I saw it some where in Wikipedia that Spanish will be taught officially in the Philippines schools now, is that true? Does Filipinos really care to learn Spanish? It is consider hot to speak Spanish?

No se.

they say that filipino call center employess will score points and be able to move up in the hierarchy fast! and that in the end its going to benefit the philippine economy....

seeing as usa and japan is the #1 trading partners followed by the chinese/english speaking places in asia then it would be more relevant to learn that imo... but whatever..

then theres those who want to learn to about colonial past and history and all that... fine

Arroyo
spend money on helping people imo

I took spanish 1 in middle school, it was between that and french. Since my family members all took french, I didn't want to be a copy cat

oh god the mindless.

is there like an antidote to these kind of topics? seems like every week theres a new spanish related thread.... it gets boring!

i'll learn how to speak spanish if some spaniards learn how to speak tagalog lol..then its fair lol

Italian is also a good option because Filipino Immigration and Birth Rates are on the rise in Italy.

some people want to learn, some don't want to learn it, and others just simply don't care about it...
but it would be beneficial for the Philippines, since Philippines is also a member of Latin Union

hirap nga english,spanish pa kaya

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ayos lang sakin, sabi nung teacher kong dating seminarista, kapag marunong ka mag Español, madali lang mag-aral ng Pranses, Italyano, Portuges, at Latin... gusto ko mag-aral ng Latin pero ayaw ko magpari

PUTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PUTANG INA MO!

i think its optional language in school...and i dont think it will get popular...english and tagalog is hard...why add spanish?

I would have tried learning Spanish again just to be able to hit on a neighbouring office receptionist but she only talks to me in english and besides that, she just married another filipino dude here and her belly is getting bigger nowadays.

So, rationale for me to learn it now don't exist...

im predicting this thread would go up to 80 pages .... not another spanish thread

yeah too bad the IQ isn't.

omg lol

while we're at it start to teach arab, korean, german, french, greek, hebrew, norwegian, finnish, dutch, swedish...

Optional is fine, if its mandatory then I think its wack. I think it can become popular, at least to the people with "sosyal" attitude anyways....

Why not? Wouldn't hurt to open some doors...learn some history...

People act like it's extremely difficult to learn a new language. For young kids, it's actually a piece of cake. I don't see why second language learning in anything besides English isn't being encouraged in Filipino schools. Where I live, we've got a ton of second language schools here..French, Spanish, Italian, Punjabi, Mandarin, etc....I even heard that they're introducing Filipino classes at some Catholic school in the fall.

I'm also guessing that a Filipino speaker would find it far easier to learn Spanish than English or Arabic or German..

^^ actually, its not because that way huh!! its because we still have to deal with our own language, sa totoo lang, kahit FILIPINO langauge ang hirap imaster.

Spanish has been revived
well for some at least
lol

In Private Sectarian Schools ( Private Catholic owned Colleges) its a compulsory
dont know about the Public and Secular Schools though
If its been implemented..

Im planning on working in a call center
heres this new international company in Cebu
where they will need
English and Spanish speakers
as CS

yay
best of both languages I must
say
Salud..

AF has made me realize something: While most East and South East Asians would want to learn another Asian language, a lot of Filipinos would usually rather learn Spanish and/or other romance languages. Why is that?

Most say that it's easier to learn, when Spanish has no practical value in the Philippines neighborhood of East and SE Asia. Plus some other nonsensical reasons. But don't be fooled, there is an Asian renaissance per se in the Philippines with increasing numbers of people who want to study Japanese, Korean and Mandarin. Japanese(Nihongo) has a very strong demand in the Philippines.

you should hvae said you wanted to die faster.. i would have helped you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yawa

I dont think most Filipinos care about Spanish language/culture these days. When I was there a few years ago, whenever I mentioned anything Spanish-related, ppl acted like they didnt know/care.

they would probably like to learn spanish to make them feel better about themselves and to "confirm" their "spanish" ancestry.

That's a good point. I think its got some truth to it. But not all Filipinos are lying about it.

A false sense of ancestry. Even history points to the fact Spanish was never spoken by the majority of the population so how can it be a so-called "ancestry?"

There's nothing wrong with wanting to learn Spanish. It's a beautiful language with much global application. San Carlos University, one of the schools I went to stopped teaching Spanish when I was born. My mom and dad had to take it, my father's parents were quite proficient at it. It would have been big help to me now, in the U.S.

I agree theres nothing wrong with learning Spanish, but when people want to force it down our throats then I will be against it. Unlike Chinese and Japanese in the Philippines, those languages are just optional, but yet more people are studying those languages every year. Compare peoples reactions to something mandatory to another thats optional. And you'll see the difference in the choices.

well most say they have chinese blood, they may want to reconnect

well if its part of our identity, why not?
but not for me

I wouldn't say Chinese blood. It's more of studying because it's in demand and have an interest in things Asian, since we are Asian.

not true...
most would actually want to master English (to become call center agents ) or chinese (damn should have taken that chinese class in high school)
but when my grandma was still alive, she used to brag about her knowledge in Spanish to us.. would always be like
but loved her even so

LOL ^^ same here but i use to get into fights with all Mexicans in schools. so when she tries to speak spanish to me, id make fun of her and also i would block the spanish channels too, bros idea. i know, i know, i know... bad.




yeah if your into bing a day laborer. oh, i see.

I was in the Philippines 2 weeks ago, I've asked my cousin if Spanish was one of mandatory subjects in college and he said no. However, I saw alot of Adds around metro Manila encouraging people to learn Spanish.

you dont need to learn spanish to cut a lawn...

If they want to learn Spanish let them.

Though from what I've seen, some Filipinos had grudges with Spanish so it's best to just keep it as a elective in Philippines rather than required subject. Leyenda Negra anyone?

In Manila, Instituto Cervantes promotes Hispanic influenced culture a lot, which is good, since it's sad to see Manileño culture becoming assimilated heavly with American media. Intramuros is a mess, could have been a Manila landmark, like the Forbidden City in China or Warsaw.

OFF TOPIC

Do people in Manila even call themselves Manileño still? Like how theres Cebuano, Zamboangeño, Ilocano, Boholano, etc.

Intramureño's (Mestizo inhabitants of Intramuros, Filipinos who only spoke Spanish) have long been dead because of heavy bombing during WWII.

oh, boy the diluted retard is back!

LOL Mestizo inhabitants LOL

Learning spanish does not any offer any big benefit today unless u have some buisness with spain or spanish people or you plan to work in spanish speaking countries. Since more of our workers work in the middle east, japan and chinese cities learning languages in these regions should be more of a priority than spanish.