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UP Working Papers in Linguistics launched

31 August 2022
Following the tradition set by Prof. Otto Johns Scheerer in the early years of the Department, we have created a new working papers journal to showcase the…

Kiko Sunga undergoes Japan Foundation’s teacher training program

30 August 2022
Japanese language lecturer Lean Akiko Sunga (BA Ling, 2016) has been selected to be one of the trainees of

Cruz publishes study on the odor lexica of PH languages

16 August 2022
Congratulations to Inst. Noah Cruz on the publication of his paper entitled “The Odor Lexica of Philippine Languages” in…

The #yodelingg experience: Representing the PH for World Yodel Day 2022

16 August 2022
World Yodel Day, a worldwide celebration of the rare art of yodeling, is held yearly on August 8. This date was chosen since the four circles in…

Welcome to the new Department Chair!

01 August 2022
Asst. Prof. Maria Kristina Gallego will be taking over the position of Department Chair from Asst. Prof. Jem Javier…

Filipino language course at Jeonbuk National University’s SEA Language Summer Camp wraps up

31 July 2022
Senior Lecturer Maria Concepcion Loren Chua has completed teaching a two-week Filipino-as-a-foreign-language course as part of Jeonbuk National University’s…

Congratulations, UP Linguistics Batch 2022!

30 July 2022
The Department lauds the new graduates of its BA and MA programs. Eighteen (18) candidates in the undergraduate program and one in

Javier & Or publish chapter on Tagalog Linguistics in The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics

28 July 2022
Congratulations to Asst. Profs. Jem R. Javier and Elsie Marie T. Or on the publication of their chapter entitled…

KFL teacher trainees complete eleven-day training in Seoul

27 July 2022
All sixteen (16) participants of the Department’s first-ever Filipino Korean-as-a-Foreign-Language (KFL) Teacher Training Program completed the intensive eleven-day Korean language education training facilitated…

Jay-ar Igno speaks at the 21st Founding Anniversary of the Phil. KOICA Fellows Association

23 July 2022
Asst. Prof. Jay-Ar Igno represented the UP Korea Research Center at the 21st founding anniversary celebration of the