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Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Hispanics they need to learn English....
Javier:
--- Quote from: 7even on June 15, 2007, 03:39:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on June 15, 2007, 03:33:50 PM ---Here's something shocking, majority of the latinos in the country speak both English and Spanish. Spanish is a skill in this capitalist country, not a burden.
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Of course, but not speaking English is not a skill, and something one could consider a burden. He didn't say "forget all spanish vocabulary" or something lmao. But if you just watch spanish tv, talk spanish wherever you hang out, read spanish papers, etc, there's quite a chance you're going to make life too comfortable for yourself and never get around to learn english. Obviously this is not the problem with you, you can watch as much spanish tv as you're pleased.
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Each generation is losing more Spanish speaking people. It's really nothing to be worried about, my potential kids are going to know less Spanish than myself, and etc etc. All of my younger cousins can't even talk Spanish that well, they can but it's really just enough to get by with their parents and other family members.
7even:
--- Quote from: Garth Brooks on June 15, 2007, 04:33:55 PM ---SPEEK ENGLISH OR GET OUT!
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lmfao
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on June 15, 2007, 04:35:14 PM ---Each generation is losing more Spanish speaking people. It's really nothing to be worried about, my potential kids are going to know less Spanish than myself, and etc etc. All of my younger cousins can't even talk Spanish that well, they can but it's really just enough to get by with their parents and other family members.
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Really? I don't see the big deal of raising a kid bilingual. Of course the parents should be able to speak both languages to do that. Otherwise it's Spanish in the parents-world and English in the outside-world, which is not for the best. I've seen people talking to their kids in 2 languages, like switching it up sentence by sentence. Kids are somehow able to distinguish naturally.. I'm talking about really young kids, like really young. You can't start that stuff with a 10 year old.
Javier:
--- Quote from: 7even on June 15, 2007, 04:41:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Garth Brooks on June 15, 2007, 04:33:55 PM ---SPEEK ENGLISH OR GET OUT!
--- End quote ---
lmfao
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on June 15, 2007, 04:35:14 PM ---Each generation is losing more Spanish speaking people. It's really nothing to be worried about, my potential kids are going to know less Spanish than myself, and etc etc. All of my younger cousins can't even talk Spanish that well, they can but it's really just enough to get by with their parents and other family members.
--- End quote ---
Really? I don't see the big deal of raising a kid bilingual. Of course the parents should be able to speak both languages to do that. Otherwise it's Spanish in the parents-world and English in the outside-world, which is not for the best. I've seen people talking to their kids in 2 languages, like switching it up sentence by sentence. Kids are somehow able to distinguish naturally.. I'm talking about really young kids, like really young. You can't start that stuff with a 10 year old.
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It used to be easier because schools here in California used to have bi-lingual programs. They would teach the smarter kids some Spanish lessons up until 3rd Grade. The younger Latino generation will just be much more comfortable with English in the future than what it is today. In about ten years, it's going to be switched from Spanish first, English second, to English first, Spanish second.
Fatdodger:
HHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
he gonna teach them
Mr. O:
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on June 15, 2007, 04:35:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: 7even on June 15, 2007, 03:39:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on June 15, 2007, 03:33:50 PM ---Here's something shocking, majority of the latinos in the country speak both English and Spanish. Spanish is a skill in this capitalist country, not a burden.
--- End quote ---
Of course, but not speaking English is not a skill, and something one could consider a burden. He didn't say "forget all spanish vocabulary" or something lmao. But if you just watch spanish tv, talk spanish wherever you hang out, read spanish papers, etc, there's quite a chance you're going to make life too comfortable for yourself and never get around to learn english. Obviously this is not the problem with you, you can watch as much spanish tv as you're pleased.
--- End quote ---
Each generation is losing more Spanish speaking people. It's really nothing to be worried about, my potential kids are going to know less Spanish than myself, and etc etc. All of my younger cousins can't even talk Spanish that well, they can but it's really just enough to get by with their parents and other family members.
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I guess if that's the case...they pretty much lost their cultrual language...and eventually, generations beyond would not understand their own language...and basically their identity would pretty much be lost forever....and then...I'm thinking if this goes further down the road...they wouldn't recognize hispanics as hispanics...but what would they be known as...
"unknown?" ???
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