Philippine Case Study

Manila is a multi-ethnic society, the major ethnic groups being Tagalogs, Bicolanos, Visayans, Ilocanos, Kapampangan, Pangasinan and Moro groups, as well as tribal groups like the Bajau and the Igorot. It is the capital and second-largest city of the Philippines and one of 16 cities that comprise Metro Manila. Currently it is the home of 1,652,000 people (2010) in the Philippines. It is the world's most densely populated city with 42,857 people per square kilometer, or 111,002 people per square mile. The people in Surabaya is relatively more homogenous although the people are a mix of races. It is the Indonesia’s second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. At the 2010 census, the city had a population over 2,800,000 and an 'extended metropolitan area', with more

However, the English as a foreign language varieties, such as English in Indonesia, are ‘performance’ varieties and have no official status and remain dependent on the standards set by native speakers from the inner circle. The Philippines, as recognized globally, is one of the largest English-speaking nation with majority of its population, having at least some, of the degree of fluency in the language. English has always been one of the national languages of the Philippines and is spoken by more than 64 million Filipinos. It is the language of business and law, as well as the primary medium of instruction in education. Surpassing the India in 2012, the proficiency in the language is also one of the Philippines' strengths that has helped drive the economy and even made the Philippines the top voice outsourcing destination in the