Filipinos know English
Charice should have corrected the director.
shareNot completely. I know several Filipinos that struggle with American english, especially when they first arrived.
Not completely. I know several Filipinos that struggle with American english, especially when they first arrived.
let me put it this way, filipinos can read and understand english. the huge majority can write basic sentences in english.
why is this? because english and filipino are the two official languages in the philippines.
but i agree some filipinos struggle when conversing in english, because of lack of practice--since english is not the 1st language at home or among friends.
so for charice's character to say:
"When I moved here, i didn't know english... Besides Filipino, the only language i knew was music"
is absurd.
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Yeah it was kind of ridiculous. If Charice had said she didn't speak English well or had been portrayed as Chinese or Japanese, then yes, it would have been believable. But a Filipino who didn't know English at all?
Shop and street signs in the Philippines are in English. Government documents, books, and most of the printed media are overwhelmingly in English. The education system is taught in English. Basically the only people who can't speak at least basic English in the Philippines are those who have never been through primary school or lived in extremely remote areas.
Sounded like FOB Asian stereotyping to me; though Filipinos are technically Austronesians like Hawaiians, and not East Asians.
Ha ha thank you for pointing out we are Austronesians! I myself just say Polynesian because most don't understand.
shareThey have no problems with British English though!
Its that man again!!