Hiya! Okay, imma filipino, born in Australia, and the weird thing is that i can understand tagalog all the time.....but i can't speak it...... well not fluently anyways. =_= Is this normal? Or am i just weird? ;p
I'm trying to learn how to speak tagalog fluently, but i cant get the accent right.... >.< Any advice on how to improve?
Much appreciated ^_^

For my English report, I have to talk about the Filipino American sub-culture. If anyone can provide links of info about them that would be great. Please, do not send me biographies of people. I need factual information about them in general.

Or if you know something about Filipino Americans already, lemme kno!

Stuff that would be good to know about them are:
How they grow up with the American lifestyle
Their balance in accent
How parents treat them
Their aim on their careers
Their behavior

You get the idea. Any info can be good! Thanks.

i just dont feel comfortable speaking in tagalog in other countries, i feel like the accent is funny..... if u've heard someone speak tagalog, what does it sound like? i mean, if you hear someone speak, what language comes into ur mind? JUST WANNA GET SOME IDEAS... NOTHING PERSONAL
ok thx 4 ur answers, but what about it? if u hear it, what language comes into ur mind? spanish? chinese? or somthin else?

Just wondering why some people are like that?

here's my story:
I went to Greenbelt Ayala 2 days ago together with my family. Then behind us there's a group of girls walking and they are all talking in taglish and also I heard one girl tried to talk in Filipino all the time (which I like) but the other girls responded all in English/taglish most of the time.

Do you find it annoying? I mean... If the question was in Filipino and they answered it correctly in English... it means.. they obviously understood it, am i right? Why not just say it in Filipino?

After all, they are all Pinays..(because of the accent, you can tell if they are raised or born in an English-Speaking country) talking in Filipino is not shameful. They might be studying in some prestigious wherein English is encouraged.. but c'mon.. Taglish is just not right!

Let me know your opinions! Thanks!
If you are raised or born in an English-Speaking country... you don't count. We understand how hard it might be for you to talk. I'm just talking about those people who are trying hard.

When I say Filipino... i mean.. it could be any dialects in the Philippines not just tagalog.

i am filipino and i was born in America and i usually don't have an accent.