Spanish on comeback trail in Philippines

[Francis Hult]

Inquirer.net

 

Spanish on comeback trail in Philippines

 

Two decades since the obligatory learning of Spanish in the university level was abolished, we are now seeing the revival of Spanish, mainly through the high-profile efforts of the Instituto Cervantes and a number of universities that maintain a Department of European Languages. Two decades since the abolition of Spanish as an obligatory course in the university level, we have the welcome news that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will endorse Spanish (that has since been dropped as an official language of the Philippines) as a preferred language. The President is fluent in Spanish, and as an economist she knows the value of this language in our time.

 

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