UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM

Angono Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1ST Semester, SY 2022-2023

BEST-3A (Better English for Student Teachers)

DURAN, IVAN, B.
Prof. Janette Fronda
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Task#1
1. Write at least 15 sentences which a classroom teacher usually says at the
beginning of classes. If uttered in the Filipino language, include an English
translation.

Below are phrases/sentences that teachers usually say before the beginning of the
class/discussion:
1. Good morning/afternoon class, how are you today?
2. Please stand and arrange your chairs.
3. Please pick up the pieces of trash under your chairs.
4. Before the class starts, let us warm up and stretch our bodies.
5. Before we begin, let us have some ice breaker.
6. Pack your things away that are not related in the subject and we will begin in a
minute.
7. Before anything else, let us do have a roll call of names/ let us check the
attendance.
8. Put out your paper and pencil. Please copy, what is on the board.
9. Please erase the writings on the board.
10. Please go back to your proper seats and be quiet so we can start our lesson in a
while.
11. Let us do some recap of what we have tackled last meeting.
12. What have you learned in yesterday’s discussion?
13. I’ll give you ____ minutes to review what we have discussed last meeting and you
will take my prepared short quiz afterwards.
14. Exchange your notebooks because we will check the assignment that was given
to you last meeting before we start to another topic?
15. What do you know about today’s topic? What do you expect to learn in this topic?
 UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM
Angono Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1ST Semester, SY 2022-2023

2. What part/s of speech or specific grammar problems do Filipinos usually have

difficulties with?
English maintained its place as one of the required languages in a subject and in
everyday situation. Below are parts of speech/ grammatical errors that usually becomes
a problem among Filipinos in using the language:
1. Redundancy in using Adjective/ Double comparisons
As an English student and researcher, I have observed that most Filipinos common
error is the excessive use of adjective.
For example,
Example Translation
“Siya talaga yung pinaka-worst sa (“He’s the most worst of
lahat ng ex ko!” all my exes!”)

“Hayaan mo na; makakahanap ka (“Let that go; you will find

rin ng mas better.” someone more better.”)

2. The double tenses. Auxiliary verb such as did, does and do must be followed by
a base form of verb. This is the common error of most Filipinos that do not notice
as they form sentences.

For example,
Where did you came from?
Where did you come from?
3. Pluralizing non-countable nouns
Below are the most common errors:
• Equipments
• Milks
• Furnitures
• Papers
• Flours and etc.