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Susan Mila P. Alvarez-Tosalem (MA ELLT, Ateneo de Manila
University, Philippines) is Assistant Professor, Division of
Humanities, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV). Susan
teaches basic writing, communication skills, and literature
courses. She has been actively involved in teacher training
through UPV’s Office of Continuing Education and Pahinungod.
She is also part of the English Language Skills Enhancement
Training for foreign students, a regular program offered by the
UPV Language Program Office.
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UPV, Philippines
Susan is the 2009 Salvador Benedicto Professorial Chair Holder in
Humanities. She was also the Language Editor of Volume 13 No. 2
and Volume 14 No. 1 of Danyag, UPV’s Journal for the
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Loise Anne C. Aquino is an instructor at the Department of
Humanities of the College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los Baños.
She regularly handles courses in College English and College
Writing in English. She has also taught a module for UPLB’s
English Plus, an intensive course for Korean students. She first
sought employment as a customer service associate with Sykes
Asia. Loise finished BA Communication Arts (cum laude) in UPLB,
and is presently enrolled in MA Communication Arts and bent on
finishing a thesis on computer-mediated discourse.
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UPV, Philippines
Gusti Astika is a lecturer at English Department, Satya Wacana
University, Salatiga. He obtained his Sarjana Degree in English
Education from the university in 1983, M.A. in English as a
Second Language from the University of Hawaii, 1991, and Ph.D.
in Linguistics from Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, in 2005.
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SWCU, Indonesia
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UPV, Philippines
Gusti is a frequent speaker at ELT conferences and his
publications have appeared in several journals in Indonesia and
abroad. His interests are syllabus design, teaching methodology,
and research. His recent publications are Readings in Language
Teaching and Research (2007) and A Task-Based Syllabus Design:
Evidence from tour guiding (2008).
Anna Liza M. Barcelona earned her B.A. English Studies degree
from the University of the Philippines-Diliman majoring in AngloAmerican Literature. She finished her Master of Education
specializing in English as a Second Language from UP-Visayas. She
is presently a faculty member of UP-Visayas in the Division of
Humanities, teaching various Literature and English courses. She
also serves as faculty resource for the university’s Language
Program Office teaching English to foreign students. She has
been teaching and training for ten years now having worked as
Training and Employee Development Manager in the BPO
industry before joining the academe. She has been designing
materials and developing curriculum for language learning and
using English for specific purpose in the four areas of the
language.
Bonifacio T. Cunanan teaches linguistics, stylistics, language
research, and postgraduate courses in the College of Education
and Graduate School in Bulacan State University. He is an
associate professor and a thesis evaluator in the College of Arts
and Letters of the same university. In 2002, he used the
metafunctions in Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar in a
stylistic analysis of point-of-view in an Afro-American short story
for his dissertation for a Ph.D. degree in Linguistics at the
Philippine Normal University. His line of research and interest
includes stylistics, SLA research, language testing, and text
linguistics.
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BSU, Philippines
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UPV, Philippines
Dulce Maria V. Deriada-Manaog is Assistant Professor, Division
of Humanities, University of Philippines Visayas (UPV). She is the
Faculty-in-Charge of the UPV-CAS Language Program Office as
well as an affiliate faculty of UP Open University. She is also the
2009 Roberto S. Benedicto Professorial Chair Holder in
Humanities. Dulce has an MA in English Language and Literature
Teaching from Ateneo de Manila University. She teaches writing,
communication and literature courses, and has been a regular
lecturer of Language Program’s English Language Skills
Enhancement Training for foreign students. She has also been
involved in UPV’s Office of Continuing Education and
Pahinungod’s extension activities particularly teacher training
and was an active member of the Volunteer Welfare and
Nurturance Team of UP Gurong Pahinungod’s Program.
Mabini DG. Dizon is an assistant professor at the English Division
of the Department of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences,
UP Los Baños. She teaches English and scientific/technical
writing courses in the University. She is currently the coordinator
of the University’s Language Instruction Towards Excellence
(LITE) Program which handles the Intensive English Course for
International Graduate Students.
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UPLB, Philippines
Mabini is author of a chapter in two books published by the
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), namely:
National Scientists of the Philippines, 1978-1998, Volume 1
(Textbook for High School and College Students) and Filipino
Heroes of Science: 1978-1998, Volume II (Children’s
Version/Textbook for Elementary Pupils). She has also produced
two instructional manuals in scientific/technical writing as part of
a UPLB Foundation, Inc Faculty Grant. Currently, she is working
on a UPLB chair lecture on Management of Student Academic
Records and Its Application on User-Centered Decision Support
System. Mabini finished her MS Development Communication in
UPLB. In March 1999, she was recognized as UPLB’s Outstanding
Teacher in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. She had also
been the College Secretary of the CAS from December 2006 to
2009.
Leonora M. Fajutagana is currently Chair of the Arts and
Humanities Cluster of UPLB’s General Education Program and
Convenor of the Culture and Arts Working Group that is drawing
up the blueprint for the University’s transdisciplinary programs
based in the humanities. She earned her PhD in Comparative
Literature and her MA in Communication Research in UP Diliman.
She now teaches mostly courses in literature and critical theory.
Her publications include coffee table books on UP Presidents and
UPLB history, and articles in Philippine journals.
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UPLB, Philippines
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CPU, Philippines
Sharlene G. Gotico earned her Bachelor of Arts major in Mass
Communication degree, cum laude, from Central Philippine
University (CPU), Iloilo City in 2001. In 2002, she joined the
teaching force of the Department of Languages, Mass
Communication and Humanities (DLMCH) of CPU. In 2006, she
finished her Master of Arts major in English Language and
Literature Teaching (MAELLT) degree at the Ateneo de Manila
University under a scholarship from the Commission on Higher
Education- Higher Education Development Program.
She teaches mass communication, grammar, speech, and
literature courses and is currently the Mass Communication
Program Coordinator of the DLMCH.
Bettina Joyce P. Ilagan is an instructor at the Department of
Languages and Mass Communication of the College of Arts and
Sciences, Cavite State University. Among the courses she has
taught are communication theory, communication research,
advanced communication skills, writing in the disciplines, and
study and thinking skills. She has also handled an English
proficiency course for Koreans. She finished her BA
Organizational Communication (cum laude) in UP Manila, and MA
Communication Arts in UP Los Baños.
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CSU, Philippines
Norhayati Ismail has been a lecturer with the Centre for English
Language Communication (CELC) for about 12 years. She has
taught business communication courses to both undergraduate
and graduate students, both local and international. She has also
conducted training on oral presentation and intercultural
communications skills for working professionals. She currently
coordinates a business and technical communication course for
undergraduates in the School of Computing.
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UPLB, Philippines
She has presented several conference papers in the areas of
independent learning, collaborative learning, intercultural
communication, and the use of IT in education. She is a
contributor and an editor to CELC’s recent publication,
Communicating in the University Culture (2009).
Dulcinea R. Laforteza is a faculty member of the Department of
Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los Baños, where
she handles courses in writing, literature and communication
arts. Aside from her teaching duties, Dulce’s other involvements
include serving as trainer on technical writing and doing research
on the humanities. She has delivered three professional chair
lectures which had been published as journal articles and is
currently working on the fourth.
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UPLB, Philippines
For about five years, Dulce also served as coordinator of the UP
Open University’s Learning Center at UPLB, where she took care
of the various needs of students and tutors during study sessions
held in Los Baños. Aside from being coordinator, she also edited
a number of course modules, and stood as tutor and faculty-incharge of some courses offered via distance mode. Currently,
Dulce is the Director of the UPLB University Publications Office.
She is in charge of publishing the UP Los Baños Journal, books
and instructional materials prepared and used by UPLB faculty.
KC Lee is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director at the Centre for
English Language Communication, National University of
Singapore. KC teaches basic writing and communication skills
courses and has been actively involved in the design and
development of ELT materials. KC received the National
University of Singapore Excellent Teachers Award in Academic
Year 2006/2007.
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NUS, Singapore
KC has published papers in ELT-related journals and co-authored
a number of books including Zooming in: An integrated English
course (Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press ), The Science
of Effective Communication in the Workplace (Pearson). The
most current publication is Effective College Writing: A Process
Genre Approach, 2nd edition (McGraw-Hill).
Milagros G. Legislador is Assistant Professor in Communication
at the University of the Philippines Visayas. She teaches English
and Literature courses at the Division of Humanities. She has an
M.A. in English (Reading Instruction) from the West Visayas State
University.
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UPV, Philippines
Grace Bernadette T. Mendoza is an assistant professor handling
speech communication courses at UP Los Baños. She has an
undergraduate degree in Communication Arts (cum laude) and a
Master degree in Speech Communication.
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UPLB, Philippines
Aside from her normal teaching load, she handles classes under
the Intensive English for Foreign Graduate Students Program of
the UPLB College of Arts and Sciences. She was also involved in
the University’s English Summer Program for incoming college
freshmen from 2002 to 2008. She also worked as a Study Tutor
for the Open University for one semester. At present, Grace is
the course coordinator for SPCM 1 under the General Education
Program of the University.
Adriadi Novawan is a full-time lecturer at the Politeknik Negeri
Jember (PNJ), Indonesia. He was Officer-in-charge of the
language center of PNJ before he became Chair of the
Department of English two years ago. Currently, he is the
Secretary to the Chair of the newly-established Department of
Language, Communication and Tourism.
Adriadi teaches writing, pronunciation and speaking, as well as
ESP courses such as English for computer engineering,
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PNJ, Indonesia
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UPLB, Philippines
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UPV, Philippines
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CPU, Philippines
informatics management and food industrial technology. His
professional interests are in methodology and materials
development in language teaching.
William R. Remollo received his AB English (magna cum laude) in
Silliman University and MA Communications Research in UP
Diliman. He began his teaching career at Central Mindanao
University, and then moved to UP Tacloban and UP Los Baños
back in the eighties and nineties. Also he had worked at the
Bahaí World Centre in Haifa, Israel for 15 years (1994-2009) as
communication analyst and public relations officer. He is, at
present, an assistant professor at the Humanities Department of
the College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los Baños. He currently
teaches English and Communication courses.
Willi is designing and developing classroom activities for
Freshman English that serve to build up the students'
understanding of the importance of context and break down any
concrete distinction between vocabulary and grammar that they
might have.
Robert “Bobby” Rodriguez finished his undergraduate degree at
the University of the Philippines – Visayas ( Bachelor of Arts in
Broadcast Communication) and his graduate studies at the
University of the Philippines Open University as Master of
Professional Studies in Development Communication. At present,
he is a professor in Media Studies handling TV and Radio
Production courses and several general education
communication subjects at UP Visayas. He has also taught English
Communication courses at Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus
for four years prior to his employment at the university. In 2005,
he represented the Philippines to the 32nd Ship for Southeast
Asian Youth Program where he acted as the head of the
Philippine Cultural Committee in 5 ASEAN countries including
Japan.
Esther Rose Agus Romarate has been the chair of the
Department of Languages, Mass Communication and Humanities,
Central Philippine University (CPU) since 2004. She commenced
leadership of the Department after completing a United Board
for Christian Higher Education (UBCHEA) fellowship at Augustana
College, Illinois, USA and at International Christian University,
Tokyo Japan. She earned her MA (Literature) from Ateneo de
Manila University as a scholar of the Association of Christian
Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA) and her AB (English),
Summa cum laude at CPU. In her 21 years of teaching, she has
handled courses in Basic English, Literature, and Language
Testing among others. She has co-authored a textbook in basic
college writing and has been coordinating the short-term EFL
program conducted by CPU for students from Pyeongtaek
University, South Korea since 2005.
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CPU, Philippines CPU
Leilani Fatimah Ledesma Trompeta graduated from Central
Philippine University with a BA in English degree, and did her MA
in English Language Teaching at the Institute for English Language
Education (IELE), Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand as a
UBCHEA scholar. She has been an invited speaker and resource
person at several international conferences, including the MICELT
in Malaysia and the workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia sponsored by
SEAMECO/SEAMEO QITEP. She is currently teaching at the
Department of Languages, Mass Communication and Humanities
of Central Philippine University, Iloilo City, Philippines. Her main
interests lie in the areas of language and literature interface,
ESL/EFL teaching and learning, creative pedagogy, and materials
development.
Karen Y. Varona teaches English, Communication, and Speech
subjects at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV),
Iloilo. She is currently completing the final requirements for a
degree in M.A. in Media Studies at the University of the
Philippines in Diliman, in addition to a degree in M.Ed. in English
(as a Second Language) which she completed at UPV (Iloilo) in
2003. Ms. Varona also teaches English to Korean students under
the University’s Language Program and has several years
experience in (English language) broadcast media.
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UPV, Philippines
Hazel P. Villa is a freelance journalist based in Iloilo City,
Philippines. She is a Visayas correspondent of the country’s
number one national broadsheet, Philippine Daily Inquirer and a
contributor to the community paper, Panay News. After
graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Secondary Education
degree (major in English) from the West Visayas State University,
she proceeded to a journalism and teaching career.
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Ms. Villa earned her Master of Journalism degree with distinction
grades from Bond University in Queensland, Australia in February
2009 as a Fellow of the Ford Foundation International
Fellowships Program. Media Asia, an Asian Mass Communication
Quarterly published by the Asian Media Information and
Communication Center based in Singapore published Ms. Villa’s
academic paper, “Blog Defamation and Jurisdiction Issues: The
Brian Gorrell Case” in their Special Issue in 2009. She also
lectures and gives workshops on journalism and writing to
elementary, high school, and college students as well as
government information officers.
Vũ Mai Trang (MA ELT - Distinction, Nottingham University) is
Vice Dean, Faculty of English Teacher Education, University of
Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National
University, Ha Noi. She has been an English teacher and TEFL
teacher trainer for 8 years and has enjoyed delivering papers at
several international and national ELT conferences. Her research
interests include ELT, materials development, teacher
development, discourse analysis, testing, and translation.
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ULIS-VNU, Vietnam
T. Ruanni F. Tupas is Senior Lecturer, Centre for English Language
Communication, National University of Singapore; the 2009
Andrew Gonzalez Distinguished Professorial Chair Holder in
Linguistics and Language Education (Linguistic Society of the
Philippines); 2008 National Book Award Finalist for the edited
volume, (Re)making society: The politics of language, discourse
and identity in the Philippines (University of the Philippines
Press, 2007).
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NUS, Singapore
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PNJ, Indonesia
His forthcoming publications include invited papers on language
and development in the Philippines (AILA Review, John
Benjamins, Lim & Low, eds.), language, class and ethnicity in
Singapore (English Language in education and societies across
Greater China, Multilingual Matters, Feng, ed.), and the politics of
norms in ELT (The Routledge handbook of World Englishes,
Kirkpatrick, ed.).
Handoyo Puji Widodo teaches at Politeknik Negeri Jember and
currently serves as Chair of the Department of Language,
Communication, and Tourism. He received his MA in TESOL at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania on a Fulbright Scholarship. He
has published refereed articles and book reviews in professional
journals such as The Asian Journal of English Language Teaching,
Asian EFL Journal, English Teaching: Practice & Critiques,
Reflections on English Language Teaching, RELC Guidelines, and
The Journal of Effective Teaching. Handoyo has also presented
papers at international conferences such as the Asia TEFL
Conference. He is currently on the editorial board of the
International Journal of Innovation in English Language Teaching
& Research.
Handoyo is also working on three edited books -- Innovation and
Creativity in ELT Methodology with A. Cirocki (Nova Publishers,
New York, 2011), Materials Design and Development in ELT:
Theory and Practice with L. Savova, and Observation of Teaching:
Bridging theory and practice through research on teaching with
G. Park & A. Cirocki (Lincom Publishers, Germany, 2010 & 2011
respectively).
Lina Sinatra Wijaya is Senior Lecturer, Professional Program,
Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia. She got
her MA degree in Public Relations (PR) from Manchester
Metropolitan University, UK in 1997. She teaches English and PR
subjects and has been involved in the design and development of
English handbook materials for her program.
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SWCU, Indonesia
Here publications include Preparatory English (Widya Sari Press,
2001) and A Guide of making a job application letter and CV in
English (Trans Media Press, 2008). She is also involved in some PR
research funded by the Indonesian Government. She has
published papers related to teaching English and PR topics in
some journals.
Jerry R. Yapo is an assistant professor and current Chair of the
Humanities Department of the College of Arts and Sciences in UP
Los Baños. He usually handles courses in literature, writing and
communication arts both at the undergraduate and graduate
levels. He is executive producer of UPLB Samasining, an
integrative arts program based in his department. He also serves
as project manager of English Plus, an intensive English course for
international students. He is Co-Chair of the Arts and Humanities
Cluster of UPLB’s General Education Program.
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UPLB, Philippines
Jerry finished his BA Communication Arts (cum laude) in UP Los
Baños, and his MA Communication (journalism) in UP Diliman. He
has published journal articles in Media Asia, Philippine Studies,
and UPLB Journal. He has delivered four professorial chair
lectures, and is working on his fifth on strengthening culture
through the arts in UPLB. Jerry was the recipient of UPLB’s
Outstanding Teacher in the Humanities and Social Sciences in
1996.