This is a Hugh asset you have in philippines and also the tourist industry that get wasted every day that pass

Look at the figures down reg Thailand,, i have bean in Thailand one time last year and i never go there again.

1, bad service

2. often very arrogant

3. most can´t speak English ,even working as hotel clerk

4. copy of over crowded charter destinations like Canary islands , Majorca, etc etc 

5. I can´t See the reason fly 12 hours from here to get the same thing flying 2 hours to Spain or turkey etc etc 

 

I tell all my friends to go Philippines instead, but so many are afraid going there even i say that it´s safe and a heaven on earth in many aspects

 

SO MUCH INCOME ARE LOST HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

 


English proficiency of Filipinos has recovered and improved in the last two years, especially in the fields of written and spoken English, a study by research outfit Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Thursday.

The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008, showed that the ability of Filipinos to write in English improved from 48 percent in March 2006 to 61 percent in April 2008. Filipinos' proficiency in spoken English also improved from 32 percent in March 2006 to 46 percent in April 2008.

Filipinos' understanding of spoken and written English also improved in April and even surpassed previous levels set 15 years ago.

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Thai tourism is expanding with a projected end of year total of 13.8 million international visitors in 2007. Tourism has brought in revenue earnings projections of around 486 billion Baht.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set a goal of 14.8 million international revenues of 547.5 billion Baht.

Between January and September of 2007, international visitor arrivals from East Asia rose by 23.54% to a record 5,694,169 persons.

In addition the following areas have experienced record growth:

• Korea +41.52%
• China +36.93%
• Hong Kong +33.85%
• Taiwan +26.36%

Other areas of growth were seen from European visitors with international visitor arrivals from:

• Europe +24.66%
• Russia +97.45%
• UK +10.40%
• Germany +21.04%
• Sweden +46.06%
• Norway +33.11%
• Finland +30.39%

 

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""Greeds
And garbage are too thick-strewn
To be swept up now, or invent
Excuses that make them all needs.
I just think it will happen, soon.""

One airline are flying to Europe-Manila  today(KLM) no one are going to sell tourists on manila!! and if they want boracay , palawan etc etc they have to change flights in Manila, this is to much fuzzz and that are not going to happen!!

 

If any of the big Charter companies going to sell full planes they cant do eight er because no Int Airports to land on

I totally keep the government responsible for wasting this opportunity to income and can just notice they are INCOMPETENT 

Why Arroyo don´t spend her time visit the BIG charter companies for "official dinner" instead? there she can make some good income return/  she could spend the stupid broadband money to get access to the country instead

Tourist generates BIG MONEY AND MANY JOBS!! 

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""Greeds
And garbage are too thick-strewn
To be swept up now, or invent
Excuses that make them all needs.
I just think it will happen, soon.""

blondswede:

 This is a Hugh asset you have in philippines and also the tourist industry that get wasted every day that pass

Look at the figures down reg Thailand,, i have bean in Thailand one time last year and i never go there again.

1, bad service

2. often very arrogant

3. most can´t speak English ,even working as hotel clerk

4. copy of over crowded charter destinations like Canary islands , Majorca, etc etc 

5. I can´t See the reason fly 12 hours from here to get the same thing flying 2 hours to Spain or turkey etc etc 

 

I tell all my friends to go Philippines instead, but so many are afraid going there even i say that it´s safe and a heaven on earth in many aspects

 

SO MUCH INCOME ARE LOST HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

 


English proficiency of Filipinos has recovered and improved in the last two years, especially in the fields of written and spoken English, a study by research outfit Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Thursday.

The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008, showed that the ability of Filipinos to write in English improved from 48 percent in March 2006 to 61 percent in April 2008. Filipinos' proficiency in spoken English also improved from 32 percent in March 2006 to 46 percent in April 2008.

Filipinos' understanding of spoken and written English also improved in April and even surpassed previous levels set 15 years ago.

 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Thai tourism is expanding with a projected end of year total of 13.8 million international visitors in 2007. Tourism has brought in revenue earnings projections of around 486 billion Baht.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set a goal of 14.8 million international revenues of 547.5 billion Baht.

Between January and September of 2007, international visitor arrivals from East Asia rose by 23.54% to a record 5,694,169 persons.

In addition the following areas have experienced record growth:

• Korea +41.52%
• China +36.93%
• Hong Kong +33.85%
• Taiwan +26.36%

Other areas of growth were seen from European visitors with international visitor arrivals from:

• Europe +24.66%
• Russia +97.45%
• UK +10.40%
• Germany +21.04%
• Sweden +46.06%
• Norway +33.11%
• Finland +30.39%

 

Ha ha ha How that you know that Filipino is profecient in english? Check yourself, if you are a Filipino I think you are wrong. But it doesn't matter how good are you or bad in english. What matter is how you understand it.

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NO MAN IS RICH ENOUGH TO BUY BACK HIS PAST.

Aquacorn:

blondswede:

 This is a Hugh asset you have in philippines and also the tourist industry that get wasted every day that pass

Look at the figures down reg Thailand,, i have bean in Thailand one time last year and i never go there again.

1, bad service

2. often very arrogant

3. most can´t speak English ,even working as hotel clerk

4. copy of over crowded charter destinations like Canary islands , Majorca, etc etc 

5. I can´t See the reason fly 12 hours from here to get the same thing flying 2 hours to Spain or turkey etc etc 

 

I tell all my friends to go Philippines instead, but so many are afraid going there even i say that it´s safe and a heaven on earth in many aspects

 

SO MUCH INCOME ARE LOST HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

 


English proficiency of Filipinos has recovered and improved in the last two years, especially in the fields of written and spoken English, a study by research outfit Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Thursday.

The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008, showed that the ability of Filipinos to write in English improved from 48 percent in March 2006 to 61 percent in April 2008. Filipinos' proficiency in spoken English also improved from 32 percent in March 2006 to 46 percent in April 2008.

Filipinos' understanding of spoken and written English also improved in April and even surpassed previous levels set 15 years ago.

 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Thai tourism is expanding with a projected end of year total of 13.8 million international visitors in 2007. Tourism has brought in revenue earnings projections of around 486 billion Baht.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set a goal of 14.8 million international revenues of 547.5 billion Baht.

Between January and September of 2007, international visitor arrivals from East Asia rose by 23.54% to a record 5,694,169 persons.

In addition the following areas have experienced record growth:

• Korea +41.52%
• China +36.93%
• Hong Kong +33.85%
• Taiwan +26.36%

Other areas of growth were seen from European visitors with international visitor arrivals from:

• Europe +24.66%
• Russia +97.45%
• UK +10.40%
• Germany +21.04%
• Sweden +46.06%
• Norway +33.11%
• Finland +30.39%

 

Ha ha ha How that you know that Filipino is profecient in english? Check yourself, if you are a Filipino I think you are wrong. But it doesn't matter how good are you or bad in english. What matter is how you understand it.

"The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008,"

I AM NOT filipino, im born in sweden with swedish parents and and and,,, anyway, i travel 8 times a year Copenhagen-Manila so belive i know how many speak english there,

But Thailand.. there u run in to truble almost everywere,,

 

and yes,,dosent matter if u understand both ways,, not always so,, go china,thai, korea, japan, indonesia, vietnam ,malaysia  and u lost many times,,, Singapore is very good

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""Greeds
And garbage are too thick-strewn
To be swept up now, or invent
Excuses that make them all needs.
I just think it will happen, soon.""

It should be a combination of spoken English and comprehension! I have encountered so many foreigners who speak conversational English but with very poor comprehension of the language. Talk to any Filipino over 40 years of age, and you will realize how profficient they are in the English language. Most people working in the tourism industry, are limited in their English vocubulary, because they were trained in memorizing English words pertinent to their industry!

blondswede:

"The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008,"

I AM NOT filipino, im born in sweden with swedish parents and and and,,, anyway, i travel 8 times a year Copenhagen-Manila so belive i know how many speak english there,

But Thailand.. there u run in to truble almost everywere,,

 

and yes,,dosent matter if u understand both ways,, not always so,, go china,thai, korea, japan, indonesia, vietnam ,malaysia  and u lost many times,,, Singapore is very good

I'm pretty sure Copenhagen is in Denmark and not Sweden although I had a Swedish girlfriend once. Maria Ekman was her name. She was a strawberry blonde from Stockholm.

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Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It's the courage to continue that counts.

palahubug99:

blondswede:

"The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008,"

I AM NOT Filipino, im born in sweden with swedish parents and and and,,, anyway, i travel 8 times a year Copenhagen-Manila so belive i know how many speak English there,

But Thailand.. there u run in to truble almost everywere,,

 

and yes,,doesnt matter if u understand both ways,, not always so,, go china,thai, korea, japan, indonesia, vietnam ,malaysia  and u lost many times,,, Singapore is very good

I'm pretty sure Copenhagen is in Denmark and not Sweden although I had a Swedish girlfriend once. Maria Ekman was her name. She was a strawberry blonde from Stockholm.

 

 "Copenhagen is in Denmark"

ask jerkoff or whatever his name is ,he will say Norway probably,(joke)  yes Copenhagen are in Denmark(capital) and just 1 hour ride from here(over a bridge)

 

Hmm, Maria Ekman,, be careful, we have many blond bimbos here 

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""Greeds
And garbage are too thick-strewn
To be swept up now, or invent
Excuses that make them all needs.
I just think it will happen, soon.""

blondswede:

palahubug99:

blondswede:

"The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008,"

I AM NOT Filipino, im born in sweden with swedish parents and and and,,, anyway, i travel 8 times a year Copenhagen-Manila so belive i know how many speak English there,

But Thailand.. there u run in to truble almost everywere,,

 

and yes,,doesnt matter if u understand both ways,, not always so,, go china,thai, korea, japan, indonesia, vietnam ,malaysia  and u lost many times,,, Singapore is very good

I'm pretty sure Copenhagen is in Denmark and not Sweden although I had a Swedish girlfriend once. Maria Ekman was her name. She was a strawberry blonde from Stockholm.

 

 "Copenhagen is in Denmark"

ask jerkoff or whatever his name is ,he will say Norway probably,(joke)  yes Copenhagen are in Denmark(capital) and just 1 hour ride from here(over a bridge)

 

Hmm, Maria Ekman,, be careful, we have many blond bimbos here 

Nah. She was no bimbo. She was beautiful, smart and funny. She was going to school (Louisiana State University) on a varsity tennis scholarship doing masters in computer science although I met her in Santa Barbara CA during the winter break. I came close to asking her to marry me when I started working for a company in San Francisco.

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Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It's the courage to continue that counts.

its not english that they speak its american mixed with tagalog, just listen to the evening news on abs-cbn, and its so frustrating they say something in american , and then they say the rest in tagalog, they have ruined the english language, !  filipinos do not speak the queens english

expat101:

its not english that they speak its american mixed with tagalog, just listen to the evening news on abs-cbn, and its so frustrating they say something in american , and then they say the rest in tagalog, they have ruined the english language, !  filipinos do not speak the queens english

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG SPEAKING IN TAGLISH...

TAGALOG IS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY AND I AM PROUD THAT FILIPINOS COULD SPEAK 2 LANGUAGES UNLIKE IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ONLY KNOW ENGLISH.... 

palahubug99:

blondswede:

palahubug99:

blondswede:

"The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008,"

I AM NOT Filipino, im born in sweden with swedish parents and and and,,, anyway, i travel 8 times a year Copenhagen-Manila so belive i know how many speak English there,

But Thailand.. there u run in to truble almost everywere,,

 

and yes,,doesnt matter if u understand both ways,, not always so,, go china,thai, korea, japan, indonesia, vietnam ,malaysia  and u lost many times,,, Singapore is very good

I'm pretty sure Copenhagen is in Denmark and not Sweden although I had a Swedish girlfriend once. Maria Ekman was her name. She was a strawberry blonde from Stockholm.

 

 "Copenhagen is in Denmark"

ask jerkoff or whatever his name is ,he will say Norway probably,(joke)  yes Copenhagen are in Denmark(capital) and just 1 hour ride from here(over a bridge)

 

Hmm, Maria Ekman,, be careful, we have many blond bimbos here 

Nah. She was no bimbo. She was beautiful, smart and funny. She was going to school (Louisiana State University) on a varsity tennis scholarship doing masters in computer science although I met her in Santa Barbara CA during the winter break. I came close to asking her to marry me when I started working for a company in San Francisco.

What does BIMBO means ? Just curious! Well if I'm not mistaken it means ''prostitute women". Right?

To address blondswede I really wonder how you swede man are very familiar in philippines politic and making too many opinion seems to be concern to our government and culture here in forums? Are you married to Filipina woman? If so please take good care of her and thanks for your good concern to us Filipino.    

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NO MAN IS RICH ENOUGH TO BUY BACK HIS PAST.

Nicolette:

expat101:

its not english that they speak its american mixed with tagalog, just listen to the evening news on abs-cbn, and its so frustrating they say something in american , and then they say the rest in tagalog, they have ruined the english language, !  filipinos do not speak the queens english

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG SPEAKING IN TAGLISH...

TAGALOG IS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY AND I AM PROUD THAT FILIPINOS COULD SPEAK 2 LANGUAGES UNLIKE IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ONLY KNOW ENGLISH.... 

Nic problema kapag nasanay ang pinoy sa taglish hirap na sa purong english kapag iyon na ang medium ng communication...taglish is bad english...

queens english? are you talking about the brits? or the new yorker?

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Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

Aquacorn:

palahubug99:

blondswede:

palahubug99:

blondswede:

"The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008,"

I AM NOT Filipino, im born in sweden with swedish parents and and and,,, anyway, i travel 8 times a year Copenhagen-Manila so belive i know how many speak English there,

But Thailand.. there u run in to truble almost everywere,,

 

and yes,,doesnt matter if u understand both ways,, not always so,, go china,thai, korea, japan, indonesia, vietnam ,malaysia  and u lost many times,,, Singapore is very good

I'm pretty sure Copenhagen is in Denmark and not Sweden although I had a Swedish girlfriend once. Maria Ekman was her name. She was a strawberry blonde from Stockholm.

 

 "Copenhagen is in Denmark"

ask jerkoff or whatever his name is ,he will say Norway probably,(joke)  yes Copenhagen are in Denmark(capital) and just 1 hour ride from here(over a bridge)

 

Hmm, Maria Ekman,, be careful, we have many blond bimbos here 

Nah. She was no bimbo. She was beautiful, smart and funny. She was going to school (Louisiana State University) on a varsity tennis scholarship doing masters in computer science although I met her in Santa Barbara CA during the winter break. I came close to asking her to marry me when I started working for a company in San Francisco.

What does BIMBO means ? Just curious! Well if I'm not mistaken it means ''prostitute women". Right?

To address blondswede I really wonder how you swede man are very familiar in philippines politic and making too many opinion seems to be concern to our government and culture here in forums? Are you married to Filipina woman? If so please take good care of her and thanks for your good concern to us Filipino.    

HINDI,, a Bimbo is not a prostitute,, just a silly girl more equipped  outside then inside Playboy mansion have many Bimbos hehe,,and we realy dont have so many prostitutes here, they that exist here are coming most from Polen Ryssia lettland litauen etc. controlled by the Ryssian maffia.Swedish blond prostitutes are more a myth like the Swedish massage,,i don't know what swedish massage is,,never see or hear it exist in sweden

 

Yes ,i have a Filipina GF since 2 years and marry her later this year,, and talagan talaga i take care of her ,and it would be a pleasure if i could do someting for filipines in any way

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""Greeds
And garbage are too thick-strewn
To be swept up now, or invent
Excuses that make them all needs.
I just think it will happen, soon.""

Taglish  is now accepted as a spoken language. Before, the British, who speak the so-called "English' english", were rediculing the way Americans were speaking english. The Americans themselves, find some american southerners, speak english in a funny way. Some call it "hillbilly" english and some, "pidgin" english. But what is important is..."it is understood!" It is also TRUE for "taglish!"It understood and accepted by many!

ebumali:

Taglish  is now accepted as a spoken language. Before, the British, who speak the so-called "English' english", were rediculing the way Americans were speaking english. The Americans themselves, find some american southerners, speak english in a funny way. Some call it "hillbilly" english and some, "pidgin" english. But what is important is..."it is understood!" It is also TRUE for "taglish!"It understood and accepted by many!

accepted by many filipinos, that's it...it is not even a language...nothing different from ebonics...the southern accent you are talking about, is the accent not the english it self!

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Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

prince:

ebumali:

Taglish  is now accepted as a spoken language. Before, the British, who speak the so-called "English' english", were rediculing the way Americans were speaking english. The Americans themselves, find some american southerners, speak english in a funny way. Some call it "hillbilly" english and some, "pidgin" english. But what is important is..."it is understood!" It is also TRUE for "taglish!"It understood and accepted by many!

accepted by many filipinos, that's it...it is not even a language...nothing different from ebonics...the southern accent you are talking about, is the accent not the english it self!

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 People in different States in USA speaks English with different accents. They talk in English in their own distinct regional accents like the  New Yorkers, Southerners, Californians, Hawaiians  but other than that, everyone understand each other because they speak in english.

Taglish is the new pinoy slang language. Pinoys trying to speak in English & Tagalog at the same time.  This is not English at all .  No one can understand it except the pilipinos who live in Philippines. You can also called it  " halo-halo" or " carabao " english.  It was invented by the pilipino actors & TV newscasters as the new trend of speaking English/tagalog..  It is funny to listen to pinoys talking taglish. Pinoys have limited knowledge of the english words so when they are trying to talk in English and they can not think of the right word, they mix it with tagalog words ........Here's an example of Taglish. This is NOT english, this is actually " garbage " english invented by the Pilipinos.

1. I am planning naman to go Abroad to look for a job, kasi malaki ang salary doon diba ? -----translation in english   ( I am planning to to abroad to look for a job because they pay good salary over there )

2. By the way, sabi ng Mommy ko eh we will travel sa Europa dahil maganda daw ang mga view doon. ----translation in english   ( By the way, my mother says we are planning to travel to Europe because it is beautiful there and the view or scenery is spectacular. )

3. Our President is magnanakaw, kaya kailangan natin ang revolution so we can get rid of her na.  Translation in english..... ( Our President is a crook, so we need to have a revolt to get rid of her )

Taglish is okay for Pilipinos living in the Philippines because it is your new Slang Language. No one understands it except the Pinoys . If you have NO plans to live abroad, then stick with the Taglish. BUT if you are planning to go abroad to look for job, you better learn how to speak STRAIGHT english, specially if you plan to live in an English speaking country like Europe or USA or Canada. English is the universal language around the World.  If you speak TAGLISH, no one will understand you. They will say to you ..... " What the hell are you trying to say " ? 

New young generations of Pilipino Immigrants who came to America recently has problem communicating with Americans because of their poor english. They are used to speaking in Taglish. They are embarass to talk with Americans, because the whites hardly understand what they are trying to say because of their thick  pinoy accent & bad pronounciations..  I have met lot of this Taglish pinoy speakers  in our office. They can hardly talk straight english. Most of them ended up taking night classes for english as a second language. This is the result of Pinoys talking Taglish , getting rid of english & replacing it with Tagalog as the medium of instruction in schools.  You can only improve your english by actually talking to native speakers like the Americans .... hehehehe.....................PEACE  .

 

Hi i totally agree on u "Mga ***"...howevr, the problems not only confined w/ Filipino, but also w/ other nationalities that are not native english speaker...even myself , i have difficulty of talking straight english but i'm trying.....i'm working here in Singpr, i should say we are better than most of them...that why the Koreans prefer to study in Phils 4 english speaking... There are still a lot of room for improvement...if we want to be more competitive.....that's all folk's...

English proficiency of Filipinos has recovered and improved in the last two years, especially in the fields of written and spoken English, a study by research outfit Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Thursday. ---The survey, conducted from March 30 to April 2, 2008, showed that the ability of Filipinos to write in English improved from 48 percent in March 2006 to 61 percent in April 2008. Filipinos' proficiency in spoken English also improved from 32 percent in March 2006 to 46 percent in April 2008. Filipinos' understanding of spoken and written English also improved in April and even surpassed previous levels set 15 years ago.

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Hello Blondswede......how are you doing ? It looks like you are a "regular" in this forum. I bet you, you already made lots of friends as well as enemies here. It is unusual for a foreign born european like you,  to take a lot of interest about the Pilipinos and the country. Anway..with regards to the article you posted, I will give you a brief why this article came about. Be patient in reading....this is quite long.

A brief history of the English language and the Philippines -------- The Philippines was a U.S. territory. After the Americans invaded and ruled the country many years ago in the early 1900's, they made it into law, that English will be the medium of instructions for all subjects in the classroom.  During this period, most of the teachers were Americans. All reading materials were written in english. Newspapers were in english.TV &  Radio Announcers spoke in english. The older generation speaks,read & write in english. English was spoken inside the classroom. About 95 % of this generation are fluent in english. The Philippines was the number one english speaking country in southeast asia between 1900 to 1987.

In 1987 - 20 years ago, this is no longer the case. During the term of President Cory Aquino, the govt. change the law. They made Tagalog the new medium of instruction in schools. English became one of the subjects in class. This new mandate was for the purpose of giving the people a sense of   " filipino identity" or show of nationalism & patriotism. Also the govt.wants to get rid of anything connected to America as our former colonizers. English language reminds us of America therefore we dont want it anymore....so out it goes.

Because of this change, it has a bad effect on the new generation of students. They have difficulty in speaking, reading & writing straight American english. The invention of the new slang language called Taglish created a problem too. Instead of speaking straight english, kids are now talking in mix english & tagalog. With this kind of language, they are not learning how to speak proper english.

In the article you posted, it show that  pinoys are improving little bit with the english language. However it is not good enough. Compared to the older generation who rates 95% proficiency, the new generations with their 41 to 61 % rating on spoken & written english needs to work harder to reach the same rating level of  the older generations......if they do, then you can say that they have reach 100 % improvement of the language. The only way to do this is to change the law again.  They can bring back the English language as the medium of instructions in school  as proposed by the current President.

Actually Pilipinos does not care whether they speak good or bad english. They use tagalog anyway everyday in their daily business. They speak tagalog in school, street, offices, church and everywhere they go. English is not spoken in the streets. So they really dont care about the english language.

 

 

 

 

candor:

Hi i totally agree on u "Mga ***"...howevr, the problems not only confined w/ Filipino, but also w/ other nationalities that are not native english speaker...even myself , i have difficulty of talking straight english but i'm trying.....i'm working here in Singpr, i should say we are better than most of them...that why the Koreans prefer to study in Phils 4 english speaking... There are still a lot of room for improvement...if we want to be more competitive.....that's all folk's...

You are right Candor. Since we are not native speakers, you need to work hard on it. There is always room for improvement like taking english refresher course. Or you learn how to pronounce some words correctly by actually talking to native english speakers. I talked to Americans everyday all year round at work, so I have lot of practice with my english... I  learn some of the most frequent slangs words they use when they talk to me..You will be surprise to learn lots of things from the Americans by just talking to them.