already 3yrs of experience in Mandarin, if I should continue taking mandarin classes or start with Japanese. Or should I do both at the same time?
I'm afraid that if I do both of them, I won't get the fluency required to do either business or watch animes etc. especially if I'm taking into context that I will have quite a bit of course load if I'm pursuing my economics degree. Also I'm planing to do a semester abroad either in Singapore/Beijing/Taipei or Tokyo. However if I get into ESSEC I could even live in Singapore for 2 years, which would probably help me quite a bit in mandarin. But there's no comparable thing with Tokyo... So what do you guys suggest? I would love to learn both but is it possible?
I'm almost finished with my first year of mandarin in HS (already love it however I'm between an A- and B+) , still got 2 more years to go. Afterwards I wanted to continue studying it in College. But my only reason wanting to learn it, is because of job opportunities and the fact that I might want to live in Singapore where more than the half of the citizens speak mandarin.
However I'm in love with the new modern culture of the japanese. I love Animes, jrpgs, and japanese horror movies. So I'm wondering after finishing High School with already 3yrs of experience in Mandarin, if I should continue taking mandarin classes or start with Japanese. Or should I do both at the same time?
I'm afraid that if I do both of them, I won't get the fluency required to do either business or watch animes etc. especially if I'm taking into context that I will have quite a bit of course load if I'm pursuing my economics degree. Also I'm planing to do a semester abroad either in Singapore/Beijing/Taipei or Tokyo. However if I get into ESSEC I could even live in Singapore for 2 years, which would probably help me quite a bit in mandarin. But there's no comparable thing with Tokyo... So what do you guys suggest? I would love to learn both but is it possible?