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PSU explores trends in language education with the country’s Linguistic Society

by | Apr 26, 2024 | News

Pangasinan State University, an institutional member of the Linguistics Society of the Philippines (LSP), recognizes the pivotal role of language education in societal development and inclusive growth.

Thus, PSU has collaborated with the LSP in organizing a seminar titled โ€˜๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€™. The seminar aims to explore the dynamic interplay between and among linguistic scholarship, innovative teaching practices and community engagement within the field of English language education.

University President Dr. Elbert M. Galas, who was represented by Vice President Dr. Jenelyn V. Oboza said the activity will help the participants explore and celebrate the ever evolving world of language.
โ€œ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”,โ€ she quipped in the opening message.

The first resource speaker, Dr. Shirley Dita of De LaSalle University serving as Director of Professional Meetings, gave a lecture on the Trends in English Language Teaching where she introduced Corpus Linguistics and collocates.

On the other hand, Dr. Ariane M. Borlongan, Associate Professor of Socio-Linguistics at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Japan, dealt on Trends in English Language Research and expounded on the role of research in Lingustics.

The President of LSP, Dr. Aldrin P. Lee from the University of the Philippines- Diliman, as the third speaker, discussed the trends in language and community engagement and proved why language engagement is so important for linguistics.

โ€œ๐พ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š? ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž, ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž-๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐ธ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ,โ€ Dr. Lee emphasized.

Some 85 faculty members of PSU from the field of English language education participated in the seminar held at the convention hall of the Main campus.

Campus Executive Director Dr. Renato E. Salcedo of Lingayen formally closed the event by thanking the participants from the nine campuses and the three resource speakers, ushering in further collaborations with LSP including the membership of more PSUnians and the hosting of the LSP International Conference in 2025.

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