Philippine English in the OED October update

"He said that he supported the proposal for this land, but he could not support the way it did."

"There is also a proposal for a large public square in the new business district and the center of the luxury hotel."

When the cross plan became an official proposal, he said that he would contact the residents and plan an event.

On his consultation form in March, he proposed various new legal practices.

"The sale of existing land will be an important starting point for the new site we propose."

"A young girl in a strict evangelical family accepted the proposal that a young man will get married."

"These two dramas refuse the proposal for marriage and concentrate on women attacked by an abandoned lover."

"I know that many people like stories based on marriage, wedding ceremonies or dancing.

"It seems like a marriage proposal between the two UK's biggest insurance companies, but the result is a short-term encounter."

"This time was interrupted by the proposal for marriage, accepted by the future bride."

# 4 Philippines There are two official languages ​​in the Philippines, Filipino and English. Only about 37,000 Filipinos speak English as the primary language. However, over 92% of the population can use it as a second language. Among the recent Philippine population, it is estimated that there are 90 million English speaking people on the island. # 5 Nigeria Have you ever wondered why there are lots of sales emails from Nigeria, not Kenya or Zimbabwe? There are many reasons, but it may be one of the reasons that the proportion of people who speak English is relatively high. In Nigeria, about 53% (79 million) of the population can speak English, and only a few people are proficient in English.

Currently, according to the census published by the Philippine government in 2005, 27,000 people in the Philippines use English as the first language and 42,500,000 people regard it as the second language. Behind the fifth largest country in English-speaking countries. In the 48 years of career, Americans have influenced Filipinos in various ways: American education system, American government, American dream, and Western culture. But the most important gift that Americans teach Filipinoses may be English.

I have just returned from the Philippines. English is the official language here and there are local Filipino. This does not mean that everyone understands or speaks English but it means that contact with the language is very nice and people speaking it can communicate very fluently. I impressed me that even those who have never left the Philippines can speak fluent English. According to the TOEFL (English as a foreign language test) score of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) ranking, the Philippines is ranked 35th among 163 countries. The only countries in Asia with a higher score than the Philippines are Singapore (98 in the world ranking, 98 in the score) and India (19, score 92). The Philippines ranked Philippines by 35 points.