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There is a long debate in the country that Filipinos are more knowledgeable in the English Language than Tagalog which is the country’s Mother Tongue. English has always been the primary medium of instruction in education and the language of commerce and law. This opened to the rise of local and foreign learners of English and demand for ESL or English as a Second Language program. Regardless of all the country’s attainment, it does not hide the fact that there still needs for improvements in the state of the English Language in the country. Gaps and recommendations are stated globally in order to establish a more secure for the Philippines as one of the competitors in English Proficiency and Academic Performance.

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As one of the biggest English-speaking countries, it’s been the Philippines’ asset when it comes to its economy. The country is appraised as one of the top providers of labor works. It is proven that despite the declining quality of education among Filipinos, there is still a strong willingness to adapt to the English Language requirement in areas where it is needed. In developing and even developed countries, the English Language is widely used globally as a form of communication. This made Filipinos establish international jobs and perform well as we at least have a degree of fluency in the English Language.

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A study in 2016 was conducted by the International Journal of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics determined the Filipinos' English Proficiency and Academic Performance. It stated that there are left and right recognitions for Filipinos having the World’s best business English proficiency for two consecutive years and attained a high proficiency score from the Business English Index that stipulated Filipinos have the high capability to lead and discuss businesses and perform complicated responsibilities. In the Philippines, more than 14 million Filipinos are capable of using the English Language as the structure of communication.  This led to the Philippines edging India in 2012 as the hub for call centers in Asia.

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This board is an elaborate discussion of Ingre and Basil's Correct Language, specified among Filipino users of English.

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Filipinos’ English Proficiency and Academic Performance Globally

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Filipinos’ English Proficiency and Academic Performance Globally

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It is without a doubt that English is the most used language - it is considered the universal language after all. In this way, if we write our documents in English, even if decades or millennia pass, the chances of its information being recovered or translated increases. Historians would more than likely be able to easily decipher our history if it were written in English rather than in minor dialects. However, this does not mean the death of our dialects or major languages - but rather, a way for them to be properly preserved. Creating translation lists or informational books about these languages in English would prove to be extremely beneficial in the long term. For example, writing a book about Bisaya in English would prove to help linguists both Filipino and International in deciphering the language if it is ever lost.

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Languages evolve over time, we can already witness Tagalog evolving alongside other dialects with day-to-day changes to our vocabulary that would otherwise go unnoticed unless studied. However, it is no exception that languages can also be lost over time. Because of this, it is important that documents, studies, and works are written in a way that could be preserved far longer - in other words, written in a language that is widely used and accepted.

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When Covid-19 had first emerged, there was an extreme lack of information regarding it as it was new to the science world - however, as fast as it had emerged, research studies and papers appeared as well in an attempt to combat its spread. In this way, we Filipinos in our own studies have contributed to this battle against the disease with our own papers in English so that our international counterparts can review and use the data we provide.

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Academic papers, be it journals, articles, or even one published on a website may or may not gain traction or popularity that would reach international audiences - nonetheless, they are crucial pieces of information that anyone and everyone should be able to use if they do need it. In this way, publishing these papers within the universal standard (i.e. in English) is important both to establish consistency between all academic papers and to provide accessibility for international audiences regardless of their stand in popularity.

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Social Waves of Filipinization, Should We Be Concerned?

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Social Waves of Filipinization, Should We Be Concerned?

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An OFW must be fluent in English when working with international relations, in this way, proper communication can be brought about in discussions or meetings that would be vital for different jobs. Working with others is key to creating successful jobs and this wouldn’t be possible without communication - and English is worldly used and without it, there would be no unity between countries. As such, an OFW that isn’t fluent or outright doesn’t know how to speak in English may have a harder time with their job if not already released.

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The Philippines produces a lot of overseas workers. Impressively, we are 7th in most overseas workers produced with around 6million people. This is an extremely large number as we compare the size of our country and its population to others, especially with Russia’s large population sitting at the top with a 10million number. In this way, the Philippines' economy is largely dependent on these workers, and in turn, their ability to perform in international conditions is paramount.

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Correct Language, Especially Among Filipino Users of English

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Correct Language, Especially Among Filipino Users of English

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English has become a lingua franca in our time since it has been our universal language. As globalization occurs, the presence of social media also continuously contributed to the development of Filipinization. The influence of media brought a new identity to English as it gave another perception, values, and characteristics to Filipinos. The linguistic features of Philippine English can be seen mainly in social media, wherein ages from young to adults are accessible on any platform. Television series and newscasting are the primary sources of instruction for those people residing in remote areas with poor education. Accepting informal reports and communication that utilizes jargon words and Taglish on national television will help reduce the country's literacy rate. Thus, it refuses to learn and improve one's person's articulateness and communication skills.

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The features of Philippine English as a dialect of International English are various and should not be concluded as the basis of technical writing. The formal English standards for Filipino users have been depreciating because of the distinctive variety of the language, declining the proficiency of verbiage. From a literary perspective, one must know the importance of grammar. The subject-verb agreement is different in both languages; continuous tenses are a habitual aspect of Filipinos, which does not apply to the corporate field.

The Filipino texts have a formal style based on Victorian prose models. The influence of reading and composing in English had issues with the mispronunciation of words. Style is not discerned, and the formal style in general use has been called the classroom compositional style, which is way different from professional writing. When style differentiation appears, there may be humorous consequences from the point of view of a native speaker of English. Filipinos tend to write the way they speak. Different features are most likely to happen in Filipino English users; that's why Philippine English is not credited to be used in a formal paper.

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According to Tomedes, the Americans introduced the English in 1898 (T. Ofer, Aug. 1, 2021). Since the incursion ensued, the Filipinos used English as their second language, and it was later a medium of education in schools. According to the Multilingual Philippines (Sept. 3, 2019), it hugely affected the success of both phraseology's progressive use. Filipinos assert English in a comprehensive formality state compared to the local languages. The novelist wrote most of the writing in the literature on the English language, including educational books and newspapers (N. Garcia, 2014). English has simulated the Filipino context in a wide array of conventional, functional, and social-psychological processes compared to the national language infrequently used in corporate fields such as government, sciences, medicines, and even official business documents. The importance of it brought a new level of language proficiency.

Throughout the time, the country's two official languages most likely constructed a series of changes with distinct characteristics, functions, and forms introduced as Philippine English, a new variety of English native Filipino speakers. It has shifted across cultures, with a creative vocabulary such as different abbreviations, colloquial terms, and pronunciations that only Filipino speakers can apprehend correctly.

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In the attempt to produce globally competitive children, they are intensively taught to use English fluently and strictly grammatically correct. Due to the inability of Filipinos who were not given the same opportunity, to be knowledgeable with the English language, they stick to using Filipino instead. This situation gives an impression that Filipino is a language at a lower level. English-speaking has been the symbol of a high-status living.

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A mother practices her daughter to speak fluently in English by communicating with her using that language ever since she was a child. Every time, the daughter hears her mother talking with their house helper using the Filipino language. This instance results in the daughter thinking that Filipino is a low-class language used to communicate with people at lower levels.

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The Philippines has two official languages—Filipino and English. Despite having Filipino as a national language, it is evidently reflected that for formal and professional writings, communication, and situations, English was used instead.

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A Filipino intermediate school graduate is hoping to start working despite their low educational attainment. However, due to the lack of opportunity to study, they are having a hard time answering interview questions asked using the English language.

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Studying and mastering the English language has been a part of the Philippine curriculum. Filipinos found in the province, who use several different dialects, encounter subjects that focus on the knowledge of enhancing their native mother tongues—first languages. Found second on their priority list is the English language. Instead of having Filipino as the local lingua franca in the Philippines, English was widely used in about half of its provinces.

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A native souvenir vendor from Aklan is communicating with a foreign buyer in fluent English language. On the other hand, having used to communicating through Bisaya with fellow Aklanons, the same souvenir vendor is having a hard time communicating with a Filipino tourist using the Tagalog-based Filipino language.

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There are positive effects in having an assignment for a Correct Language

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Even while the Philippines is being acknowledged and recognized in terms of the English proficiency of the country, questions about what kind of a comparative edge it still provides have been highlighted. It is still believed that there's a  need or is necessary to intensify and scale up the learning and teaching of English such as the correct language among the Filipino users through setting a more improved series of initiatives. This aims to develop, produce and establish critical qualifications and crucial skills that will surely be needed in the future and workplace that includes a variety of fields in the workforce such as students in this course learning effective technical writing.

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Second Official Language in the Philippines

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Second Official Language in the Philippines

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The country is known across the world as one of the most English-speaking countries, in terms of the size with its population having a very large portion that uses the language at a certain level. English has long been one of the Philippines' official languages, and a remarkable size or number of Filipinos uses it. The language has been the principal medium of instruction in school and education, including the language of businesses, trade and law, as well as in computerization, engineering science, and most generally in communication.

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For the past years and decades, the English language has spread rapidly and firmly throughout the globe, and appears that the language in the current time has already become a relatively integral part of the lives of thousands of people around the world. During the period of its existence as the language has expanded, it has varied by conforming to local conditions and civilizations, leading and culminating in a wide range of varieties of English language within every nation. This includes the country Philippines, where Filipino people had grown and developed into an English-speaking country. English has been adopted as the second language of Filipinos and has become acclimated to the utilization of the language complementing their numerous native Filipino languages and a variety of indigenous dialects.

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There are negative effects in having an assignment for a Correct Language