7. Your English is very good, and yet you’re Filipina.
Yes, our English is very good, di ba? Thank you, ha.
Whether we’re fluent English speakers or not, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. English isn’t our native language, but then we study in schools where the language is widely taught, we watch movies and listen to music in English, and we use English every day, at least bits of it while we’re texting, making phone calls, writing blogs, making social media posts, or having casual conversations. We also use English when we’re out doing job interviews and professional or business conversations. There’s a high chance for us to speak and write using the English language with such proficiency. But be forgiving if we’re not perfect at it. We will never be. We’re Filipinos after all.
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