Anna Karenina has some really good parts that I enjoyed, but it's reaaaally
long. I sort of treated it like a soap opera I guess as I read it in
episodes. I definitely would have gotten more out of it if I Understood
Literature (I wasn't an English or Russian Lit major), but I still enjoyed
it.
And wow, that's an interesting take! I feel like Filipinos and Mexicans do
have a lot in common re: imperialism, but Spanish was never imposed on the
Philippines to the same extent--at the end of the day, it was really only
the elites who spoke Spanish and got a western education. I think it's
noteworthy that the Spanish-speaking "revolutionaries" in the Philippines
actually wanted reform from Catholic church corruption and STRONGER ties
with Spain. The US totally supplanted Spain and Spanish language/culture
after crushing the Revolution (and then the elites switched to wanting
American rule, of course). I don't know much about how native languages in
Mexico fared and how language politics work over there--I'd be interested
in hearing more about that if you're up for it :D Do Mexican-Americans try
to teach their children Spanish? Filipino-Americans are notoriously bad at
passing the language down.
I just don't understand why a parent wouldn't want to raise their child
bilingual?? Even if they think Tagalog isn't a useful language (which is
BS), there are only positives and no negatives of being raised with two
languages? It's the kid's heritage language, and also speaking two
languages is good for your brain!
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Re: Language
Date: 2019-04-25 11:59 am (UTC)Anna Karenina has some really good parts that I enjoyed, but it's reaaaally long. I sort of treated it like a soap opera I guess as I read it in episodes. I definitely would have gotten more out of it if I Understood Literature (I wasn't an English or Russian Lit major), but I still enjoyed it.
And wow, that's an interesting take! I feel like Filipinos and Mexicans do have a lot in common re: imperialism, but Spanish was never imposed on the Philippines to the same extent--at the end of the day, it was really only the elites who spoke Spanish and got a western education. I think it's noteworthy that the Spanish-speaking "revolutionaries" in the Philippines actually wanted reform from Catholic church corruption and STRONGER ties with Spain. The US totally supplanted Spain and Spanish language/culture after crushing the Revolution (and then the elites switched to wanting American rule, of course). I don't know much about how native languages in Mexico fared and how language politics work over there--I'd be interested in hearing more about that if you're up for it :D Do Mexican-Americans try to teach their children Spanish? Filipino-Americans are notoriously bad at passing the language down.
I just don't understand why a parent wouldn't want to raise their child bilingual?? Even if they think Tagalog isn't a useful language (which is BS), there are only positives and no negatives of being raised with two languages? It's the kid's heritage language, and also speaking two languages is good for your brain!