History and Influence of English in The Philippines

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HISTORY AND INFLUENCE OF

ENGLISH IN THE PHILIPPINES Scholars like Jose Rizal and


Apolinario Mabini viewed English The American conquest
as an important language for mainly caused the spread of
education even during the Spanish the English language in the
occupation in the country. Philippines.

1762 1898 - 1946


THE BEGINNINGS OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE THE IMPORTANCE
PHILIPPINES OF ENGLISH TO AMERICAN
BRITISH FILIPINO
OCCUPATION IN
CONQUEST
IN MANILA 1898 - 1920 SCHOLARS
THE PHILIPPINES

The first exposure of the Philippines to the Military Chaplain of General Elwell Otis, W.D.
English language was when Britain conquered McKinnon and his group of soldiers were
Manila. But their rule was short-lived; therefore, welcomed by the locals as they took the initiative
the English language didn't have a lasting to teach English to them. This event was one of the During the American colonial period, the
influence on the Filipinos. first few beginnings of English education in the Philippines had two official languages:
The Teaching English as a
Philippines. English and Spanish. But still, the country Second Language
had no "national language." Thus, the approach was adopted in
creation of the National Language the education system of
Institute on November 12, 1937. the Philippines.

ARRIVAL OF THE
THOMASITES IN
1920 - 1941 The 1935 1946 - 1980
THE PHILIPPINES THE SECOND Constitution POST-WAR

1901
GENERATION DEVELOPMENTS

The arrival of some 540 US teachers paved the The people who studied
way for English-medium education to begin in under the tutelage of the As a result of the work of McKinnon
the country. English was made the language of Thomasites spread English and his team of teacher-soldiers Due to the influence of English in the
among Filipinos as the during the late 19th century, a new country, an English-based creole,
education and was eventually indigenized American teachers returned variety of English was created, which also called Taglish, was created and
through the inclusion of vocabulary from local to the United States. became a permanent feature of the became a naturally occurring
languages. communitive repertoire of Filipino. language spoken in the Philippines.

The Development of
Philippine English

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