THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF ALIGUYON GROUP

JUNE 2019—MARCH 2020 LOOC, ROMBLON, ROMBLON VOLUME I

Leveling
the Gap The Making of
Page
Sir Joel Dacuyan

Trainers Undergo Pedagogical training in English

By: Graciela Crispin

45 teachers in the Division of Romblon attended the training on Pedagogical Retooling at Looc National High
School, Looc, Romblon on June 24-28.

To capacitate the teachers on the different teaching and learning deliveries and strategies and to reorient the partici-
pants in the utilization of the learning resources including the electronic games and activities are the objectives of the
said training.

EPS Lucin Fruelda spearheaded the training. Eight resource speakers who attended the Regional Training of train-
ers in Tagaytay were the facilitators.

In day, Hudhud Aliguyon’s group was assigned to facilitate the MOL. It was hosted by Stephanie Maisa of Rom-
blon National High School. Developing Disciplining literacy: meeting Reader and Task Demands was discussed by
May Ann M. Loquinto while Utilizing Disciplinary Literacy for Independent and Writing was discussed by Jane R.

PRIMALS stresses on Multi-literacies

By: Bonnie Maduro

By: Fostering globally competitive learners, PRIMALS training on

English Multiliteracies was discussed during the 5-day training at
Looc National High School, June 27, 2019.

Malabao elaborated the generation Z and the role of education

in the 21st century.

She further discussed that 21st century learners must be fully

engaged in technology learning-based activities to ensure maximum
participation.

Participants of the said trainings were English teachers of the

Ma’am Malabao of LNHS stressed the importance of mo-

A moment to reflect. The participants were given the chance to share their
tivating the kind of learners that we have today.
insights and ideas about the different sessions.
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2 Editorial
A Wake-up Call By: Althea Madrid
Editorial
Leveling Up to Fill the Gap
The need for pedagogical retooling in teaching
English plays a significant role for teachers to cater ho-
listic learning for students to develop their learning
competencies to meet the demands of the 21st century.

For teachers, this retooling has not only re-

freshed their previous knowledge on teaching-learning
processes. It has further updated themselves with the
recent studies on modern language teaching involving
ICT and other computer-related learning activities.

Being the authority in the classroom, they need

not only master the delivery of classroom instruction.
They have to keep themselves with the proper utiliza-
tion of modern teaching strategies along with the latest
learning tools to suit the needs of their students.

Besides, teachers have to cope up with the ad-

vancement that the modern technology offers for a
quality education. By doing so, they acquire new skills
for students whose digital orientation has formerly
been far behind their teachers.

Letter to the Editor Teachers areEDITORIAL

Dear Editor,
I am a Grade 7 teacher, and I have been teaching for five years now. From
then on, I observe that the number of students who meet difficulties in understand-
ing the lessons I teach is somehow increasing.
tasked to impart content in certain
knowledge area. Thus, they have to remain credible
and legitimate in front of their students to acquire the
skills to become adults who are self-directed and
adaptable, creative and curious, socially aware and
proactive, competitive and employable, as well as glob-

Having administered a series of diagnostic tests, I have discovered that those

students are having poor vocabulary. However, they can recognize words. They can
even pronounce them correctly, but they can hardly understand what those words
mean.

How can I develop the Grade 7 learning competencies among my students if By: Juliet Manzo
those competencies which they are supposed to have developed before remain un-
clear? “The word change is the only constant thing in this
world.” It might be a cliché, but it’s an undeniable truth. Eve-
Sincerely yours, rything changes. We are living in this fast paced world. We are
not far beyond modernization and technological advance-
ment. We are surrounded by gadgets and inventions , and this
Response of the Editor is a direct manifestation that there is already a large demarca-
tion line between the past and present generations. As a mat-
Dear Concerned Teacher, ter of fact, this somehow applies to the field of education.

You have actually begun resolving your problem with your class; that is, when Let’s ponder on it. Take a look at our students and try
you have administered the series of diagnostic tests. With the result of such tests, I to ask yourself, “What kind of students do we have today?”
know you have clearly identified your students’ strengths and weaknesses. In other Might as well, you’re going to say that they are eventually dif-
words, you have already an idea from where to start teaching them. ferent from those of the past generations. They have different
abilities for they are more proactive, more creative, and more
The learning competencies that you actually develop among your students gregarious, mobile and digital. They love to discover and ex-
have something to do with their previous knowledge and skills. Has it already come plore new horizons. They like to go out of the box. They create
to your mind analyzing the learning competencies and evaluating your students’
something new. They are technology-oriented. They are very
ability or capacity to learn? If you think the learning competencies your students are
supposed to develop are quite difficult for them, why not unpack them to suit the resourceful. They are highly visual.
needs of your students. You may continue doing the unpacking of learning compe- To cut it short, what have been mentioned above are
tencies, but make it sure that it is based on students’ previous knowledge to serve as
the characteristics of the 21st century learners. In connection,
springboard to achieve your lesson objectives.
we have to consider those things as we engage themselves in
I hope this would work out. the teaching-learning process. We are the one to adjust, not
them. We have to adopt change because it’s inevitable. As
Truly yours, teachers, we should employ strategies and utilize activities
that would make them motivated and interested to learn. We
should integrate educational technology in our classes. We
should let them know how to use it properly. Make ICT as a
Editor-in-chief: Nixon Falible means to produce globally competitive and holistic learners.
Associate Editor: Joel Dacuyan
Managing Editor: Betty Firmalo Let us convert these words into actions so that our ef-
Circulation Manager: Virgie Mallorca forts won’t be turned into ashes, so that no learner would be
News Editor: Bonnie Maduro left behind. Bear in mind that it shouldn’t be Generation
Graciela Crispin The official publication of Aliguyon Group
zzzzz… It must be a generation of ZEALOUS individuals who
Feature Editor: Stephanie Maisa
Lay-out Artist: Juliet Manzo Looc, Romblon, Romblon are capable of exerting their fullest potentials for the better-
Photojournalist: Coleen Roda Staff S.Y. 2019-2020
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feature 3
Bring It Back
The Making of Sir Joel Dacuyan
By: Aliguyon’s Descendant

“Age doesn’t matter.” ing of Trainers of Pedagogical Retooling in

In Using the Social Media
This is the opening statement of English. His ideas had supplemented those
Sir Joel during the interview. Though that were discussed by the speakers.
teaching is work, he believes that it is He ended the interview by sharing his fa-
God’s purpose of one’s existence. vorite saying, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is
This perhaps is the reason why he
was able to jump over the hurdle of
practicality. Actually, he is not good in
music but he was able to teach in a
Music class. This happened when he
was observed by Mr. Alberto F. Perez,
EPSI in English in 2012. He can even
discuss
In Using and
thesing an Ilokano
Social Media song,
“Dang Dang Ay.” As an English teach-
er, it was a challenge to deliver a well-
thorough discussion.
He also believes that what mat-
ters most is the love in making a dif-
ference in the lives of the learners. Sir
Joel is presently rendering his service
as Teacher II in Alcantara National
High School. A father of three, he is
now 43 years old and has been in ser-
vice for 19 years now. His accom-
plishment that he considers to be im-
perative for the development of his
learners is when he initiated the first
training of the Supreme Student Gov-
ernment in the Division of Romblon
year 2005 after his national training in
Baguio.
He’s also one of the most active
participants during the Division Train-
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