Asia Finest Discussion Forum > How Often Is Tagalog Taught As A Language In Schol

dalawapo

Jul 15 2004, 04:31 PM

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According to the 1990 and 2000 United States Census, TAGALOG is the second most commonly-spoken Asian language (after Chinese) in the United States, and the sixth non-English language spoken in America. TAGALOG is the lingua franca of Filipinos anywhere in the world. Most Southeast Asian scholars use TAGALOG as the tool for research in the Philippines. It is also the language of major works in literature and that of Philippine films and songs.

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/TAGALOG/Tagalog_mainpage.htm

is Tagalog one of the options for foreign language courses in your area? Here it is mainly Spanish courses offered.

I_YaH

Jul 15 2004, 07:44 PM

yep in some schools they are ....pero ung spanish ... they are not that popular anymore most schools offers nihongo or mandarin nlng la ng spanish

dalawapo

Jul 15 2004, 11:21 PM

you know im refering to american schools right?

bombs_over_tokyo

Jul 15 2004, 11:22 PM

it's offered at my highschool in san francisco.

--Kaged--

Jul 16 2004, 04:03 AM

i wonder how it feels to learn tagalog. i think it wouldl be very very hard. tagalog seems like a complicated and confusing language if u think about it.

dalawapo

Jul 16 2004, 04:16 AM

actually it is said to be a fairly eassy language to learn. im currently studying it. its not complicated. just alot of those um mga things iono how to explain it. what ar ethey called? poscessive prefix/sufix?

Ek-ek

Jul 16 2004, 06:25 AM

Filipino language po!

Felipal

Dec 1 2005, 02:16 PM

It's offered at my university. The universities that my friends go to say it's being offered there too.

oanari

Dec 1 2005, 08:00 PM

I think University of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu) offers both Tagalog and Ilocano.

ELoKwent

Dec 2 2005, 01:03 AM

they're offered in most community colleges... the language isn't too hard to speak BUT writing it out is a whole different story.. girls just don't understand when I try to write sweet to them in tagalog

Talim

Dec 3 2005, 02:43 PM

Where I live it's offered in a high school in a near by city, but the asian language offered in my school is japanese.

toki

Dec 3 2005, 05:00 PM

QUOTE (dalawapo @ Jul 15 2004, 04:31 PM)

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According to the 1990 and 2000 United States Census, TAGALOG is the second most commonly-spoken Asian language (after Chinese) in the United States, and the sixth non-English language spoken in America. TAGALOG is the lingua franca of Filipinos anywhere in the world. Most Southeast Asian scholars use TAGALOG as the tool for research in the Philippines. It is also the language of major works in literature and that of Philippine films and songs.

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/TAGALOG/Tagalog_mainpage.htm

is Tagalog one of the options for foreign language courses in your area? Here it is mainly Spanish courses offered.

its interesting . but i think i heard filipinos are the 2nd largest asian group in america (i got this from a fact book) yet its not offered in schools all that much. the only asian languages i saw offered in high schools were chinese, korean, japanese. college was about the same.

filipinoy

Dec 3 2005, 10:45 PM

i heard two schools in my area used to offer tagalog, but now they only Spanish & French

dalawapo

Dec 3 2005, 10:51 PM

filipino understand english that y is not needing class in armerina

filipinoy

Dec 3 2005, 10:57 PM

QUOTE (dalawapo @ Dec 3 2005, 09:51 PM)

filipino understand english that y is not needing class in armerina

armenia?...lol

& US born Pinoys don't speak filipino, unlike most Asians
or is it bcuz their parents understand english

BTW, i have a D on my Filipino class

dalawapo

Dec 3 2005, 11:01 PM

my mom try to teach inbetween job but i lack intersrt

filipinoy

Dec 3 2005, 11:11 PM

^hehe, i've met this part chamoru part filipino guy bout 3-4 days ago in LA, who can speak some of both languages, & i'm sure it's not u..........better not be u

filipinoy

Dec 3 2005, 11:25 PM

QUOTE (dalawapo @ Jul 16 2004, 03:16 AM)

actually it is said to be a fairly eassy language to learn. im currently studying it. its not complicated. just alot of those um mga things iono how to explain it. what ar ethey called? poscessive prefix/sufix?

Lesson 1: how to say:
Two please : Dalawa po