Period of Re-orientation(1898-1910)

• Professional teachers arrived via the US Army transport ship "USS Thomas" - "Thomasites"
• They established the University of the Philippines in 1908 which was the first to use the English language in higher education.
• The revolutionary newspaper "El Renacimiento" edited by Rafael Palma, who later on became UP President, was the pioneering newspaper to publish works written in the English language.
• Americans established the public school system in areas that have been pacified.
• English language was used as a medium of instruction in public schools as early as 1900 in Corregidor Island.
• The first English teachers were the American soldiers stationed in various areas.
• Covered the landing of the Americans on Philippine shores including the Philippine-American War.