The short answer
- First year: every student takes it, outside the total.
- Second year: a specialised subject out of 100 in the total, on the Arts and Humanities track only, if you choose it over Psychology.
- Other tracks: it is not in the second year.
- Third year: it is not there. The Arts track's third-year subjects are Geography and Statistics.
Should you choose it in the second year?
If you are on the Arts track, compare it with Psychology in Psychology or a second language?
In short: if your first-year level was good and you love languages, it is a strong choice, especially if you are thinking of Languages, Tourism or translation.
How to study it
- A little every day beats hours once a week. Languages are built by repetition.
- Listen and speak, not just grammar.
- Write: half the exam is essays. A short paragraph every two days.
- Learn words in sentences, not lists.
On GoBachaloria
The second foreign language has teachers to choose from, and the first five videos are free. The first foreign language is common to every track.