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Veritas_Aequitas
Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Jalisco, Mexico
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject: The Philippines? |
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Hello all,
I was just wondering if anyone knows of any EFL scene in the Phillippines? There is not alot of info on this country on this website. |
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Veritas_Aequitas
Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Jalisco, Mexico
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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I know that English is widely spoken in the Phillipines, but it is also in India and there are English teachers there... |
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been_there
Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 284 Location: 127.0.0.1
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:25 am Post subject: |
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English (as well as Tagalog) is an official language of the Philllipines.
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JosephP
Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:29 am Post subject: |
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been_there wrote: |
English (as well as Tagalog) is an official language of the Philllipines. |
and the letter /l/ is extremely popular there, too!
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AsiaTraveller
Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 908 Location: Singapore, Mumbai, Penang, Denpasar, Berkeley
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:28 am Post subject: |
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And poor /p/ stands alone.
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junkmail
Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 377
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Veritas_Aequitas wrote: |
I know that English is widely spoken in the Phillipines, but it is also in India and there are English teachers there... |
Interesting point as the Phillipines are getting big into call centers at the moment, which is where the bulk of the work in India is.
It might be an idea to approach the call centers direct.
Let me know if it works out. |
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Mysterious Mark
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Bernstable2003
Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: Phils |
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Hi.
Having worked there back in 2003 i can say that it is pretty hard to find good jobs there whether in ESL-related or other fields. I consider i was lucky to work there for the British Council and had a great time but found that the local ESL scene was pretty much taken over by locals whose English is more or less native speaker standard anyway (or beyond if David Beckham is included) so is a pretty dead scene for foreign 'experts'.
Its a shame cos along with Indonesia, its prob my fave country in East Asia however as noted above the newly booming call centre industry may be worth checking out.
Good luck |
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