English faculty present research in int’l confab

Silliman University (SU) English Department faculty members Dr. Joan C. Generoso, Dr. Warlito S. Caturay Jr., Deo Mar E. Suasin, Ronelaine B. Picardal, Jennifer Eve A. Solitana, and Myla June T. Patron presented their research papers in the Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP) International Conference, March 5-7, 2020 at Dapitan City.

The following papers were presented during the conference by their respective authors: “Language learning difficulties of EFL learners as perceived by English teachers,” by Dr. Generoso, Dr. Caturay, and Alice Mae M. Arbon, SU alumna and dean of the Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) Graduate School; “An analysis of speech acts of STEAM students’ utterances in video blogs” by Suasin; “Effectiveness of guided discourse analysis in teaching academic writing” by Picardal and Solitana; and “Variations in the semantic move structure of literature review of master’s theses across disciplinary areas” by Patron.

Patron also presented her research with Juliet V. Padernal of the SU English Department, “The need to teach grammar in the reading-writing skills course in senior high.”

Padernal’s paper on “Continuing professional learning and development through classroom-based action research” was also part of the conference; however, Padernal was unable to attend the event.

With the theme “Strengthening Language and Linguistic Students in the Philippines,” the conference held at the Dakak Park & Beach Resort was co-organized by JRMSU.

According to the official LSP Facebook page, LSP conferences “provide venues for linguists, language researchers, scholars, practitioners, teachers, and students to share and discuss issues and themes pertinent to linguistics and language education.”

The LSP, an organization of linguists and language educators and scholars officially established in 1969, leads in the advancement of linguistics and its allied sub-disciplines, such as language teaching, in the Philippines.