I’ve travelled a little bit through Singapore. It is apparent that they use those with some English fluency on services (police, taxi drivers, etc.) which is a good thing, but they don’t reflect the average fluency of all Singaporeans. Needless to say, it doesn’t follow Singaporeans are better than Filipinos in English which they wrongly proclaim often. It also too obvious that most Southeast Asians (including Singaporeans) speak English with American pronunciation, not British, and considering that Singapore and Malaysian were under British rule, one can only conclude they learned English from Philippine teachers. Yet, they won’t mention this fact that it’s the Philippines who have taught them much of their curriculum. Fun fact: the Brits and the Dutch colonizers do not have an equivalent of the Catholic teaching missionaries the Philippines have had from the the Spaniards and Americans. Many of them run great schools around the world (the Jesuits, Christian Brothers, Dominicans, St. Bridget’s Order, Maryknoll, Franciscan and so much more). The Spanish missionaries converted and educated the Filipinos for 333 years of their colonization while the American missionaries were there almost 100 years until the late 1990s. Their schools of course have contributed so much to the Philippine public school system as well. As a youngster, I have known many of these SE Asian schools have consulted with Filipino school administrators. They’ve have gotten education from the Philippines, and they have hired innumerable Filipino school teachers for their schools up to the present. Yet, not one of them would mention these facts. Moreover, they propagate this fact that the Philippine school system is the lowest in their ranking system system as published by UK ranking firms and favoring their own ex-colonies. It takes big 🏀🏀 to make such proclamations. The presiding woman in the video was right about her assessment that the Filipinos have the best English in the region, and it’s based on her own personal survey.

@maryjanebaligo7240

Ай бұрын

Theres a diff.between british english and american english.and i think more clear accent is american rather than british..

@jiminswriter4209

Ай бұрын

Singaporean English is based on the British model. That is how their teachers are trained. The decolonization of Singapore along with greater American influences from Hollywood have greatly affected the Singapore accent. It has nothing to do with Filipino teachers. There is no evidence for the mass hiring of Filipino English teachers. Lee Kuan Yew is making the switch from British to American English at the keyboard due to trade and America's growing influence. I don't really think you can make the claim that Filipino teachers brought English education to Southeast Asia. They often hire locals who have been trained abroad or Americans to train local teachers.

@butterlagmay5168

Ай бұрын

​@@maryjanebaligo7240 the difference between American and British English isn't just the accent. There are still some barriers and some things are called differently. Probably the most common the people know of is Elevator (AE) = Lift (BE), Flashlight (AE) = Torch (BE)

@sorryimwes8211

Ай бұрын

​@@jiminswriter4209do your reaserch, most of this english teachers specialy online are from the philippines.

@jiminswriter4209

29 күн бұрын

@@sorryimwes8211 No, most online English teachers are from America, the UK, etc. The Philippines is just one country. Singapore does not hire Filipino teachers for the most part.

In the Philippines we use English from Elementary to College and English is our second Language. The only subject that we used our language is Filipino subject but for us Filipino subject is harder than English, just like the words "pararila" "pangatnig" "pandiwa" "pang-abay" etc.. etc.. etc... and sometimes we translate the words into English to know what's the meaning of it😁😁😊 My English major teacher said "if you don't know how to speak English, you cannot talk the world, for English is the main Language in the world". I have one teacher when she called you and asked something you need to speak English and if you can't you will remain standing😊☺. Now I'm living in the US and when I came over here the family and friends of my husband was surprised that I know how to speak English☺☺☺🥰

I had a Korean-American boss who was always amazed that young and old, here and there, Filipinos can speak English ❤

@jiminswriter4209

Ай бұрын

Yes, it is like a second language due to the American occupation.

@holiday07

27 күн бұрын

What so surprising if it’s being taught to kids the moment they step in schools.

Right, we have a new HR lady. She is Filipino… She is so smart. Mabuhay from California

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Love it!

@ricagalang6482

Ай бұрын

Likewise here in Montreal. The HR at my work is Filipina. She speaks English and French perfectly and clear

@soniafontanilla747

Ай бұрын

I agree what the lady said that the Filipinos are perfectionist in terms of speaking in English close to textbook English. The reason for that because we learned English in school. Meaning we need to apply and practice whatever we learned .While American English prefer to use idioms in conversation.

@lilybethmcgrath1280

Ай бұрын

@soniafontanilla747 because it is their language . They can do whatever they want with it. But once you are adept in using the language, you can add your own idioms.

@sheispablinglvc3427

Ай бұрын

Lol huwag yumabang

I think, it’s harder to detect the country of origin when Filipinos and Indonesians speak English because it’s a lot closer to the American accent and we speak it in a more casual way. I find Indian English very formal and stilted sometimes and I don’t think it’s because of British influence and rather more like a textbook-type of having learned it. It’s also a little ironic though that Korea for example sends their people to learn English here in the PH and yet we still often hear our accent being looked down upon over there.

@amt6732

Ай бұрын

Honestly, Indonesian and Filipino have their unique accents. They're not similar to the American accent, but rather have a Southeast Asian (SEA) type of accent. Indonesian, Filipino, and Malaysian accents are very similar to each other, representing a distinct SEA accent. Just like other parts of Asia, such as East and South Asia, they have a distinctive accent that is unique to them.

That's really the accent of Filipinos, the Filipino English Accent is aggressive because of speaking properly and people can understand it so that's what it's for.❤❤❤

@bluewolf4789

Ай бұрын

Its aggresive because that is our true identity. We are aggresive 😂😂😂😂😂 just kiddin

@jiminswriter4209

Ай бұрын

No, you can speak properly without being aggressive.

@Jay-xx1dx

Ай бұрын

it really depends on how you understand what "agressive" is.

@ruselleguiangpineofficial

Ай бұрын

​@@bluewolf4789That's my answer, don't ever contradict my point here.

@ruselleguiangpineofficial

Ай бұрын

​@@jiminswriter4209That's my answer, don't ever contradict my point here.

The pronunciation of words and languages here in the philippines start in sounding of letters, in school we were taught during our primary grades on how to sound each letter and combined with the other, until these sound combination became a words, and words became a sentence, sentence became a paragraph, and so on.

Philippine English can be sub-divided into Tagalog English or Taglish, and Bisaya English, or Bisaglish. Taglish sounds mellow, while Bisaglish is hard-accented. Both variants are very maleable and can be hammered to form as real american english, canadian english, australian or even british english. It depend on circumstances and peculiar situation. In singing and beauty competitions abroad, Pinoys tongue are easily adoptible without twisting the tongue no matter what, and just respond naturally to particular diction, resonance or pitch and can mimick any particular brand mentioned above. This is why Pinoys sounds like the originals of whatever genres of music. It can be as good as xerox copy of an original, or a reinvented cover. Philippine singers particularly the artist category can dribble out of thin air his, or her vocals forward, backwards, upwards or inwards. It can be comical too like Charlie Chapman, or all the Hollywood artists combined. For every american great singers from jass, ballad and to rock, their always a thousand or million copies across the Philippines, and its not difficult to find these guys. They are in plain sight, or seen in social media, with the karaoke beside. It can dash marathon lines not just fast, but superfast and furious. The Bisaya tongue is easily recognizable with hard-thick accent in ordinary conversation is most maleable and easily intertwined into the tapestry of music world with ease. A long line of these artists ended world class singers competing in global stage and became Holywood greats, or their Philippine lineage came from the Visayan region. At time of birth the infant spoke the English vowels already. By 6mos-1 yr with Karaoke around, and uncles, aunts and neighbors paraded as if engaged in one community singing competition, this child of tender years evolved into the singer class.

I remember my English Teacher in Second Year high school. She is Amazing specially for right grammar and pronunciation.

My great-grandfather was a Thomasite. They were a group of 500 teachers who traveled to the Philippines to establish a basic education system and to teach English. This happened after the Spanish-American war. I later found out he stopped by Tokyo to pick up more instructors. He was able to make friends with them before making their way to the Philippines. Much respect to my grandfather making that long journey.

My 3 year old nephew learned english with american accent through youtube..they are the generations that later tagalog would become our second language in the philippines😁😁😁

@phnation1929

Ай бұрын

That's right, also my 3 year old daughter is speaking fluently in american accent of english, she learned from the show peppa pig, and she knows just a little bit of tagalog, that is why i think now a days filipino language will be next to english use by the next generation here in the philippines

@leonadeumultifandom2719

Ай бұрын

​@@phnation1929 american accent you mean british accent peppa pig is british kid show

@leonadeumultifandom2719

Ай бұрын

​@@phnation1929 some kids show are british or australian not all foreign kid show are american

@miaya3898

Ай бұрын

There were already kids like that in the 80s and 90s

@sureshmukhi2316

Ай бұрын

I am from the Philippines and disagree. English proficiency was much higher in the 1970s and 1980s and started to deteriorate in the 1990s. I think it is because some subjects that were taught in English before are now taught in Filipino such as Sibika ( Social Studies ) and others.

I think Filipinos have a good command of the English language because of many factors but one of the most overlooked factors is their love for singing especially English songs. Children develop their grammar and diction at an early age and they articulate very well. Also the way they speak opens up their powerful vocal chords again at a very young age. Singing really is a powerful tool to loosen one's tongue and vocal qualities. During the British invasion of the 1960s, Filipinos are big fans of the songs of that era, and even today, those songs are still popular and you know British singers at that time, they got higher pitches and Filipinos don't mind, such raw power can't be taught.

@lenmaldita3247

Ай бұрын

Maybe it does help but i think most filipinos can speak english is because most of our subjects in school are in english. Nowadays only the filipino subject is being taught in tagalog everything else are in english.

@gerliearrieta2536

Ай бұрын

English is our second language in Philippines.

go girl. Philippine❤

Love to see you back❤

ANG GANDA MO LALO NGAYON NELLY😊 THE LADY IS BLOOMING😍😗😋😉😇

Well I do notice Filipino accents when they speak for some but let them sing the accent would be magically gone and imitate the accent what’s on the song 😅

Love this reaction video,

Oh hello bubbly Nelly thank you for the upload❤

Done share this video i love this topic very knowledgeable

watching all your videos makes me feels good, stay safe and god bless you always sweet plums?

It's good to see you again in your blog Nellys.

Hi Nelly! I find you very likable! And so sweet !

Love this content ma'am nelly❤❤❤

I’m proud to be a FILIPINO while watching this video.

My asawa is Filipina. I love her English accent. Her only issue is pronouns. She sometimes confuses him and her. But that’s understandable when the native word is not gender specific. She sometimes types good morning my wife to me. I return with good morning my husband. Then she gets it. 🤣 She is trying so hard to practice the correct pronouns. 🇵🇭🇺🇸🤙

Ya because some teachers of Asia countries from Philippines 🇵🇭.

English courses/ subjects are part of the curriculumn of Elementary, High School and College education in the Philippines aside from medium of instruction is English

Nice vlog ms nelly!!keep the good vlog!!god bless!!

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

We love you Nelie and your sweetheart you’re so nice to us.

Carabao English sounds awesome❤😊

im a filipino but i also love indian english accent with matching head movement ....

@cresenteayo3638

12 күн бұрын

Absolutely true. But Indian mystic Sadhguro had the most perfect and concisely worded English-speaking Indian of all 1.3 billion Indians.

This is one reason that Philippine Education should be acknowledge and as par with International School.

Hugs & kisses . .keepsafe nelly.

My son's first languange is English but we never thought him that language. He is the only English speaker in my and my wife's kin.

Indian :Sakshma Srivastav I loved her tone 😊

i love your channel vlog what's up Philippines you always react about Philippines and our culture 🤭☺️✌️

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

More to come!

Mabuhay!

I love you mam..i love your content..we Filipino...We Love Yuo...❤❤❤

I 💯 agree with her ranking.

I think the "accent" stems from the Filipino language using hard/short vowels. For example, we pronounce MABUHAY as M(ah)b(oo)h(ah)y. Our A is the short hard a, not soft-long æ. So we say (ah)pple instead of æpple. Same with E (eh instead of ee/uh), I (ee instead of ai), O (short o instead of oh), and U (oo instead of yu). Cucumber would be coocoomber instead of cyucumbuhr (although most who learned in school would know how to pronounce it of course) .

Nice videos ma'am

I know the Singaporean speak because I worked in Singapore 34 years ago and they used a lot of British words because of colonial.❤

My grandniece learns English with American Accent thru You tube by watching a lot of Children Shows now she's having trouble learning Tagalog or Filipino Language she just turned 5 years old and will be enrolling as a Kinder Student and she's having hard time pronouncing Tagalog words she's saying it with slang accents.

@leonadeumultifandom2719

Ай бұрын

some kid shows are australian or British peppa pig is british Bluey is australian

You have accent too..its beautiful..

Our tongue is the forefront of our culture and of who we are. english is a very interesting and influencial language in the entire world that all peoples wanted to learn! and hearing them speaks with their own tongue amazed me how dramatically diverse people are even when speaking the same language and i love that. there's no perfect english accent for me. not sure if british or american, australian or new zealand. because each has cultural touch on it. just wondering tho, what anglo saxon accent sounds like in those days(in old germany) where english language was originated.

because our language (filipino/tagalog) is mixed with spanish words we tend to pronounce as it is written… so we dont follow anyone accents but our own .. plus of english language engagements like as in school, government, movies, musics and conversation physically… so each country has its own “pronunciation” due to its culture…

English is the universal language we need to learn it to communicate to other countries. ..but i like to learn thai language...

Here in the Philippines we use & speak English language as a way of communication. It depends to our vocal voice expression...

you are beautiful as always Ate Nelly!!!!! i love you, we love you!!!!

Filipino learned English from U.S.A cause they are the one educate Filipino when we are colony before.

Wait for the upcoming generations of English speakers in the Philippines. Hahahah! My nephew has never been in USA. But he speaks, and sounds just that. Hahah. There's actually allot of them.. actually I call them. The KZread babys. Hehe.

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

I agree! Cheers to KZread babies 😂

@HunterPh

Ай бұрын

"Babies", hindi "babys". Huwag kasing mayabang.

@rommelbautista630

Ай бұрын

Funny ka, obvious nman na sinadya maliin para lang cute. Ikaw ang mayabang🤣​@@HunterPh

@HunterPh

Ай бұрын

@@rommelbautista630 explain mi bat halatang sinadya para lang cute na sinasabi mo? Sige nga!

@minaflores6650

Ай бұрын

Yeah true. I'm amazed at how children learn so fast with the English language conversations nowadays. In 2020 my four year old grandkid speaks to me like an adult uttering words like complicated and embarassing. When he goes out to play with the local kids, she instantly switch to Tagalog as her playmates complain they don't understand her. Also at 4, another grandkid can speak extemporaneously in English and can speak Tagalog with an American accent. Yeah, watch out for this new generation of Filipino EFL (English as a First Language) speakers and how they will revolutionize a new breed of English speakers who have not even started kindergarten yet. Problems with advocates of the mother tongue first, may have to reconsider modifying their program.

🇵🇭 American English is one of our Subject in school 🏫

Correct Philippines speak good English ❤

jiji just like a song 😅😅😅😅 Lol ..... from Philippine love this content

I’m from Philippines. We learned the American English in school.

There are some Malay words that is similar to Ilocano Filipino dialect. For example ikan means fish also in Ilocano which is similar meaning in Malay. Mangan is eat in Malay and same in Ilocano. 😊We have a Malay blood..that’s why, we are a little bit of everything😅

Thanks Nelly to share this video, she's smart. I hope more videos to sharing us for our support of your channel. Thank you, be safe and GOD bless you always 🙏💖🙏💚🙏💗🙏💛🙏💜🙏💝🙏💙🙏.

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗

I love people.

Thats exactly correct. Filipinos follow the american english that is why the pronunciation is clear and audible. But most of our neighbors follow the british english because of political reason, accents and they believe it is the true origin of english language. Am i right? 😂😂😂😂😂

The Jugde is absolutely correct. English is owr 2nd language since birth UpTo college.

When i was in uae and everytime i talked to my colleagues (indian,nepal,kenyan etc) i always said sorry my english is slow, they reply that my english is so textbook thats why i have difficulties but that pronunciation is more accurate than them,. Also they said never feel embarrassed if your english is slow,.it's just a language not an intellectual measurement,.as long as it's clear you're good,.

The video ending seems to be cut? Is there a part 2 on this?

We Filipinos could easily adjust our accents in every country we came to. Honestly, we have the well Balance way of speaking English or Neutral.

@thelonetraveler3073

Ай бұрын

agree

@HunterPh

Ай бұрын

Not really.

Hi Nelly! 😊💙

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Hello 😊

The younger generation of HK is quite good in English. I can understand them too.

Here again to show some love. Hug&kiss...

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😘

Specially now a days parents teaching their kids, speaking English.

Beautiful

Here in the Philippines even without proper education they can still speak in english, youll be surprised how fluent they are, “almost” everyone knows how to speak english.

that is because PH is taught american english as early prep school. kids these days speak english even before going to school, learning through youtube.

pinoys has the best english in all asia. japanese R is L . the Indians pronouns T like D .Singapore always has Lah~ somewhere which is very cute. Pinoy's english is besides the US and UK but that is overall. a lot of pinoys has bad english too. but we know how to answer yes, no and I don't know which is really big for foreigners. and the way we try to speak in english even if we have little knowledge especially the people from the province like guides and kuya guards. @nelly you should learn tagalog. Imagine if you can be as good as will's tagalog.

@animex8129

Ай бұрын

Indians pronounce t as t its just your stereotype india is not a small country it has 22 official languages and 1000s of different language every language has different accent😂😂 most proper english is spoken in india

@vada7670

25 күн бұрын

@@animex8129I have colleagues from India and they are very good at learning Filipino language and pronounce it pretty well while their english is good but the pronunciation is highly influenced by their thick Indian accent. Overall they are good in english and easy to understand. In all Asia I think it’s Philippines and India who has the highest English literacy simply based on my conversations with different nationalities in Asia.😊

I taught in an ESL school and i asked my students why they chose to study English in the Philippines they said it was cheaper compared to other ESL schools.

Back in my High School days I mean 1990, our English teacher will not allow us to speak our own language except English during our subject period, and we will be fined in certain amount that the whole class agreed upon, so unless you learned the word or the phrases to speak, you better keep your mouth shut, and as expected English period were the quietest moment, LOL and the same goes in College where our Teacher expects we can easily speak and communicate. These are the factors and the English movie and the songs, and our relatives abroad we really need to learn

Filipino English accent is good for those learning English, since there a few “disappearing” or altered vowels or consonants. So as a learner, you hear what you read.. WATER is spoken as WATER… not WATUH, MORNING is not spoken as MOHNING

Going back to my college years, my English Professor once told us that "ENGLISH IS A VERY TRICKY LANGUAGE", up until now I'm still thinking about it and can't forget it. 😅

i'm a Filipino i know i have a good accent and i think some people needs more practice to learn how to pronounce it well in natural way like the american accent without exaggeration...

imagine being raised hearing the song "baby shark" before you learned your first word 😂

@user-gt7nr3bz6u

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Irony is most Asian countries are even studying english in the Philippines or hire Filipino teachers to teach them english😂

Filipino, since birth, baby already spoken English😂😂😂😂😂😂

@marsortezaofficial

Ай бұрын

Yeah, puro english na yung mga cartoons na pinapanood nila 😅

@lilybethmcgrath1280

Ай бұрын

Since birth indeed the babies were already exposed to the sound of the English language from English lullabies and television ads and programs hehe.

When I was working with they americans or any other countries.They always ask me since when I learned to speak english. Because my english is good. I answered them since I start studying in Grade 1 because we have english subject in school.

💙💙💙

❤❤❤

Singapore, la

During the pandemic kids are notallowed togo out so they watched English cartoonsand KZreadm mostly learn to speak English

good video Nelly but just it ended unfinished..I always waiting for your byes 😀.

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Sorry! Next time!

wow❤

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Nice?

😍😍😍

❤

even though I haven't degre but I can understand English and I can speak English little bet. because I learned it since I was young, my parents taught me basic words.we used alphabetical.you can see many English words every where here in the Philippines. that's the reason why Filipinos can understand English...you can hear English communication specially Sunday.after drinking alcoholic.😅

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Good to know!

@HunterPh

Ай бұрын

Dika na sana nag comment

Hello Ms.Nelly ❤❤❤

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Hello 😊

Yea

@WhatsupPhilippines

Ай бұрын

Hey!

MISS NELLY MAG ARAL KANA NG TAGALOG 😅😅

React to: The History of The Philippines Before Magellan (3000 BCE - 1521 CE)

you sound like the female Arnold Schwarzenegger with the silent "R" like in his movies. very solid.👊🏼👍🏼😄

Filipinos speak clear English ❤especially Visayan region

@WhatsupPhilippines

13 күн бұрын

Agree!

I only can say, SAME SAME😂😂😂😂😂

Salamat dahil kinikilla ang pilipinas na isa sa mahusay sa ingles.malinaw pakinggan at madaling maintindihan.👍🏻❤

As a Filipino in Taiwan who teaches English as a part time.. we were colonized by the US. A lot of things here were influenced by Americans. Growing up, my parents used to believe that speaking good English will take us further in life in terms of career. I cannot recall the age I started learning English.. maybe since birth. Or maybe since I am inside the womb lol. I listened to american music, watched cartoons in English. All encyclopedias and almanacs for kids are in English. 10 years of basic Education and Filipino subject is the only subject where you are allowed to speak Filipino. I remembered there was a penalty for us when we speak Tagalog (like 5 pesos when someone heard you). I didn’t like the culture where I was shamed for having bad grammar (by my fellow Filipinos). I always believed that speaking good Tagalog is where I should focus on since I am a Filipino. I do admire the countries that focus on preserving their language like Taiwan and Japan.. having good English is a plus but I think we should love our own and not shame others for speaking poorly in their second language. My English never got better in the Philippines because I was often shamed for my shortcomings. I only improved here in Taiwan where I met my American friend who is very encouraging in almost all aspects of my life (and I had copied her accent I guess lol). Speaking another language requires confidence. Improving takes a lot of mistakes. So dont be ashamed to make mistakes. Just practice and it will get better. For me accents are beautiful. I dont mind when people say I have a Filipino accent when speaking in English. I am a Filipino, so I have that accent. :P

We are massive call center here 🤣😁👌

Filipinos have either American English accent or a neutral accent which is really good. English and Tagalog are Philippines' official languages.

@WhatsupPhilippines

14 күн бұрын

Agree