Spanish: to be official language again

[overdrayv]

from http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...508707&page=26

THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT WILL SEEK AID FROM SPAIN TO OFFICIALIZE SPANISH

Buenos Aires, 8th August 2007

Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is studying the prospects of reviving the official language status of Spanish by January after the country abandoned it in 1987. Arroyo will seek the collaboration of Spain, Sec. Humberto Lopez Morales of the Association of the Spanish Language Academy announced today.

In his inaugural speech before a spanish language forum held in the Argentine capital, Lopez Morales affirmed that the Philippine leader will send the petition to the Spanish government when she visits Madrid in December.

According to the Cuban philologist, Spain's cooperation with its former colony in Asia may include the shipment of teaching materials and provision of Spanish teachers among others.

If this happens, a decree re-establishing Spanish as an official language in the Philippines is expected to be passed into law possibly by January of next year, asserted Lopez Morales.

Arroyo has already expressed publicly her interest to revert to Spanish but this is the first time that a concrete date was set.

Last April, the Instituto Cervantes of Manila asked the Philippine government to re-include Spanish in the medium of instruction for public schools.

The Philippines removed Spanish from its education system in 1987 during the term of Pres. Corazon Aquino through a new constitution that was formed after the fall of Ferdinand Marcos regime.

At present, more than 5,000 Filipinos study Spanish in the country according to Instituto Cervantes.

Agencia EFE

original article in Spanish http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/efe/200...a-6cd3e4e.html

[Isuzoom]

NYETA!! paano tayo maka move forward kung ano ano iniisip ng mga pendehong government natin....spaniards, mexican and other spanish speaking countries are learning how to speak english and tayo mag spanish? BALLSHEET bobo!!!

[badkuk]

i believe that Spanish should be the official language.....











.....in Spain.

[alwayz_yummy]

istupido engrande tang*-engot!

[dazedchiq]

It wouldn't hurt to learn Spanish, but a drastic move like this is absurd.

[ess]

Mebbe they're doing this para makatipid sila sa pag-show ng mexican telenovelas.... no more need to dub.

But yeah, it's always good to learn a new language.

[alwayz_yummy]

di na uso ang mexiconovela-->korea/asianobela na....

pangit lang talaga kung ganyan ang gagawin, lalong magugulo ang education system natin-->taglish na nga ang turo di pa nga magets ng karamihan,e...

[Syuryuken]

potek kung anu-ano ng naiisip ng lukaret na presidente natin.

malapit na rin sigurong maisipang ibenta ang Pilipinas.

[Satio]

Its fine to learn Spanish, but it should only on the selected schools.. I guess..

[GasJunkie]

Implemented correctly = major +++++++++++++





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[typhoon]

I am currently in Spain and nosebleed ako lagi kase bihira dito marunong mag-English hehe. Dito kase mukang ikaw mag-aadjust sa kanila, kung hindi ka marunong mag-Spanish, sorry na lang. In our case kase, we try to be as accommodating as possible, kaya siguro naisipan na ibalik Spanish as a required language. Pero agree din ako na medyo mahirap nga tong gawin...

[Negus]

Are there any spanish speaking country in east asia? none? kung ma-implement ito ng maayos, magandang panghatak ito sa mga investors at international students (e.g. koreans coming to philippines to learn english) ....

like it or not, it's part of our heritage (500 years of spanish colonization). in Japan, spanish is becoming the 2nd most sought after language skill next to english due to influx of mexicans (getting mexican tourist visa is not strict, they can even extend their visas upto six months... perhaps manpower for their japan's factories?). Dumadami na din kasi yung mga opening sa mga spanish interpreters/teachers. Bagong opportunity ito para sa "international" pinoy..... pero kung ayaw wag pipilitin, yung gusto lang .

I agree with Gas Junkie, nasa implementation na lang siguro yan.....

[akal]

Vamos tumba la cama, entrada mi picoy tu fuerta, con atras abante; no pwersa pero sige rapido birada, cargada cemilya todo discarga..ole

ayoko ng spanish hirap pag-aralan ang haba-haba ang ibig sabihin lang pala ay "***"

[oldblue]

sige por bapor contra eroplano biyahe de familya ko sa disyembre