STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH

TASK 3
Albeso, Katrisha Iony EL1O4
2.2 BSED - English Ms. Mel Garcia Boquiren
PROJECT: In a tabular form, give the similarities and differences of English Language and
your mother tongue. Make sure to include the Syntactic Structure (noun phrases, verb
phrases, modifiers, etc ). The point of emphasis will be based on the Parts of Speech given on
this subject topic. This will be achieved by combining all your tasks and mini-tasks in one
table. Afterward, write your conclusion by highlighting the salient features of the two
languages in the study.
Answer the following:
A. How do the salient features of the mother tongue help or intervene in learning a
second language/English?
B. As a future teacher, how do you best address possible difficulties brought by the
structural differences of one’s mother tongue and English?
English Language Your First Language (Filipino)
The sentence's activity or state of being is In Filipino sentence structure, the verb or predicate is
indicated by the predicate. The verb is part of the typically placed after the topic in Filipino. For example, the
basic predicate, which may also include altering phrase Monika is you, or Si Monika ka is the right way. A
keywords, phrases, or clauses. Any entire verb, adjective, noun, or prepositional phrase can help
sentence has two fundamental grammatical compensate for the predicate.
components: a subject and a predicate.
A verb is present in each phrase. A verb is a term The conjugation of verbs in English is rather
that denotes an activity, whether it be physical, straightforward, but Filipino verbs were morphologically
psychological, or existential. When a word or complicated and take on several affixes that represent
pronoun is applied to express what the noun or concentration solely, context, accent, and certain various
pronoun has been doing, verbs are nearly usually characteristics. The verb "mag at nag" has a wide range of
employed as well. affixes (read). Because there are so many distinct suffixes,
Tagalog is extremely complicated. Every suffix has a
unique function in a phrase.
Verbs are crucial for the acquisition of Filipino tenses and verbs are crucial to the language, which
communication because they enable kids to begin is why speakers must understand the various tenses as well
creating phrases. The verb that is used in a as how to employ the verbs with each one. Similar to other
sentence influences its language structure. The languages, there are present, past, and future tenses as well
linguistic abilities of children who utilize more as variants depending on the context.
verbs are more advanced.
In English, the usual wording is Although the syntax may occasionally be arranged
subject-verb-object (SVO). Furthermore, there differently, it is generally the same. Similar to English, the
are situations when the subject and verb are structure of the Filipino language might be (SVO), subject
reversed or switched (VSO). This frequently (S), verb (V), object (O), or (VSO). Yet whereas Filipinos
occurs in queries and phrases beginning with is or frequently employ VSO, English frequently uses SVO.
are. Make sure to pinpoint the true issue.
It is well known that the alphabet contains 26 The Filipino language is constantly developing. Although
letters: five vowels and 21 consonants. The Latin its alphabet was altered from 20 letters to the present 28
script, which represents the fundamental group of letters, it had a significant boost. However, many new
letters shared by all alphabets descended from the
classical Latin alphabet serves as the basis for the
English alphabet.
As a result, vocabulary may be described as a
language's terms, containing individual words,
compounds, or a set of words that convey a
particular meaning in the same way that a single
word does. The vocabulary contains lexical
phrases or chunks in addition to single lexical
items or phrases with specific meanings or
interpretations.
Plural nouns denote more than one, whereas
singular nouns denote just one. If a person is by
themselves, we refer to them as a person, but if
there are other persons present, we refer to them
as people. Nouns offer names to objects in our
life that are either real or abstract.
Give instances of affixes and explain what they
are. According to the official definition, an affix
is "a bound inflectional or derivational element,
as a prefix, infix, or suffix, appended to a base or
stem to generate a new stem or a term."
Studying a language-learning technique that is
only useful for languages that are not strongly
similar to a language I already know, particularly
if those languages have a system of writing I am
unfamiliar with.
terms had already appeared over the past several decades,
and the Philippines also heavily adopted foreign languages.
Vocabulary in the Philippines shouldn't be as challenging as
some people might have you believe. You may study and
develop information so that you can speak the language
fluently by investing time in studying and discovering
methods to analyze and evaluate the distinctions from the
English language.
Singular and plural nouns were formed by merely putting a
"safety" of a noun. Filipino speakers have used these;
Frequent single pronouns including "ang," "yung," "ng,"
"nung," and "sa." like as "ang court" (the court)
Affixes contribute to the significance of the phrases that are
connected within the Filipino language. Various affixes
have been employed in Filipino, whether as prefixes or
suffixes at the beginning or end of words. Of course, an
example is an affix that wedges it into this same center of
the phrase.
Understanding what Filipinos say requires familiarizing
oneself with important, everyday events. When translated
into Filipino, it's not like all phrases have the same precise
construction as they do in English.

A. There are many reasons why we are learning our second language, some might think
that it isn’t important at all. In our daily lives, learning a second language can benefit
us and open opportunities that we are looking for. There will probably be pros and
cons that we can see in this topic. But mostly pros will be more to be acknowledged,
especially since this generation is more focused on the second language than the
Mother-Tongue. As soon as all languages are maintained, knowledge acquired in the
mother tongue may be applied to other academic languages. Therefore, parents must
communicate with their children in their native language at home. The mother
language also transmits emotions, which are crucial for a child's growth. By utilizing
their mother tongue in a variety of ways, studying, and narrating, parents may inspire
their children to acquire additional and foreign languages.

B. As a future educator, the best way to address difficulties, especially when teaching for
the first time is to have simple instructions that are clear yet simple so students can
easily follow what is being taught. Gaining trust by having some icebreaker activities,
is the other way to make them listen to you comfortably. Avoid any metalanguage that
they’re unfamiliar with so they can also easily navigate what are you trying to teach.
Never forget to always prepare well in advance in teaching, trust your instincts and go
with the flow. Make them feel that they are in their safe space in gaining knowledge.
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