Philippines as a destination to study English

The ESL (English as Second Language) Program is a considerable success in the Philippines. However i still think there's should be a controlled regulations in that. It's initially made not only to attract tourists and students to learn English in the country but to generate income and investments here as well. unfortunately, what often happens is that foreign nationals enroll in language centers in the Philippines that are run or owned by foreigners of the same nationality. With that, these foreign businessmen generate more profit from it than the Filipino-owned centers. On the other hand, maybe this program ought to be a wake-up call for schools to raise the standards of English proficiency of Filipinos to address the deteriorating (English) language competencies of our students.

i think its here in Philippines. our forced national language is Tagalog (but then we have a lot of tribal and regional languages). so meaning to say English language is a learned language. therefore when it its learned, we are taught how construct proper English sentences etc.. (subject verb agreement)so it is safe to presumed that those people who masters English language here in our country practices it correctly and they can surely teach others on how to use correct English .

I noticed that too. There are many Korean English proficiency schools around that attracts many Koreans to enroll here in the Philippines. Although right now our average proficiency in English is deteriorating in our educational system. It is ironic that we can make Koreans English proficient but not our fellow countrymen.

. . . not only Koreans, their are also Japaneses and other nationality who came here in the Philippines to study.... one of the factor why they choose Philippines is the cause of living here is cheaper than in their country and other country's....!!!!! !!!!Have A Great Day My Lotter's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe that if one wants to learn a new language, then the most sensible thing to do is to go to the country where the language originated from. Now I know that English did not originate from the Phillipines neither is English the first language there, so I find it very odd that people are going to Phillipines to learn English! I think they maybe other factors involved. Like the cost of studying english in Phillipines is much cheaper than studying in England so I think most of them are only using the channel created in the phillipines in order for them to legally stay in the Phillipines as it doesn't make sense to me to go to Phillipines to learn English. It's like saying I'm going to Brazil to learn German where German is not even spoken there!!

I have noticed that there are really lots of Koreans in the Philippines. It's nice to know that they find our country as 'the best' one to learn English. I personally think that a lot, probably up to fifty percent, of the population can understand and speak English. Sadly, however, not all of those people can speak quality English, so in my opinion, our country is not 'the best country' for non-English speakers to learn English, but 'the cheapest'.

Many Koreans (or even other Asians, excluding Indians) come to the Philippines to study and learn English because of the following: (1) It is located in Asia i.e., a sense of regionalism (so to speak) (2) It is a lot cheaper studying in the Philippines for the purpose (3) A majority of the Filipinos are "conversant" in English (4) They find the tropical climate (with only two defined seasons i.e., summer and monsoon) better than what they have back home (5) Prices of commodities and establishments are relatively cheaper (6) Philippines is "Americanized" i.e., a "training ground" for understanding American culture in an Asian country

Yes, I believe that the Philippines had been known as the country who can eligibly teach English language. And I'm proud of that. Only, I do hope that these people who can speak fluently won't forget their native tongue.

Yes, I believe that the Philippines had been known as the country who can eligibly teach English language. And I'm proud of that. Only, I do hope that these people who can speak fluently won't forget their native tongue.

Yes, I believe that the Philippines had been known as the country who can eligibly teach English language. And I'm proud of that. Only, I do hope that these people who can speak fluently won't forget their native tongue.

that is true! based on the number of foreigners specially koreans and malaysians in out country today, it is true that lots of people are coming to philippines to learn english language. its a good thing that in our country english is being practiced as a second language by everyone. even the common people like street vendors understand and can speak in english compare to other countries.

It is good to here where I live in this country .I'm proud that our English is very good that they wanted to learn from us . Its a high merit in our place that they beieved in us. So happy to hear it now. Thats a good business to our school.

I taught Koreans for more than two years... the first year was in Korea as a missionary English teacher and then i went to Cavite where we had a new set of students every two months. for rich Koreans, they would choose to study with native speakers...yes there is still discrimination so to speak, most of those who come here are let's say they belong to middle class families... though there are a few rich kids too... if you will try to compare getting a native English speaking tutor with a Filipino English teacher... the salary native speakers get amounts to 12-20 dollars per hour, while Filipino teachers are satisfied with 3 dollars some do get 300 pesos an hour but most are paid 100 pesos an hour, some Koreans are even bargaining for 90 pesos and still many go for it because it's so hard to find a job here in our country. so there, it's a lot cheaper here plus Filipino teachers are very accommodating .... and very patient in teaching.

I agree to the views of most people here that it is very unfortunate that most people go here to study english and learn Filipino as well for FREE because the cost of living is very cheap while our educational system here is fast deteriorating due to lack of government support to teachers teaching in the public schools.I think the government should allot more funds to our educational system to help more people become literate and proficient in english so that once they graduated from college, they will be globally competitive since they are able to communicate well with other nationals.