Alright Sup Forums i need some help, I think that my english teacher is retarded. Her english is very basic and sometimes it doesn't even make sense.
I'd like to know your opinions and read some corrections.
>inb4 your english is also shit
im not a techer m8
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i wish she was my teacher
Her grammer sucks
She's not a native speaker, is she?
No
I've heard better english from the mexicans selling oranges lmoa
All right, it didn't look like she was. I'm assuming that her use of delivery is an attempt to say submission or posting?
that's hilariously bad
You need to go to another school, and fast.
That's an American teen model named Christine from 10 years ago
idk, i get lost when i read her posts
more shit
what did she mean by this
this is hilariously bad
you should be teaching her
Damn, I should go teach English in Spain now
How was this woman ever approved for a teaching job? I'm an English teacher, I should just go to fucking Spain and get paid in euros
"are belonging" would be the correct way to say it. That means that, these member states are in a state of belonging in the present. Kind of a weird thing to say honestly. It's giving personification to a the states of the EU.
Most people would just say "belong", which would be a simple dry statement of fact
It's pretty bad. It's funny how there were students better at english than the teacher was when I was in school too.
>Spanish education
Pls be trolling. If not, then the Brit is right and you should be teaching her.
and she only gave me an 8 without giving any reasons. i should've got a 9 at least
by the way, is my this phrase correct?
*by the way, is this phrase correct?
>any reasons
Any reason sounds more natural to me.
>is my this phrase correct?
Drop either the my or this. You can't have both.
A pro-tip for you.
Most of the time, people try not to repeat an uncommon word too often in the same paragraph. Common words (such as "a", "such", "in"....etc) are repeated as often as you like. But the word "delivery" is slightly less common, so you'd expect it to be used a lot less frequently. She says it way too much, it's kind of confusing to read
If you need to use the word multiple times, substitute in synonyms. So instead of "deliver" say "turn in" or change your phrasing.
How I would say it:
Greetings students
I want to remind you, tomorrow is the day you are scheduled to turn in the first assignment of the semester.
It is important not to do this at the last moment
After tomorrow, the class begins working on the second assignment
Remember, for you can ask general questions on the forum, and you can email me for personal issues
Welcome to English 101
This is written in a somewhat formal, yet brief and unembellished style that you'd expect from a teacher or administrator.
chebs
yeah, i forgot to delete my
yea your english is unironically better than hers
I hate this kind of ((professors)), they think they are hot shit and then bring up this bullshit tests were they fail the student not because hes bad but because he refused to comply with their bad teaching practices.
This is what i was expecting from the course. You sound like an actual english teacher
I'm a native speaker. I've read tons of books, hundreds maybe.
Obviously I'm going to be better than anybody who speaks it as a second language.
Having a foreign flair to your speech isn't a bad thing, it sounds exotic and interesting. It's something that a native speaker can never replicate (women love it too). The thing you want to watch out for is really bad grammar, which makes you sound stupid
I've seen this before with a lot of Asians. They have a really funny accent and can't phrase things properly, so everyone assumes they're an idiot. Meanwhile, they have the best grades in the class
How the fuck did she get a job as an English teacher? My cousin and his wife passed the exams for teaching music in elementary schools and even there, competition was extreme. Is this a public school, private school or language academy?
Fuck what a dumb cunt, is she hot?
Maybe she knew somebody at the school? To be entirely honest, I'm not sure myself. She's understandable but really isn't proficient enough to be teaching.
That's why I wonder if OP is studying English in a private school or a language academy. To become a teacher in the public system, you need to pass several exams that OP's teacher surely couldn't.
Hahahaha, wtf Spain?
Make an anonymous complaint.
all your base are belong to us
>Having a foreign flair to your speech isn't a bad thing, it sounds exotic and interesting
Yeah, we also like that.
she's about 60 years old m8
> My cousin and his wife passed the exams for teaching music
kek, she's also a music teacher. it appears that she mainly teaches music and she does this subject as an extra. It's called european citizenship, and for some reason it's in english
It's an online institute called IOC. i wanted to finish "bachillerato" online, as it requires less hours, but overall they're quite bad
so since your teacher is basically crap, do you have any questions for a native speaker?
i've just done so. i hope she gets replaced soon
I have.Which one is correct?
1) Have you got a pen?
2 )Do you have a pen?
3) Have you a pen?
All are correct
1 = a bit more formal
2 = normal/casual (more of a direct question I suppose)
3 = britbongistan speech
It's just, what style do you have in your speech? What kind of mood are you in, what kind of personality do you have, what kind of impression are you trying to make? That will decide what words you choose, how your sentences are put together.
my teacher says number 2 is wrong.
>American posting
Why?
>less hours
Fewer hours
the fuck!??
Got a pen? (very direct, assuming)
Gimme a pen (colloquial style, very demanding and aggressive)
May I please have a pen? (extremely formal *tips fedora* m'lady)
ay cunt, you want me to fuck ya in the petroleum hole are you gonna hand over that pen? (aussie shitposter)
>"have" is itself an auxiliary verb, so using another auxiliary verb (do) with is a mistake
>Italian education
wat
i have trouble making some sentences. i'm always wondering if it's grammatically correct or if it sounds unnatural. Im not even sure if what i've just written is correct
but that's just a matter of practice
fugg i should've remembered that
No, it's called a verb catena.
>manners are considered fedora in amer*KKKa
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Yeah, and also, sometimes people break the rules
It's like here on Sup Forums. There are some rules that the mods are looser about, some they're extremely strict with. It's just the culture of the place that's built up over time.
It's difficult, I understand. And it's even more complicated because everyone has a slightly different style.
If I were you, I'd just do some reading. Go pick up a book. You'll start picking it up quickly
It'd be even better to say "at the last minute" instead of "at the last moment"
*succs
That's how I feel about French
>but that's just a matter of practice
indeed
i've been learning another language, and over time i've learned what sounds "right" and what doesn't
also i just clicked on this thread for the boobs
I'm willing to bet that most of us did.
ok yeah but titties
i know. my sister gave me book of game of thrones that i have yet to read. there's a ton of vocabulary that i don't know
those boobs always save my threads
Once you know enough, you can pick things up from the context
That's how I learned most of the words I didn't know when I was reading as a kid. Judging by how and where the word is used in a sentence, you can judge it's meaning.
a book*
thanks for the answers, i appreciate it
one last question, is this phrase correct?
>thanks for your participation and just I'd like to tell you this to think about all this questions and L1
>just I'd like
it's from another teacher. She isn't native either
It has the appearance of a very bad typo.
Instead of
>just I'd like
go with
>I'd just like
But there's more. When you're typing a sentence, you generally insert commas in places that you expect someone who's reading the sentence out-loud to pause for a breath. This here is sort of a run-on sentence.
Maybe something more like this:
>thanks for your participation, and I'd just like to tell you this: think about all these questions and L1
(whatever L1 is, I have no idea)
But I'm reading that sentence, and it still looks really bad.
I wouldn't phrase things that way. If I were talking to my class, I'd say something like:
>Thanks for participating. Think about all these questions and L1
When you're addressing a class in an authoritative way, there's no reason to use a narrative voice (to say "I", for example "I'd like you to do this", or "I'd just like it if"). It's better just to tell them outright what you want them to do
it's seems that neither of them have the c2
and i chose those subjects to improve my english
Mate, if you want to improve your english, what better way than shitposting on Sup Forums in your spare time?
>my teacher says number 2 is wrong.
Probably thinks #3 is right because English language instruction in Spain tends to be based on outdated British standards. In days gone by, pedantic British English teachers would favor #3 over #2. However, no American or Canadian would normally use #3. I think the Aussies might use it though.
In modern times, either #1 or #2 would be perfectly correct and perfectly understood anywhere in the English-speaking world.
#3 would be perfectly correct and perfectly understood in Britain and probably Aus/NZ/South Africa. It would be perfectly understood, but would sound strange or foreign in the US or Canada.
>i have trouble making some sentences. i'm always wondering if it's grammatically correct or if it sounds unnatural. Im not even sure if what i've just written is correct
>but that's just a matter of practice
Every word of this is grammatically correct English that sounds as if it was written by a native speaker, but your spelling and punctuation are a bit lacking. Not that anyone cares anymore on the Internet...
>Every word of this is grammatically correct English that sounds as if it was written by a native speaker, but your spelling and punctuation are a bit lacking. Not that anyone cares anymore on the Internet...
Actually just your punctuation; the spelling is correct too.
Honestly based on what I've heard from multiple language speakers is that immersing yourself in the language you want to learn i the best way to learn it. Watching English speaking media is how a lot of people learnt to speak English and it's how we learn language as a kid: being immersed in it
>Remember, for you can ask general questions on the forum, and you can email me for personal issues
The "for" after "remember" does not belong in this simple declarative sentence. You would only use it in a dependent clause explaining the independent clause.
For example: "Remember, you do not necessarily need to use email, for you can ask general questions on the forum." This sentence would also be correct, natural sounding, and slightly less formal if you used "as" or "because" instead of "for."
Of course, I don't set a very good example in a post littered with errors
>Having a foreign flair to your speech isn't a bad thing, it sounds exotic and interesting
This is true; men with a European accent often get lots of pussy from American girls. Accents from the British Isles are best, the girls are complete pushovers for those guys, but they will also drop their panties for an exotic Continental.
It will work better if they know you are from Spain and not Mexico or South America. (Although I suspect our Hispanic girls have the same pussy-wetting inferiority complex with Spanish men that white American girls do with English men.)
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>>less hours
>Fewer hours
Only in formal settings or written documents. It's the same distinction as between "poco" and "menos" in Spanish.