Is Portuguese a good language to learn with an International Relations major

Is Portuguese a good language to learn with an International Relations major?
should i learn Portuguese from Brazil or from Portugal. i already know english and spanish. my spanish may need some improving but i can have conversations so i think i'll be okay. but is learning Portuguese demanding enough for me if i want to work with the Untied Nations or something related to that in some way.
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Actually, the truth is, no, it isn't. It's good that you're doing your research, but know that as far as what languages to know for working with the United Nations or something related to that, and getting closer to the front of the line to more likely being hired, means knowing whats most useful. That all boils down to what is most widely used, so for that line of work, listed in order of priority, go with either Mandarin Chinese, German, French, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese or Russian. Whatever you decide, if you're not going to be taking it in School, be careful of what learning method you use. Linguists, and people with vast experience in learning languages will almost always agree on the fact that most language learning methods out there are 50-70 percent fluff! It's pretty easy to get away with telling you that you'll be able to speak a language when for example, someone says "hello", they're speaking English, and it doesn't mean they can actually communicate. Being semi-fluent means you have a functional comprehension of at least 65% in the conventional range of that language, while fluent would be anything greater than 80%. If you don't have the time to learn a language properly, and you're after something quick and easy, then you're probably headed towards disappointment. The best method to getting as far as you can get in the shortest period of time is called the “3 step”. The first step is to complete a FULL Pimsleur (MUST BE PIMSLEUR) course. Listen to each lesson at least 2 times, taking notes the first time with new vocabulary and studying before listening the second time. The 2nd step is to form a list of the 3,000 most commonly used words/vocabulary in English, to also include the eight parts of speech (verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections), which you can search the web for. Once you've formed the list, you need to find accurate generic-translations, which you can apply to most common case scenarios of that language(definatley the most challenging part of all this).Once that's done, make flash cards or whichever method works best for you in memorizing vocabulary, but try to include each word in a sentence, in addition to just the new word and it's meaning. After you've memorized all that, the 3rd step is to locate 4 movies that are preferably some kind of Disney movie, or anything of a slower pace. Childrens movies seem to work best for this. Watch the movie in the language you're trying to learn with good, quality English subtitles. Watch ONLY these same 4 movies continuously as much as possible, to the point where you know what's going to be said next. Try to plan completing each step in this order, exactly as described within a time-frame of about 8-10 months. When you're done, you should be somewhere in the range of “semi-fluency”, at the point where learning after the “3 step” is quick and easy, and being close to fluent after 2 years of using it everyday, and learning at least an additional 100 new vocabulary words a month during that time. You'll thank me when you're done!
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Yes, I think it's good. Brazilian Portuguese would be the best for you if you want to do some kind of work related to the UN, or work for an NGO, or with development issues. Brazil's economy and its influence will continue to grow in the coming years. And there simply aren't many people learning Portuguese as a second language. Only knowing Spanish is OK, but Spanish+Portuguese will open a lot more doors for you. It's also the easiest language for you to learn if you've already studied Spanish because both languages are so similar. (Oh, and don't forget, Portuguese is also spoken in countries in Africa: Angola and Mozambique, for example.)
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Portuguese may be beneficial to learn, because it is more scarce in the international relations business. Everyone knows Spanish and French. I speak European Portuguese, but Brazilian is more widely spoken and would be more useful.