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13 Ιουλ 2022 · This paper aims to discuss the different factors behind the descending Filipino English proficiency, such as learners’ motivation, parental involvement, learning environment, teaching...
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- Aiden Yeh
Dr. Aiden Yeh is an Associate Professor at Wenzao Ursuline...
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English has always been one of the official languages of the Philippines and is spoken by more than 14 million Filipinos. It is the language of commerce and law, as well as the primary medium of instruction in education.
English is a relatively new institutionalized language in the Philippines. It has only been around since the 1900s with its introduction by our American colonizers. Through the Americans’ implementation of a mass education program throughout the Philippines, English came to be used by Filipinos in all levels of their schooling as the
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a 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.
This is also the reason why the English language can’t be left out of the discourse on national language, language planning, and language policies in the Philippine context. It impacts not only education but also extends greatly into the conversation on nation-alism, ethnolinguistic identity, and, at the socioeconomic level, our incessant ...
The Philippine variety of English has evolved beyond the American standard, having developed distinctive features of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and discourse determined by the native languages and culture of its Filipino speakers.
21 Μαρ 2024 · English remains a socioeconomically differentiating language; it is pervasive in most aspects of Philippine life, but the colonial ideologies and practices associated with it endure. The challenge now is how not to deprive Filipinos of opportunities to learn English while, at the same time, leaving them free to commit themselves to demolishing ...
