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Congratulations to Andrew V. Gacuma for the successful outline defense of his thesis, "Effects of Game-Based Learning on Oral Skills and English-Speaking Anxiety of Junior High School EFL Learners in Taiwan." His adviser is Asst. Prof. Audrey B. Morallo while his panel members are Assoc. Prof. Alejandro Bernardo and Prof. Aurelio Vilbar.

You might be interested to attend the anticipated Dissertation Outline Presentation of Christian Narvacan.

Date: June 18, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Research Title: Evaluating the English Curricula of Science High Schools: Towards an Enhanced English Language Curriculum Framework for STEM Education

Adviser:
Dr. Romylyn A. Metila

Panel Members:
Dr. Saddam C. Bazer, Dr. Alejandro S. Bernardo, Dr. Edwehna Elinore S. Paderna, Dr. Alvin D. Tenorio

Faculty members, students, researchers, and other interested guests are warmly welcome to attend and engage in this scholarly exchange.

Those who wish to join the defense may request the meeting link by emailing [email protected].

You might be interested to attend the anticipated Dissertation Outline Presentation of Jasmine Sabrina J. Rombaoa.

Date: June 23, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Research Title: Psychological Factors, Affordances, and Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Model for Adult Filipino KFL Learning in Various Contexts.

Adviser:
Dr. Romylyn A. Metila

Panel Members:

Dr. Maria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon
Dr. Alejandro S. Bernardo
Dr. Saddam C. Bazer
Dr. Alvin Tenorio
Dr. Kyungmin Bae

Faculty members, students, researchers, and other interested guests are warmly welcome to attend and engage in this scholarly exchange.

Those who wish to join the defense may request the meeting link by emailing [email protected].

You might be interested in attending the Dissertation Oral Examination of Princess Gerbie Durante.

Date: June 19, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 NN

Research Title:
An Evaluation of Critical Language Pedagogy (CLP) in the Senior High School English Language Program: Towards a CLP-based Language Program Evaluation Framework

Panel Members:
Dr. Romylyn A. Metila – Adviser
Dr. Michael Arthus G. Muega – Critic/Reader
Dr. Teodora Salubayba – Member
Dr. Lorina Calingasan – Member
Dr. Aurelio Vilbar – Member

Faculty members, students, researchers, and other interested guests are warmly welcome to attend and engage in this scholarly exchange.

Those who wish to join the defense may request the meeting link by emailing [email protected].

Interested students and researchers are invited to attend the virtual Presentation of Discourse Analysis Studies by the EDL 341 Class on June 1, 5:30-8:10 pm. Interested observers may email Dr. Rom Metila at [email protected] for the Zoom details.

Positioning Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Policy: A Critical Discourse Analysis on AI Policies, Anxiety, and Intercultural Competence by Jayson Sarcilla, Jessie Labiste, & Glysa Marie Bunda

A Discourse Analysis of Student Teachers’ Lesson Plan Rubrics: Assessing Their Alignment with Learning Objectives and Target Competencies by G-Yan Mamuyac and Anna Marielle Ramos

Translanguaging in Schoolscapes as Pedagogical Resources: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis by Franchezca Djanne Crisostomo and Eugene Permejo

Invited Reactors:
Dr. Alejandro Bernardo
Dr. Rafael Michael Paz
Dr. Alvin Tenorio

Congratulations to Holden Kenneth G. Alcazaren on the successful outline defense of his study, “Development of Language Teacher-Researcher Identities (LTRIs): Towards a Framework of Teacher Research for Philippine Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).”

The panel is composed of Dr. Dina Joana S. Ocampo-Cristobal as research adviser, together with Dr. Joel C. Javiniar, Dr. Crizel P. Sicat-De Laza, Dr. Alejandro S. Bernardo, Dr. Jonalou S. Labor, and Dr. Jayson D. Petras as panel members.

Congratulations to Demmylor M. Bagalan for the successful oral defense of here thesis, “Indexicals in Teacher Identity Formation of Filipino Teachers during Acculturation in New Mexico.”

Her research advisers are Asst. Prof. Audrey B. Morallo and Dr. Crizel P. Sicat-De Laza, while her panel members are Asst. Prof. Emmanuel B. Verzo Jr. and Dr. Jaclyn Marie L. Cauyan.

Congratulations to Asst. Prof. King Arman Calingasan on the publication of his article, From corpus to classroom: A corpus-based analysis of lexical bundles in engineering research articles and pedagogical applications for research writing, in English for Specific Purposes.

Read the full article here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1n1sB3AFoiopLR

Congratulations to Mr. Job Martin S. Villafuerte and Dr. Crizel Sicat-De Laza on the publication of their article, Text-Driven Instructional Material: Effects on Language Learning Motivation, in Alipato: A Journal of Basic Education.

This article is based on Mr. Villafuerte’s thesis in the MA Language Education program of the UP College of Education.

Read the full article here: https://saliksik.upd.edu.ph/journal-issue/AL-01-26-001

Dr. Ariane Macalinga Borlongan delivered a special lecture titled From Corpus to Classroom: Strategies for Teaching Philippine English on April 18, 2026, at the Benitez Building, College of Education, University of the Philippines, attended by undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Language Education.