Project Leaders

Mary Ann G. Bacolod is Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics, UP Diliman, where she finished her BA and MA in Linguistics degrees. She holds a PhD in Japanese Language and Society Studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies. She teaches linguistics, Japanese, and Hiligaynon and has held several key positions within and outside the University including Chairperson of the Technical Committee for Foreign Languages at the Commission on Higher Education, Consultant in Foreign Language and Culture of the Bureau of Immigration Training Division, and Chairperson of UP Department of Linguistics. She is also a member of AsiaLex. Interested in conducting research on Hiligaynon, translation studies, lexicography, sociolinguistics, and Japanese language and linguistics, she has published articles and presented conference papers on the structure of Filipino and contrastive studies of Japanese and Filipino.

Ma. Althea T. Enriquez is Associate Professor at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, CAL, UP Diliman. Graduated with BA and MA degrees in Linguistics from UP Diliman and PhD in Language Studies at the National University of Singapore, she has published articles about language structure and teaching Filipino to foreigners. Her research interests include grammar, lexicography, teaching Filipino to foreigners, and contact linguistics. She was consultant for the development of teaching materials for Filipino (Department of Education), and was twice Visiting Lecturer for the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Cultures in Paris. She is a member of the Pambansang Samahan sa Wika, Linguistic Society of the Philippines, and Asian Association for Lexicography.