The ROI of learning Tagalog - was it worth it?

[clidim]

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maybe just the basic tagalog grammar on the curriculum, para at least fluent pud when it comes to speaking tagalog

[splendid moonlight]

The Filipino subject is okay, but studying it from elementary to college is overkill. If you give someone a yellow shirt on his birthday, and give him a similar shirt on his next birthday, and does that for many years, he'll start questioning where, what, when he's gonna use it for; the novelty's gone and he'll end up selling the shirts (but this is bad analogy because there might actually be a good ROI there). The point is that you get tired of the same thing.

Also, a lot of us learned Tagalog the same way we learned Bisaya - by having heard it spoken. We can read Tagalog and understand Tagalog. We know the basics; if we want to expand our knowledge in Filipino, all we have to do is grab a book.

When I was living in UAE, I automatically spoke Tagalog to fellow Filipinos I encountered. In a way, it bridged gaps. But that doesn't make Tagalog extra special; if some other language was the Filipino national language, it would have as easily achieved the same thing.

[pinoy_09]

Great point! My statement "We should re-think how Tagalog should be taught in schools" also applies to English and History...judging by the inability of a lot of Filipinos to communicate in English effectively and their grasp of world history. And this is further exacerbated with the rise of TXT speak.

But this was not always the case. If you go back two or three generations, you would find a substantial workforce with better command of the English language. It was not until ultranationalist politicians and education officials started to re-assert the primacy of Tagalog-learning that we started to see the decline of our once-prided English fluency.

....and jejemon.

The efficacy of teaching English literature and Filipino to Filipino students are almost on the same boat, judging from the way they are taught (for instance, requiring students to digest Shakespeare readings, etc). It's almost as if Shakespearean literature can be used in a normal english conversation.

While it is true that these English and Filipino subjects help us comprehend and write better, the classes are almost useless, especially if we talk about higher learning. They are probably acceptable in elementary and high school, but in college? Completely ridiculous.

[bungot25]

learning tagalog is such a pain..it does really twist my tonque when i was on highschool.. but still worth it.

[behemothharr]

Maayo pag ilisan nalang nang Pilipino subject og lain lain lengwahe sama sa Chinese, Japanese,Spanish, French og uban pa. Pabor unta kaayo nato kay dili ika limod daghan Pinoy gusto nalang manarbaho sa laing nasud para maluwas sa kalisod.

[petite fleur]

Maayo pag ilisan nalang nang Pilipino subject og lain lain lengwahe sama sa Chinese, Japanese,Spanish, French og uban pa. Pabor unta kaayo nato kay dili ika limod daghan Pinoy gusto nalang manarbaho sa laing nasud para maluwas sa kalisod.

très vrai Monsieur!