Teaching

My teaching interests include technical and professional communication, multimodality, (critical) discourse studies, corpus linguistics, forensic linguistics, language politics and policies, linguistic landscapes, and language (teacher) education. I am also keen on facilitating courses on highly substantive topics such as the multimodal (re)construction of knowledge on the press, populist rhetoric, language aggression, discourses of public policies, and plurilingualism in Philippine higher education.

These interests grew from years of experience in English language teaching for adults and research in Philippine higher education. During those years, I have taught classes as small as six and as large as 55 students. My approach is generally student-centered and is banked on ideas such as:

• maintaining mutual respect;
• ensuring clarity and transparency in learning expectations;
• negotiating learning goals, activities, and responsibilities with learners;
• supporting learners with skills needed to complete requirements;
• allowing opportunities for learners to reflect on their learning; and
• discussing community issues (e.g., social justice issues) in the classroom.

Teaching Philosophy

Coming soon.

Current Courses

Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas

Coming soon.

If you are my student at UST and would like to set an online consultation, please schedule one here. :)

Past Courses

Language Learning Center, Far Eastern University, Manila

• Technical Writing for ESL Students (a special class for masters students from January 3-21, 2022)

College of Education, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila (August to December 2019)

• Study and Critical Thinking Skills
• Purposive Communication
• Great Books

Institute of Arts and Sciences, Far Eastern University, Manila (2016-2017)

• Introduction to Language Arts
• Basic Communication Arts and Skills
• Intermediate Communication Arts and Skills
• Business Communication
• Technical Writing
• Technical Writing: Business and Accounting Applications
• Advanced Expository Writing
• Public Speaking
• Effective Speech Communication

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