Spanish on comeback trail in Philippines

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded Fromedling at lists.sis.utsa.edu

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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http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=105314

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