Panpacific University, through its Panpacific Language Center, and Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching (ACELT) present ACELT Goes to PanpacificU!

Registration is now open.

Registration link: bit.ly/ACELT_PU_MATATAG

"𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗚 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺"

𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘇 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿. 𝗟𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗼

CPD UNITS: TBA

One of the key pedagogical concepts underlying the new MATATAG curriculum is pedagogical translanguaging, or the activation of all the resources multilin-gual learners bring to the classroom to enhance their learning experience. Research has shown that Filipino teachers often use translanguaging as a default mode in their English classrooms (Parba, 2018; Perfecto 2020; Suarez, 2021). These findings are consistent with other studies done abroad where such an ap-proach is done surreptitiously or with some degree of guilty feelings on the part of teachers (Anderson and Lightfoot, 2018; Cenoz, Santos, & Gorter, 2022). Moreover, the adoption of translanguaging strategies by Filipino teachers is neither deliberate nor systematic as teachers lack appropriate training in the use of translanguaging as a vital part of classroom pedagogy in multilingual contexts.

Objectives:

In order to address this, research has emphasized the importance of conducting teacher training programs. These programs can promote greater awareness re-garding how teachers can encourage students to draw on the full range of their linguistic repertoires to address learning gaps (Ascenzi-Moreno, 2017; Gorter & Arocena, 2020). As such, it is the aim of this teacher training program to systematize and train teachers in a more deliberate use of translanguaging pedagogy as a means of developing and improving students' concept-learning and engagement.

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