Why, why not and what uses will it serve?
2007-09-26 09:12:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Diego
It would help but you do not need it to get by or anything. I do not know spanish and I'm latino and many people assume I speak it. I get by fine w/o it and most spanish speakers know or at least understand some english well enough to communicate. And it all depends on what part of SD you live in; if you live south of interstate 8 it's going to be more helpful than if you live in North County. Don't worry about it, you'll be fine with just english and will probably learn some spanish anyways from being here.
2007-09-26 09:26:11 · answer #1 · answered by Sav 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't have to but it would be a good idea, both to be able to communicate as well as to open up more job opportunities.
It is not true what above poster said about it being necessary to know Spanish for a public contact job. However, it does increase your employability and in some jobs there's a financial incentive for being bilingual.
Unfortunately I have very limited skills in language acquision and so have had a difficult time at it. The brain learns language much better prior to age 8 (proven by research) yet we teach foreign languages in school at grade 9 and above...stooopid!
So if you have the opportunity and interest to learn Spanish, go for it! I made the mistake of taking French because I thought it sounded cool. What an idiot I was.
I currently teach ESL (English for foreigners) and you would not believe the interesting stories they have to tell. If you don't speak Spanish and live in Southern California, you are missing out on some interesting stuff.
2007-09-27 23:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by Pat D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesnt matters if you know spanish or not I lived in San Diego my whole life and i dont know any spanish and I'm doing perfectly fine, if your looking for a job in San Diego i think it would be a plus on your resume.
2007-09-26 23:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is always helpful to learn another language and since SD has a large hispanic population it might come in helpful. I worked at an MD office and it would have come in handy but lived there for 41 years without knowing how to speak it and I got along allright.
2007-09-29 20:08:19 · answer #4 · answered by CaliforniaGrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not required, but it's a good idea to know as much as you can. It means you will be able to communicate with everyone. This is particularly important if you are in a service job where some of the 'customers' only speak spanish.
2007-09-26 22:51:10 · answer #5 · answered by CEO&LittleLeagueMom 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope. I work at Aeropostale in Horton Plaza (the big multi-level mall in downtown San Diego) and we get a lot of illegals coming into the store. Even though they don't speak English, money is a universal language. Remember, we're in America.
2007-09-26 20:06:34 · answer #6 · answered by Angie 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, remember San Diego is in the USA not Mexico.
2007-09-26 17:19:32 · answer #7 · answered by RT 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Todos la gente en San Diego hablan solamente espanol.
2007-09-26 22:24:11 · answer #8 · answered by VampireDog 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok...I don't speak a lick of Spanish (ok..I can order a beer) but I have no problem at all. I work in retail and sometimes we do have people come in that don't speak English, but it's not hard to find someone who can help them.
2007-09-26 20:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by beeze 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter if you know spanish but it would be more useful if you did education wise and if you just want to see what they might be saying
2007-09-26 16:16:43 · answer #10 · answered by sky b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋