TERESITA V. RAMOS, Ph.D.
Title: Professor and Chair,
Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages
Spalding 255L
University of Hawaii
Honolulu , Hawaii 96822
Telephone: (808) 956-8933
Fax: (808) 956-5978
E-mail: teresita@hawaii.edu
Home Address: 1617 Keeaumoku #904
Honolulu , HI 96822
Telephone: (808) 523-7605
EDUCATION
1973 - University of Hawaii, Ph.D. (Linguistics)
1964 - University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. (Linguistics)
1958 - University of Michigan, M.A. (ESL)
1952 - University of the Philippines, BSE (English and History)
Cum laude
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Philippine Linguistics
Second Language Pedagogy
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Second Language Acquisition
Philippine Literature and Culture
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS AND AWARDS
2001 Second Ronald Walton Award for Service, National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Washington,
D.C. (April 7)
2000 United Filipino Council of Hawaii Progress Award for Distinguished
Service in Education (December 9)
1998 Distinguished Service Award, Commission on the Filipino Language, Philippines (December 17)
1998 Distinguished Service Award, Arellano High School Alumni Association, Philippines (November 21)
1993 Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa for 1992 - 1993
1993 Hawaii Association of Language Teachers Excellence in Teaching Award for 1993
1987 Gintong Gawad ng Pagkilala Award, (Golden Award of Recognition), Institute of National Language of the Philippines
1987 Distinguished Service Award, National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education
1964 East West Center Scholarship, University of Hawaii, 1964-1966
1963 Rockefeller-Philippine Center for Language Study Scholarship, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963-1964
1957 Fulbright-Smith-Mundt Scholarship, University of Michigan ( Ann Arbor), 1957-1958
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
1999-2001 Member, Executive Board, Southeast Asian Summer
Studies Institute
1997-1999 Executive Board Member, Council of Teachers of SEA Languages
1996-present Board Member, Hawaii Association of Language Teachers
1993-1995 President, Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages.
1995 Co-chair, Fifth Conference on SEA Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison (July 13-16).
1994 Co-chair, Fourth Conference in SEA Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison (July 15-16).
1993-Present Chair, Consortium for the Advancement of Filipino.
1993 Co-chair, Third Conference on SEA Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, Univ. of Washington, Seattle. (July).
1993 Co-chair, Southeast Asian Linguistics Society III, University of Hawaii, (May 7 - 9).
1991-1993 President, National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages. Headquarters: National Foreign Language Center, Washington, D.C.
1991 Associate Director, U.H. National Foreign Language Resource Center, Summer Institute. In-charge of interns and teacher training Funded by U.S. DOE (Title VI).
1991- Member, Editorial Board. Journal of Southeast Asian Language Teaching.
1991-2001 (summers) Director and Principal Investigator, Advanced
Filipino Abroad Program.Funded by the Fulbright
Group Projects Abroad Program, U.S. Department
of Education.
1988-1990 Member, Steering Committee of the Less Commonly Taught Languages, Umbrella Organization, National Foreign Language Center, Washington, D.C.
1989 Conference Chair, Second COTSEAL/ SEASSI Seminar Workshops (July).
1988-1989 Member, Hawaii Board of Education Task Force on Foreign Languages. Worked on policy and implementation recommendations for the teaching of FL in the public schools.
1988 Conference Chair, First COTSEAL/SEASSI Seminar Workshop (July).
1987-1989 President, Consortium of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages.
1987-1988 President, Hawaii Association of Language Teachers.
1987 Board Member, U.H. Center for Interpretation and Translation.
1987 Chair, Philippine Studies Committee on Study Abroad.
1986-1987 Vice-president, Hawaii Association of Language Teachers (HALT).
1986-1987 Steering Committee member and founding member, Academic Alliance of Foreign and Hawaiian Language.
1985-PRESENT Philippine Language Representative, Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.
1985-1987 Board Member, Catholic Immigration Center.
1985-1987 Board Member, Bilingual Access Line Advisory.
1984-PRESENT Member, Teacher Education Committee on Hawaiian and Foreign Languages of the University Council on Teacher Education (Also 1979-80).
1982-1983 President, National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education.
1982 Chairperson, Task Force on the Study of Innovative Language Programs in the United States for the Hawaii Governor's Council on Foreign Language and International Studies. Completed a 131 page report in January, 1983.
1981-1984 Member, Governor's Advisory Council on Foreign Languages and International Studies.
1980-1981 Chairperson, Third Conference of the National Association for Asian and Pacific American Educators, Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii (April 23-25, 1981).
WORK EXPERIENCE
2000-2002 Chair, Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific
Languages, University of Hawaii.
2000 Director, Ninth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program.
Funded by the US DOE ($52,700) May - July.
1999 Director, Eighth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program.
Funded by the US DOE ($47,000) May - July.
1998 Director, Institute for SEA Language Teaching, CSEAS University of Hawaii, Aug. 20-22.
1998 Director, Seventh Advanced Filipino Abroad Program. Funded by the US DOE ($40,000) May - July
1997 Director, Sixth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program. Funded by the US DOE ($40,000) May - July
1996 Director, Fifth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program. Funded by the US DOE ($40,000) May - July
1995 Director, Fourth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program, Funded by US DOE ($40,000) May- June.
1994 Director, Third Advanced Filipino Abroad Program, Funded by US DOE ($40,000), June-July.
1993 Director, Second Advanced Filipino Abroad Program, Funded by US DOE ($40,000), June- July.
1991-1992 Director, University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Summer Institute.
1991 Director, First Advanced Filipino Abroad Program, Funded by US DOE ($45,000), June-July.
1990 Director, Center for Philippine Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1989-1990 Director, Second Language Teaching and Curriculum Center, Division of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, University of Hawaii.
1989 Language Director, Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute.
1988 Language Director, Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute sponsored by a consortium of 11 American Universities. In charge of training and supervision of 30 teachers of 11 SEA languages, teaching 3 classes (June-August)
SUMMER 1987 Tagalog Coordinator, SEA Summer Institute, Northern Illinois University.
1986 - 1987 Part-time Curriculum Developer, Regional Multi-functional Resource Center -Service Area 14.
1982- PRESENT Professor, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii. Coordinator, Pilipino and Philippine Literature Program.
1976- 1982 Associate Professor, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii.
1973-1976 Assistant Professor, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii.
1970-1973 Instructor, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii.
1970-present Coordinator, Filipino and Philippine Literature Program, University of Hawaii
1968-1969 Linguist (Tagalog), Pacific and Asian Linguistics Institute, University of Hawaii. Wrote a Tagalog language text, a dictionary and a grammar.
1967-1968 Language Coordinator and Linguist, University of Hawaii Peace Corps Training Center, Hilo, Hawaii. Coordinated five Philippine languages.
1961-1970 General Education Supervisor, Department of Education, Philippines. Conducted curriculum workshops and teacher training seminars on a nationwide scope.
1959-1960 Curriculum Writer, Philippine Center for Language Study, Manila, Philippines (Run by UCLA-Rockefeller). Wrote teacher's guides.
1962-1963 Professional Lecturer, Second Language Teaching, University Graduate College of Education, University of the Philippines.
1958-1960 English Instructor, University of the East, Manila, Philippines.
1952-1960 Classroom Teacher, Philippines.
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS
A. Books:
1. 1993 Co-Author Philippine Word Book (Illustrated): Tagalog and Ilokano (with Josie Clausen). Honolulu: Bess Press. Accompanied by tapes.
2. 1991 Co-Author Southeast Asian Languages Proficiency Examinations: Users Manual. University of Hawaii SEA Papers #33 (with J. Brown, et. al.). Taped examinations in Cambodian, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese are available.
3. 1990 Co-Author Modern Tagalog: Grammatical Explanations and Exercises for Non-Native Speakers. (with R. Cena) University of Hawaii Press
4. 1986 Co-Author Handbook of Tagalog Verbs: Inflections, Modes, and Aspects. (with Dr. Maria Lourdes Bautista). Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. 301 pp.
5. 1986 Author English for Filipino Elementary School Children (Focus on Common Errors): A Teacher's Guide. Manila: Rex Bookstore
6. 1985 Author Tagalog for Public Health Professionals. Southeast Asia Paper No. 28, Southeast Asian Studies. University of Hawaii Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. 300 pp.
7. 1985 Author Conversational Tagalog: A Functional-Situational Approach. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. 341 pp.
8. 1985 Author English for Secondary School Students: An Error-based Approach. Manila: Rex Bookstore
9. 1985 Author A Teacher's Guide for Teaching English to Filipino Secondary School Students. Manila: Rex Bookstore
10. 1981 Co-Author Intermediate Tagalog: Developing Cultural Awareness Through Language. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, (with Dr. Rosalina Goulet). 653 pp.
11. 1975 Co-Author Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: A Handbook for Teachers. Quezon City: Cultural Publishers, (with Dr. Esperanza Gonzales). 176 pp.
12. 1974 Author The Case System of Tagalog Verbs, Pacific Linguistics Series C, No. 27, Canberra, Australian National University. 168 pp. Reviewed in Language 53: 3 (1977).
13. 1971 Author Tagalog Structures (Ed. by Dr. Howard McKaughan) Pacific and Asian Linguistics Institute. University of Hawaii Press. 176 pp.
14. 1971 Author Tagalog Dictionary (Ed. by Dr. Howard McKaughan) Pacific and Asian Linguistics Institute. University of Hawaii Press. 330 pp.
15. 1971 Author Makabagong Balarila ng Pilipino (Modern "Pilipino" Grammar), Manila, Rex Bookstore.
16. 1971 Co-Author Tagalog for Beginners (Ed. by Howard McKaughan) Pacific and Asian Linguistics (with Videa de Guzman), University of Hawaii Press. 863 pp.
17. 1970 Co-Author Advancing in English, New York-Manila: American Book Company (with Dr. Lois McIntosh and Dr. Rosalina goulet). Reviewed in the Modern Language Journal (Jan.-Feb., 1973).
18. 1968 Co-Author My Language Book, Manila: Rex Bookstore (with Annie Menez and Belen Ongteco).
19. 1963 Co-Author English for the World Today, American Book Company (with Nelly Iligan and Rosalina Morales).
20. 1962 Co-Author A Speech Manual for Filipino Teachers of English, Bureau of Public Schools Publications (with Rosalina Morales).
21. 1961 Co-Author We Learn to Read, Manila (with Marciano Patolot).
22. 1960 Co-Author The Teacher's Guide for the Teaching of English in Grade II, Philippine Center for Language Study and Bureau of Public Schools with Fe Manz).
B. Articles:
1. 2002 Co-author “Philippine Languages”. In Encyclopedia of
Modern Asia. MA: Berkshire Reference Works (with Sheila Zamar) forthcoming.
2. 1999 Author "Claiming a Heritage Language: The Filipino American Experience" Filipinas Journal.
3. 1998 Author "Philippine Languages in Hawaii" in Sinking Roots: Filipino American Legacy in Hawaii. Philippine Centennial Committee - Hawaii.
4. 1996 Author "Philippine Languages in Hawaii: Vehicles of Cultural Survival," In Filipino
American History, Identity, and Community in Hawaii. Social Processin Hawaii. Vol 37.
5. 1996 Author "Balance and Bias in Racial and Ethnic Imagery in Philippine Literature." In Changing Representations of Minorities East and West. " Literary Studies East and West. Vol. 11.
6. 1992 Co-author "Teleclass International: A Tagalog Language Maintenance Unit" COTSEAL Bulletin. Spring, 1992 (with Ruth Mabanglo).
7. 1987 Author "The Functional Nature of Philippine Literature." Indo-Pacifica Vol. III.
8. 1985 Author "Adult Learning Experience Journals: An Aid to Successful Teaching of a Second Language" Philippine Journal for Language Teaching 13: 1-4, May, pp. 67-85. Reprinted in the Indo-Pacifica Occasional Papers #2 & #3, 1986 and also in Issues in Asian & Pacific American Education, NAAPAE, 1986.
9. 1981 Author "Education and Change." In the Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the National Association for Asian and Pacific Education. 4 pp.
10. 1981 Author "Sources of Strength: Philippine Languages in Hawaii." In Out of the Struggle: The Filipinos in Hawaii, ed. by L. Teodoro. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. Chapter six.
11. 1981 Author "Attempts at Communication in English Among the Filipino Children in the Hawaii Bilingual Program." In Building Bridges Across Cultures, ed. A. Lande and E. Pascasio. Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, pp. 205-216.
12. 1980 Co-Author "Existential, Locative and Progressive in Tagalog" Philippine Journal of Linguistics. December, Vol. II (with Resty Cena).
13. 1981 Co-Author "How Many Relations Does a Language Need?" In Bagong Lipunan, a Philippine Studies Journal, University of the Philippines. (with Resty Cena). 12 pp.
14. 1975 Author "The Role of Verbal Features in the Subcategorization of Tagalog Verbs," Philippine Journal of Linguistics 6: 1, PP. 1-24.
15. 1975 Author "The Microwave Approach to Teaching Pilipino," PALT Journal 1-2, May VII.
16. 1970 Author "Bilingualism: Suggested Directions for its Study," Philippine Education Quarterly, Vol. II: 4, pp. 37-56.
17. 1970 Author Review: Vygotsky's Thought and Language, in Philippine Journal of Linguistics 1: 2, pp. 112-118.
18. 1962 Author "Help for Your Problems in English" (A contrastive analysis of English and Tagalog tag questions) PALT Journal, 1-2: 13-15. Included in the Bibliography of Contrastive Analysis by Hammer and Rice, Center for Applied Linguistics, 1965.
19. 1961 Author "Different Ways of Presenting a Lesson," Manila School Teachers Quarterly, Dec. 1960-Aug. 1961.
C. Unpublished Works:
1999 “Language Learning Framework for Teachers of
Filipino: (A guideline designed to assist teachers and students of Filipino)” Developed for the Council of Teachers of SEA Languages (with Ruth Mabanglo).
1992 "Tagalog for Teleconference Activities" Ten Chapters. (pp 1-186) With Ruth Mabanglo. A Telecast Language Maintenance Project, Chaminade University. Funded by NSA.
1991 "Pakinggan at Unawain: Comprehending Intermediate Tagalog", a 42-episode videotaped series on everyday scenes in Manila. Accompanied by a 272-page teacher's guide. Partially funded by the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
1991 "Pag-unawa sa Kulturang Pilipino: Comprehending Advanced Tagalog", an 18-video documentary on Filipino thought and behavior accompanied by a 108-page teacher's guide. Partially funded by the U.S. Dept. of National Defense.
1989 "Tagalog for Educators" (pp 1-445) Includes language lessons, grammar, reading and vocabulary words and expressions for the classroom. Funded by US DOE (Title VI).
1989 "Tagalog for Elementary Children" (with a Teacher's Manual) (Accompanied by Supplementary Materials) Developed for the Hawaii Dept. of Education. pp. 1-157.
1987 "An Error-based Approach to Teaching English to Filipino Elementary School Children: A Teacher's Guide and Resource Materials." A project written for the NWREL Regional Multi-functional Resource Service Area 14. 133 pp.
1987 "Tagalog for Service Oriented Professionals" Text development funded by Title VI: International Research Studies Program, U.S. Department of Education, 1985-87. pp. 1-408.
1985 "Advanced Tagalog Reader: Focus on Vocabulary Expansion." Text development funded by Title VI: International Research Studies Program, U.S. Department of Education 1983-84. pp. 1-472, ED 257 308.
1983 A Teacher's Guide to the Teaching of Tagalog for Communication (to be published by the Los Angeles National Dissemination and Assessment Center).
1983 Manual on the Tagalog Proficiency Test. Includes the Tests (Forms I and II) and picture cards. Project funded by Title VI, U.S. Department of Education, 135 pp.
1981 "Tagalog-English Vocabulary Test Series, Book I: 1000 Common Tagalog Roots." (with Resty Cena). 199 pp.
1980 "Advancing in Tagalog: Focus on the Structure" (with Dr. Restituto Cena). 208 pp. 1980. (Being field tested; to be distributed/published by Peace Corps, Philippines).
1980 "Mga Babasahing Tungkol Sa Pilipinas: Pook, Mamamayan, at Kaugalian." ( Readings in the Philippines: Country, People, and Customs.) (with Ninotchka Rosca). (Has been field tested; to be published and distributed by Peace Corps, Philippines). 124 pp.
1980 "Mga Piling Alamat at Kuwentong Pilipino" (A Tagalog translation of Leon Comber's Favorite Stories from the Philippines, 1978.) (with Josephine Miller). 106 pp.
1979 "Nagalalahong Bukang-Liwayway" (A Tagalog translation of I.V. Mallari's Vanishing Dawn: Essays on the vanishing customs of the Christian Filipinos, 1954). 107 pp.
1978 "English-Tagalog Dictionary"--an English finder's list to go with my Tagalog Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, 1971. 105 pp.
1978 "Samples of Philippine Folklore"--myths, legends and metrical tales compiled and some selections translated from Tagalog sources. 31 pp.
1978 "Dialogues for Advanced Tagalog Conversation." Completed preliminary draft in 1978. Needs more culture notes. 138 pp.
1973 "Advanced Readings in Tagalog." Compiled 34 selections of essays, stories, dramas, and poems. 151 pp. Accompanied by 33-page study help manual with comprehension questions and vocabulary aids for each selection.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (PAPERS)
2001 Keynote Speaker. “The Less Commonly Taught Languages In the United States: Where We Have Come From and Where We Need To Go.” Fourth Annual Conference of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages. Virginia (April 7)
2000 Panel Chair and Organizer. “South East Asian
Language Framework: Update and Evaluation.”
Roundtable, AAS, San Diego (March 2000).
1998 Invited Speaker. "The Language Learning Framework as Applied to the Learning of Tagalog" Philippine Normal University (December 15)
1998 Invited Speaker. "Claiming a Heritage Language: The Filipino American Experience." UC Berkeley conference on "Global and Local Perspective of the Philippine Centennial". (May 2-3, 1998)
1997 Invited paper. "COTSEAL Planning for the 21st Century: Achievements and Directions for the Future." COTSEAL Roundtable. Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. (March 11) Chicago.
1996 Invited Speaker. "Teaching Academic Tagalog to Non-Tagalog Speakers" Philippine Normal University, Manila, Philippines. (July)
1996 "Production of Tagalog Video Texts to Teach Culture" Sixth Annual COTSEAL/SEASSI Conference on SEA Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University, Tempe. (July)
1995 Panel Chair, "The SEA Language Learning Framework: A Critique" Fifth Annual COTSEAL/SEASSI Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison. (July 14,15).
1995 Panel Chair, " The SEA Language Learning Framework: A Progress Report" AAS Conference, Washington D.C. (April 6-9).
1995 Presented a paper on "Philippine Child Rearing Practices; Implication for American Education", for the Hawaii DOE SLEP Conference at the Leeward District (February 17).
1994 Presented a paper on "The Socio-Cultural Manifestations of the Tagalog Language" for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange (Nov. 19).
1994 Panel Chair, "Plans for Developing a SEA Language Learning Framework." AAS Conference, Boston (March 24-27).
1993 Paper, "Images of the Minority in Philippine Literature," Paper read at the EWC/LLL Symposium on "Changing Representations of Minorities East and West."
1993 "A Functional Approach to Teaching SEA Languages: First Two Levels" Paper, read at the Third Annual COTSEAL-SEASSI Conference on SEA Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. University of Washington, Seattle. (July 23).
1993 Read a paper on the "Future of Second Languages in Hawaii." Sponsored by the DOE Secondary Asian European and Pacific Languages Department Heads, Tokai University (April 20).
1993 "The Use of Tagalog Authentic Materials in the Teaching of Reading" Paper read in a panel on "The Teaching of Reading in SEA Languages: Responses to a Changing Field" AAS Conference, Los Angeles, California (March 26).
1991 "Basic Problems SEA Language Instruction" Invited to read a paper for a panel in Issues and Goals for the Development of Instructional Programs in SEA Languages" 45th Association for Asian Studies Conference, New Orleans. (April 13).
1990 Invited to give a paper on "A Hypertext Program in Tagalog" AAS Palmer House, Chicago (With R. Cena) (April 5-8).
1989 Invited to give a paper on the "Description and Teaching of the Affected subject in Tagalog." Panel on Pragmatics at the Asso. of Asian Studies Conference, Washington D.C. March 17-19, 1989. Travel funded by ORA.
1988 Panel Chair and Presenter, "Developing Proficiency-based Materials" in a COTSEAL seminar at the Association of Asian Studies Conference, San Francisco Hilton and Towers Hotel, San Francisco (March 26).
1987 "A Competency-based Type Proficiency Test of a SEA Language" Paper read at the International Association of Linguistics, Sydney, Australia. August 16-21. Trip funded by ORA.
1987 Invited to give a paper on "Filipino Cultural Values and Communication Patterns" Cross-cultural Awareness Seminar, University of Hawaii - Hilo, May 21.
1987 "Childrearing and Schooling for Language Minority Students" Invited paper read at the DOE Parents as Educators Workshop , Pagoda Hotel, April 8.
1987 "What Works From a Learner's Viewpoint." Paper read at the HCTE-HALT Conference. Ala Moana Hotel, April 18.
1986 "Parenting in the United States vs. the Philippines." Invited paper read at the Compensatory Education Dissemination Conference. Kauai District, Sheraton Poipu Hotel, February 22. Trip funded by DOE.
1985 "The Socio-cultural Aspects of the Tagalog Language." Invited paper read at the SEASSI Language Institute Conference, Aug. 1-4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Trip funded by CAPS.
1983 "Communicative Testing: Its Applications to Instruction and Curriculum." Paper read at the Fifth National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education, Chicago, April 21-23. Trip funded by CAPS.
1983 "The Hawaii Governor's Advisory Council on Foreign Language and International Studies," Paper read in panel on "State-level Initiatives on Foreign Language and International Studies, Fifth National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education Conference, Chicago, April 22.
1981 "Unity in Diversity: A Call for Culturally Relevant Education for Asian/Pacific American Students." Keynote speech delivered at the California Association for Asian and Pacific American Education Conference, November 21, 1981.
1981 "Teaching Tagalog: A Sociolinguistic Approach" Paper read at the Third National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education, Honolulu, Hawaii. 21 pp.
1980 "How Many Relations Does a Language Need?" Paper read at the Alberta Conference on Linguistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 19, 1980. Co-authored with Resty Cena. 12 pp.
1980 "Studies in the English language Acquisition of Filipino Children"-- paper read at the TESOL Fourteenth Annual International Convention, San Francisco. Abstract printed in the conference program March 4-9.
1979 "Existential, Locative and Possessive in Tagalog"--paper read at the Linguistic Society of America Forty-first Summer Meeting at the University of Salzburg, Austria. (August). 20 pp. Trip partially funded by Office of Research Administration, University of Hawaii. Co-authored with Resty Cena.
1979 "Studies in Filipino Second Language Acquisition"--paper read at the Summer Institute in Advanced Study on Educational Research for Asian Americans, University of California, Berkeley. Supported by a grant from NIE. 20 pp. (July 17).
1979 "Linguistic Considerations for Bilingual Education"--paper read at the first annual conference of the National Association for Asian-American and Pacific Education held in San Francisco. Trip funded by Arts & Sciences, University of Hawaii. (April 26). ED 181 096.
1979 "The Uncommonly Taught Languages of Southern Asian and the Pacific at the University of Hawaii"--position paper read at the San Francisco regional hearing by the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. (Feb. 23). 7 pp.
1978 "Teaching Philippine Culture through Language and Literature"--paper read at a workshop conducted during the 1978 Bilingual Multicultural Education Conference. Washington Association for Bilingual Education Sponsorship. (May). 20 pp. Trip funded by Office of Research Administration, University of Hawaii.
1977 "English Spoken by Filipino K-3 Students-Implication for Curriculum Development"--paper read at the Sixth International Bilingual-Bicultural Education, New Orleans (April). Sponsored by the National Association for Bilingual Education. 35 pp. Trip funded by U.H. Foundation.
1976 "Attempts at Communication in English Among the Filipino Children in the Hawaii Bilingual Program"--paper read at the Bi-national Conference on Intercultural Communication, Manila, Philippines. International Communication Association Sponsorship. (August). 12 pp. Trip funded by Office of Research Administration, University of Hawaii.
1976 "Bilingual Education in the U.S.: The Hawaii Experience." Paper read at the National Conference on the Implication s and Applications of the 1974 bilingual Policy, Baguio City, Philippines, May 17-25, 1976. 10 pp. Sponsored by the National Research and Development Center for Teacher Education. Trip funded by ORA, University of Hawaii.
E. Test Construction:
1991 "Tagalog Proficiency Test: Listening, Speaking, Cloze Test, and Dictation". In the SEA Languages Proficiency Examinations: Users Manual (with J. Brown, et. al.) University of Hawaii SEA Papers #33.
1983 "Tagalog Oral Proficiency Test" with a manual and picture cues. Project funded by International Education of the U.S. Dept. of Education, Title VI and in cooperation with Cross-Cultural Research Center, Sacramento.
1980 "Credit by Examination Tagalog Test." A 100-item test equivalent to one credit which includes a listening discrimination test accompanied by a cassette. Written for the Department of Education, Test Development and Administration Section.
1978 "Tagalog Placement Test (Level One)". Includes a Teacher's manual. Written for the Department of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii. 22 pp.
1977 "A Description of the Tagalog Language Proficiency Interview Test." With sample test items for levels I-IV. Written for the University of San Francisco. 28 pp.
1976 "Bilingual Syntax Measure--A Tagalog Version." (with Heidi Dulay). Written for the Asian American Bilingual Center, Berkeley.
F. Technical Reports:
2000 Ninth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report
1999 Eight Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report
1998 Seventh Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1997 Sixth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1996 Fifth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1995 Fourth Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1994 Third Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1993 Second Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1992 NFLRC Summer Language Institute Final Report.
1991 NFLRC Summer Language Institute Final Report.
1991 First Advanced Filipino Abroad Program Final Report.
1990 Second Language Teaching and Curriculum Center Final Report.
1989 SEASSI Language Program Final Report.
1988 SEASSI Language Program Final Report.
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES
1998 Director, Institute on the Teaching of Southeast Asian Languages, University of Hawaii
(Aug.20-22)
1989 Trainer, U.H. Workshop on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools. Funded by U.S. Dept. of Education, 1988-89.
1989 Participant, Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop (ESL). Conducted by ACTFL, Defense Language Institute, Monterey. May 3-6, 1989. Funded by SHAPS and Division of LLL.
