why do filipinos need to speak english?

Answer 1

We, Filipinos, do not really need to speak English but just like what DS said, the Philippines has been a colony of US and even after we had our independence we continued to use the English language...

So the Philippines actually has 2 Official Languages: Tagalog and English..

The Philippines is actually the third largest English speaking country in the world.
English is the medium of instruction in schools and universities that is why most Filipinos know how to speak both English and Tagalog, not to mention other dialects spoken in different regions of the country...

Answer 2

Speaking english is not needed here in the Philippines. The reasons why filipinos are trying to learn more english...

FOR THEIR WORK:
Most of the filipinos nowadays are trying to go to America, Canada or even other countries just to have a great job for their families and love ones, therefore, you need to speak english so others will understand if what are you talking about.

IT IS A SUBJECT:
For public and private schools, english is an official subject, teachers will teach the students if how to speak english, with proper grammars and correct spellings.
Elementary - Basics & Spellings.
High SCHOOL - Grammars.

so that when they will go to college, they will take it easily.

Answer 3

As long as English is the acknowledge international language, anyone, and not just Filipinos, need to learn and speak the language if only to have a better chance of being understood by people of different nationalities.

Answer 4

Kind of an odd question. Nobody NEEDS to speak English, but it sure helps for employment reasons. The US gained control over the Philipenes after the Spanish-American war. The US held the colony for 50 years and decided it wasn't financially worth it to keep it and allowed it independence just after WWII. The Philipenes has many different dialects and Tagalog is actually very similar to Spanish due to centuries of Spanish leaders. The Philipenes spoke English under American control and continued to use it as the language of instruction for the next 40 years. It was only recently under a nationalism campaign that they decided to start teaching and having government functions etc in Tagalog. Most can still speak English though

Answer 5

They don't! That is unless they want to understand what an English speaking person is saying or which to make conversation with an English speaking person. It is always a benefit if a person can speak more than one language. One last think to converse or ask question on Yahoo Answers English seems to be the widely used language so it sure would benefit one if they wanted to use this feature.

Answer 6

They would only Need to speak English if English was the first language where they are.

Answer 7

My Filipino friends tell me that many companies conduct business in English and schools teach it. Many Filipino people do not have the job opportunities at home as they do it the US. Many study hard in school so they know enough English to come to the US and send money to family back home.

Answer 8

Who says so ??? If they are not living and drawing employment in an English speaking country, they can speak whatever they want to.

Answer 9

They only need to speak english if they wish to live in an english speaking country...

Answer 10

Kamustaqa?

Nice question. I am glad intelligent people like are around us in Yahoo answer.

Answer to your question could be:
Because they want to improve English skills
or
There were Americans, therefore they wanted to speak in English with them.

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