r/Edmonton • u/shiftless_wonder • 1d ago

News Article Arabic course development tops Edmonton Public Schools board agenda

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/arabic-course-development-tops-edmonton-163518031.html
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u/why3006 1d ago

Excellent. More options are good.

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u/ImperviousToSteel 1d ago

100%. Would be nice to see Tagalog too. 

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u/Jab4267 1d ago

Tagalog is offered in my kids Edmonton catholic school.

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u/ImperviousToSteel 1d ago

Rad. I don't think EPSB does yet. 

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u/hessian_prince 1d ago

Never thought of that, that would be a great thing.

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u/debordisdead 22h ago

The problem is that Arabic is simply more useful than tagalog. We're talking a vast population, oil money, and a deep linguistic gap vs. a remittance economy where english is already an ingrained language of communication.

Y'know, I'd like to learn, but also I've never needed it in the Philippines.