Manila Internship: facets of understanding (w2)

Kamusta Readers,

The Library Project and Book Project took precedence this week.  I finished organizing the Fiction and Miscellaneous section ( all that's left to do is to make labels and update records of this section in the database ).  I started organizing the 400 section ( "Language" section according to the Dewey Decimal System ).  Director N eventually wanted to merge the collections from the Old Library with the New Library.

I also brainstormed a timetable with Secretary V: the Library Project should be completed by the end of July because the focus for August would be Conference Preparation for September 10th.  During our down times, Secretary V and I discussed mandatory English usage within the English Department and regional accents in the U.S.

Director N is currently working on a Book Project set for a September release during the Conference.  We discussed revision ideas for the 11 articles that outlined different lesson plans for the macro skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing; the articles' layout; and whether they met the criterias including reader-friendliness and Best Practices.  She also helped me to focus the article I'm planning to submit for the Center's September magazine issue ( paralleling UbD's 6 Facets of Understanding with Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle ).

Through reading the 11 articles plus the section introductions to the book of essays dedicated to Father G, I learned how pragmatism plays a prominent role in the Center's outreach program providing useful tips for High School teachers ( practice with a theoretical foundation ).  Father G's Jesuit background and Ph.D. in English from Columbia University in NYC inspired him to develop the Great Books Program and lead the Philippines Studies Program for the Center's University's Liberal Education curriculum.

Upcoming projects in the works are: Project Audit a Class ( Philippine-English and Filipino American Literary Postcoloniality; hopefully Prof. C approves ); Project TA for a Developmental English class, and English Conversationals for a graduate ESL class ( both under the supervision of Director N ).