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The document discusses the beginnings of the English language in the Philippines from 1898 to 1920. It notes that some Philippine scholars independently studied English even during the Spanish period. When US forces arrived after 1898, a military chaplain and his soldiers began teaching English via direct instruction and found willing students. Schools then systematized English education using both direct instruction and grammar translation. By 1921, the civil service was mostly Filipino, though the US stil
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- Feelin Yep
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