Faculty Details

Teresita Ramos

facultyimage Professor Emeritus of Filipino
Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
Spalding 255L

(808) 956-8933
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Educational Background

B.S.E. (cum laude), University of the Philippines, 1952
M.A., ESL, University of Michigan, 1958
M.A., Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1964
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Hawaii, 1973. 


Research / Teaching / Specializations

Philippine linguistics, second language acquisition, curriculum development and proficiency testing, teacher training, Philippine literature and culture.

 

Distinctions

U.S. Department of Education award to develop Filipino language materials on CD ROM, 1999-2001
Distinguished Service Award for teaching Filipino from the Philippine Commission on Filipino Language in Manila, 1998
Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawaii, 1993
Distinguished Service Award, National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education, 1987

 

Courses Taught

IP 273E: Introduction to Philippine Language and Culture
IP 363: Philippine Literature in English
IP 396: Philippine Literature/Folklore in Translation
TAG 101-102: Elementary Tagalog/Filipino
TAG 201-202: Intermediate Tagalog/Filipino
TAG 301-302: Third-Level Tagalog/Filipino
TAG 401-402: Fourth-Level Tagalog/Filipino
TAG 451: Structure of Tagalog/Filipino
TAG 461: Tagalog Contemporary Literature
TAG 462: Tagalog Traditional Literature

 

Recent Publications

Claiming a Heritage Language: The Filipino American Experience, Filipinas Journal, 2000

Philippine Languages in Hawaii: Vehicles of Cultural Survival In Filipino American History, Identity, and Community in Hawaii: Social Process in Hawaii, Vol.37. 1996

Balance and Bias in Racial and Ethnic Imagery in Philippine Literature In Literary Studies East and West, Vol. 11, 1996

Conversational Tagalog: A Functional Situational Approach. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. 341 pp. 1992

Southeast Asian Languages Proficiency Examinations (with J.D Brown et. al.), Honolulu: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawaii. 1991

Modern Tagalog: Grammatical Explanations and Exercises for Non Native Speakers (with R. Cena). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 1990

Handbook of Tagalog Verbs: Inflections, Modes and Aspects (with Dr. Lourdes Bautista). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 1986

Intermediate Tagalog: Developing Cultural Awareness Through Language. (with Dr. Rosalina Goulet), Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 653 pp. 1981.