3 minutes, tell you about the origin of Philippine English

When it comes to the Philippines, I believe that many people still maintain a harsh impression of poverty, backwardness, war, and drug lords. In fact, the Philippines is a Southeast Asian island country with 7107 islands, such as Boracay Island and Mint Island, which are famous all over the world for their crystal-clear islands, especially for Chinese tourists. It is summer all year round, with blue sky, white clouds and sunshine all year round. The invincible seascape country is fascinated, and therefore, the Philippines has become one of the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists to travel abroad.

Wait, look at the posture at the beginning. Is it a Philippine travel strategy?

Of course not! Today, the editor is not here to introduce you to the travel strategy of the Philippines, but to pick up the Philippines, a country with more than 80 languages, why is the popularity of English so high? The matter of speaking English so smoothly ~

According to the 2010 Education Examination Service (ETS) ranking, the Philippines ranks 35th among 163 countries in English. Among the countries in Asia that do better than the Philippines are Singapore and India, and Malaysia and the Philippines rank 35th together.

Tracing back to the source, the reason why English is so popular in the Philippines is that the Philippines was once occupied by the United States. In 1898, control of the Philippines was transferred to the United States. American culture has deeply influenced the Philippines. As of the independence of the Philippines in 1946, the United States actively promoted English education in Philippine primary and secondary schools. After the independence of the Philippines, the policy of English supremacy has continued. At present, science majors in public schools in the Philippines insist on teaching in English, and all textbooks for higher education are in English.

Under the premise of extremely high English penetration rate, it is only natural that the overall English level is higher. In the Philippines, the English level of ordinary people gives the impression that English is their mother tongue, while social elites and white-collar workers can speak a standard American spoken language, and everyone is proficient and free to use English.

Therefore, as long as foreigners can speak English, they can go everywhere in the Philippines without hindrance. This has also attracted many institutions and companies from European and American countries to set up their Asia-Pacific headquarters in the Philippines. English advantage has become one of the Philippines' biggest advantages in international competition, and Filipinos are quite proud of it. However, English is not the native language of most Filipinos. So how do Filipinos learn this "foreign language" so well?

In fact, the Philippines has the highest English usage rate and the best application environment among non-English-speaking countries. According to Wikipedia statistics, the proportion of the English-speaking population in the Philippines is 92.58%, almost the same as the proportion of the American 95.81%. At the same time, compared with foreign teachers in Europe and the United States, Philippine teachers themselves have experienced the process of learning English, so they also know more about how to learn English well.

In the Philippines, bookstores are full of English books, and major newspapers are printed in English, because only in this way can readers all over the country understand, and TV is also full of English programs. In addition, the Philippine education system has inherited the American education system and education methods. Filipino children have been learning simple English since kindergarten. When attending primary and secondary schools, students must have an English class every day. After college, the English class time is reduced to an average of half an hour a day. During the whole student period, students have to do English homework and take English tests. More importantly, there are many subjects whose textbooks are printed in English or in English and Filipino. Teachers also often give lectures in English in class. Therefore, Filipinos who usually complete higher education have English equivalent to their mother tongue level.

In addition, the Philippines has a long-term economic downturn and the unemployment rate remains high. A large number of Filipinos go out to make a living and flow into English-speaking countries. Remittances from overseas Filipinos have become an important pillar of Philippine GDP. Fluency in English directly determines their salary. All Filipinos not only speak English well, but also can easily distinguish English accents from different regions. In addition, the Philippines is currently one of the largest English Call center centers in the world. English skills are related to the job search opportunities of multinational companies and virtually encourage them to be keen on the use of English.