Some facts about English in the Philippines and why it is the perfect place to study here with # QQEnglish ! Enroll today and get some huge privileges! www.qqeng.net "The linguistic background and colonial history of the Philippines provides an illuminating example of the development of a new variety of English. The Philippines is made up of a population of some 72 million people who together speak some 85 Malayo-Polynesian languages and live on some 7,000 islands. . . . [I]t was a colony of Spain from 1521 until it came under American rule in 1895." (Andy Kirkpatrick, World Englishes. Cambridge University Press, 2007) "English-medium education began in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was made the language of education and as its use extended it became indigenized through the inclusion of vocabulary from local languages, the adaptation of English words to local needs, and modifications in pronunciation and...