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[gnomygnomy.livejournal.com]

What if I wanted to take Spanish while studying abroad in Russia? (I'll be there for a year, if my plan goes accordingly.) Is that unheard of? Would that be weird?

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[azulejos.livejournal.com]

it depends on where you are going to stay in Russia, but in big cities it should be fine...

[ditons-que.livejournal.com]

But keep in mind that you'll more than likely be learning to speak European Spanish, which is very different from the Spanish you'd hear in say.... Chile.

[gnomygnomy.livejournal.com]

Ah. Good point.

[gnomygnomy.livejournal.com]

Well, that's cool. The only concern I have now is if the program I'd be in would allow it. When you study abroad, aren't you supposed to take very specific courses, or only choose classes from a certain predetermined set?

[azulejos.livejournal.com]

once again, it all depends...
where are you going?

[chirashi-don.livejournal.com]

There is a Japanese student studying abroad (here in Canada) and he is in my Russian class.

But the Spanish you learn might be different because I'm guessing Russia would teach European Spanish rather than South American Spanish.

[jadore-vin.livejournal.com]

I'm doing the exact opposite...studying abroad in Spain but trying to keep up with my Russian. I did have to chose my courses froma predetermined set of options which did not include Russian. My university here in Spain does not offer Russian at all. There are private schools in the city that do, but it costs an arm and a leg and the times are inconvenient for me. I (try) to keep an LJ in Russian which has been really really helpful-

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I'm doing the exact opposite...studying abroad in Spain but trying to keep up with my Russian. I did have to chose my courses froma predetermined set of options which did not include Russian. My university here in Spain does not offer Russian at all. There are private schools in the city that do, but it costs an arm and a leg and the times are inconvenient for me. I (try) to keep an LJ in Russian which has been really really helpful- <ljuser= "nikolenka">. It is a bit weird because I have so few opportunities to speak Russian here in Spain, but its not altogether impossible or weird. If you want to learn Spanish while you are in Russia, go for it...how much you learn just depends on how much time you have to devote to it. Buena suerte!

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[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I studied French while in SPB, and other students in my group studied Spanish. I thought it was a great experience.

It can actually be a helpful tool for learning Russian, and in foreign language classes you are on equal footing with the natives, unlike in, say, a history class.