I teach with a few Filipinos and their English is quite good but nowhere near the same level as a native English speaker. I've met many more during my time here and, while a few have been on a similar level to a NES, most aren't. The ones I met who were good had a chip on their shoulder because many jobs specified a NES and that Filipinos were paid less but they didn't know how poor their fellow Filipinos were because they only speak in Tagalog when together!
Sure, English is widely used in the Philippines but not to the same extent that English is used in the UK, America, Australia etc and it is unlikely they were brought up and schooled almost exclusively in English like most native speakers are. Maybe some are more competent at grammar than a NES would be but apart from that they lack the skills a NES has. This isn't a dig at Filipinos, just my honest opinion after meeting and working with Filipinos while here in Thailand. Not sure how good the schools and universities are in the Philippines as to whether they get a better education than Thais but worth noting that, until this year, they started University at 16 (unlike 18 in most countries) so a graduate from a Philippine university has 2yrs less education than a graduate from most other countries.
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Filipinos Teaching English In Thailand
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I teach with a few Filipinos and their English is quite good but nowhere near the same level as a native English speaker. I've met many more during my time here and, while a few have been on a similar level to a NES, most aren't. The ones I met who were good had a chip on their shoulder because many jobs specified a NES and that Filipinos were paid less but they didn't know how poor their fellow Filipinos were because they only speak in Tagalog when together!
Sure, English is widely used in the Philippines but not to the same extent that English is used in the UK, America, Australia etc and it is unlikely they were brought up and schooled almost exclusively in English like most native speakers are. Maybe some are more competent at grammar than a NES would be but apart from that they lack the skills a NES has. This isn't a dig at Filipinos, just my honest opinion after meeting and working with Filipinos while here in Thailand. Not sure how good the schools and universities are in the Philippines as to whether they get a better education than Thais but worth noting that, until this year, they started University at 16 (unlike 18 in most countries) so a graduate from a Philippine university has 2yrs less education than a graduate from most other countries.