Day 150: Phones Off in the Classroom?
In a debate in their Filipino class at a teachers' college in Manila, education students Darlene Mendoza (A) and Jasper Bautista (B) argue, before their teacher and classmates, whether pupils should hand in their phones at the start of every class.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Magandang umaga po, Ginang Reyes. Dapat pong ipasa ng mga bata ang cellphone pagpasok sa klase.
Good morning, Mrs. Reyes. Pupils should hand in their phones when they come into class.
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B
Paano po kung may emergency sa pamilya ng bata, Binibining Mendoza?
What if there's an emergency in the child's family, Miss Mendoza?
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A
Puwede pong tumawag ang magulang sa paaralan. Pero nawawala po ang atensiyon ng bata tuwing may notification.
The parents can call the school. But a child loses focus every time a notification comes in.
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B
Totoo po iyan, pero puwede naman pong i-silent ang cellphone.
That's true, but phones can be put on silent.
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A
Sino po ang magbabantay kung naka-silent nga ang tatlumpu't limang cellphone, Ginoong Bautista?
And who will check that thirty-five phones really are on silent, Mr. Bautista?
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B
Pero sa maraming batang walang pambili, cellphone rin po ang diksiyonaryo at kalkulador.
But for many pupils who can't afford a dictionary or a calculator, the phone is both.
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A
Magandang punto po iyan. Hayaan po ninyong pag-isipan ko muna.
That's a good point. Let me think about it for a moment.
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