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If wanting to become a Ski Instructor, which language would be most beneficial to learn, given that you could be working anywhere in the world?
French, German, Spanish, Italian?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Japanese?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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English 
Probably German as it gives you access to the Southern Germany, Austrian, and Swiss resorts (although Swiss German is very different)
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Esperanto 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Russian. Hmm. That would probably mean Courchevel. Best learn French as well. 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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I would guess French and/or German would give you the best "coverage"
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Do educated Russians still speak excellent French? My first French teacher was Russian, I believe - she spent an entire term teaching us how to pronounce French and recite "La cigale et la fourmi" before we actually started on the Je m'appelle stuff.
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Scouse, Geordie or cockney slang 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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From a very small sample, Russian seems to me to be the language of choice, after English. Even outside Courcheval.
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English lol. But German too, helps with Dutch and most of the Skandi countries (although lets be honest, they all speak English too), Germany Austria and Switzerland - and increasingly South Africans, in my experience.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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pam w,
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Do educated Russians still speak excellent French?
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I don't think so and, in even in the past, my understanding is that this used to be confined mostly to natives of St Petersburg. My mother attended a school there (rather posh, I gather) where only French was spoken for a whole day each week.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Yeah most of the more obscure nations speak relatively good english, i work in france and get tonnes of dutch, german, etc all wanting me as my english is easily understood.
So from then on its just the french, struggle with that a little! but still in the leaner weeks i get work with french clients.
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Am reliably informed by an English teacher friend in Austria that most of the former Eastern Bloc countries now are teaching English as a second language at their schools (sure beats Russian)
I would say German is pretty useful, but saying that in Wagrain last year I taught a mixed group of Danes, Dutch, Romanians in English as it seems to be the 'bridging' language for many non native speakers through the world. Learn German, plus some Austrian dialect as it always helps get served quicker in the ski huts around these parts
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You know it makes sense.
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Really depends where you want to work, but in reality probably English!!
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