[Ayo]

Ah, I see..As far as I know it's because we Filipinos were under American government for over 50 years. From that time then, we're really forced to learn and speak English. I tell you, most Filipinos have better knowledge about English rather than our own language when it comes to grammar rules, phonetics, etc. All Philippine schools including of course Universities use English as the major language in teaching. In regular school for example, mormally, we have 9 subjects in a day that's around 6-7 hours of class a day. The subjects are Filipino, English, Math, Social Studies (History), Home Economics includes Computer lessons, Physical Education-Music-Arts, Science and Values Education. It had been revised for about a couple of years now to adapt and adjust to the recent demands and changes in educational system. Students and teachers use English to all those subjects except Filipino. Schools/Universities even give "fines" or "penalty" if you're heard or caught speaking Filipino inside class and school premises. Even the utility workers like janitors, vendors in cafeteria and school guards have ro speak English too. In most Filipino houses, we use English in simple conversation but sometimes we make use of "Taglish" which is a combination of Tagalog and English like "Where were you kahapon?"- Where were you yesterday? So that's no wonder!!! What do you think? How about in your country (Taiwan)?