Why isn’t there a Korean/Tagalog/Thai language classes in College?
It seems kinda weird that there is Chinese, and Japanese for community college language classes, but why don't I see more variety? I am interested in taking Korean and some Tagalog (most of my friends from work are from the Philipines) but those languages are not offered and I am too broke to go to the Language Door place to learn them. (up to 0 bucks to learn just one language!).
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Usually community colleges will offer whatever languages there is plenty of demand for, since it is a matter of economics, not discrimination. For example, in my community they offer Armenian because there are many Armenian-Americans eager to sign up for it and the classes pay for themselves. Why don’t you talk to the foreign language department at your local community college and ask them what it would take for them to offer the classes. Maybe a petition with a hundred signatures of students wishing to sign up? Or an offer to locate a teacher willing to teach that one class? Maybe your Filipino friends at work would be interested in helping to get a course in Filipino culture that could include basic conversational Tagalog as well. Community colleges are usually very responsive to local demand. Go for it!
Because those are not majority languages. Like in China, they offer Chinese, Japanese, English and sometimes French or German. You don’t find much resources on less spoken languages. Especially in a community college. A lot of people don’t even know what Tagalog is. More people want to learn Japanese and Chinese for business and there is not many business oppertunities in other Asian languages. They’re not going to waste money on less popular languages.