ELT in Philippines English language teaching and learning in the country was characteristically favourable

English language teaching and learning in the country was characteristically favourable, starting with the Thomarsites in the early 1990s until about 1950s. The Filipinos are regarded as the best speakers of English in Asia as they are proud to be spoken in English. Some scholars of Philippines are trained at the University of California in the United States. Elementary level of the schools were taught English as a focal language. They are connected to the United States’ education since the early 1990s and English is the main medium of instructions for all of the subjects. According to the new elementary school curriculum (NESC), the average time of English teaching is about 60 min per day. The new secondary English curriculum (NSEC) was develop in 1989 and it was aimed to raise the local secondary education to cope with global level. Overall, teachers are still teaching English elements of isolation from the real communication contexts, focusing on the macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as independent features of English. New initiatives in ELT Teachers are preparing their education to be updated by joining in-service training, taking education programmes, doing master or doctoral studies etc. Seminars, workshops, conferences, round-table discussions are also the means of developments of ELT trends. The 1974 Bilingual Education Policy is still activating and the Pilipino must love his native language although English is a globally spoken language. Language organizations such as Council of Department Chairpersons in English (CDCE), College English Teachers’ Association (CETA) and Language Society of Philippines (LSP) are continuing to be active in the section ELT of the country. The IT sector also conduct a favourable environment for English.