The official languages of the Philippines are English and Filipino. English is not the mother tongue of the Philippines, and it has a historical background to become the official language of the Philippines. 1898 After the Spanish-American War, the Philippines became the territory of the United States. It was occupied by Japan for four years from 1942 to 1945. Later it became an American colony. Until1July 4, 946, the Philippines gained independence.

From 1898 to 1946, the Philippines was thoroughly educated in English by the United States for half a century. At present, the education system in the Philippines, from kindergarten to university, teaches in English, and communicates in English at school, just like we speak Mandarin at school.

Not only that, English has already penetrated into the daily life of ordinary Filipinos, from commodity packaging, restaurant menus, shop signs to newspapers and TV programs. Of course, not every Filipino can speak fluent English. Generally speaking, the higher the educational background, the better the English level.

The Republic of the Philippines, referred to as the Philippines, is located in Southeast Asia. Bashi channel is far away from Taiwan Province Province in China in the north, facing Indonesia and Malaysia across the Sulawesi Sea and Barabak Strait in the south and southwest, facing the South China Sea in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. There are more than 7,000 large and small islands, among which Luzon Island, Mindanao Island and Sama Island 1 1 main islands account for 96% of the total area of the country. The coastline is about18533km long, with a total area of 299,700km2.