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The Philippines is a large English-speaking nation with diverse needs and uses of the language. Learn about the gaps, recommendations, and initiatives to improve English teaching and learning in the country from various stakeholders.
Nov 5, 2022 · English is widely spoken in most cities and provinces in the Philippines. But which cities have the most English speakers? The three frontrunners are Manila, Cebu City, and Davao City.
Jul 13, 2022 · This paper aims to discuss the different factors behind the descending Filipino English proficiency, such as learners’ motivation, parental involvement, learning environment, teaching...
Philippine English is characterized by a host of words borrowed from a variety of linguistic sources, the main ones being Filipino, the Tagalog-based national language, and Spanish, the colonial tongue that preceded English. Loan words and loan blends such as the following form part of the everyday vocabulary of Philippine English:
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is any variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.
Nov 19, 2020 · International company Education First ranked the Philippines 27th in its 2020 English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), with the country garnering a score of 562 out of 700. For comparison, the...
With his focus on the English of the Filipino “educated” circle, we see how Llamzon’s basis for his proposed variety of Philippine English is primarily extracted from the variety of English that is closer to the Standard American English variety.
