Seminar on teaching Cebuano literature set

THE Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos (USC) will hold “Teaching Cebuano Literature: A Seminar for Educators” on July 16-18, 2018 at the Rigney Hall of USC Talamban campus.

The seminar will reintroduce Cebuano literature to teachers and offer them innovative ways of teaching Cebuano literature.

“The center aims to assist in the development of critical reading and teaching of Cebuano literature on the primary, secondary and tertiary levels in the light of the reformation in the K-12 curriculum,” Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, director of the Cebuano Studies Center, said.

It likewise seeks to highlight and foreground issues that reflect the problems that concern teaching such as materials and references and translation.

The seminar will bring together scholars, experts and educators from diverse backgrounds.

The seminar will feature lectures and demo-teaching presentations on the different historical periods that influenced and produced Cebuano literature.

Lecturers are Haidee Emmie Palapar for Precolonial period; Trizer Dale Mansueto for Hispanic period; Joanalyn Gabaales for American period; Liean Haney Rama for Postwar period; and Cindy Velasquez for Cotemporary period.

The registration fee for the two-and-a-half day seminar is P1,500, inclusive of seminar kit and certificate.

Registration is going on at the Cebuano Studies Center, USC Talamban Campus.

For inquiries, call (032) 2300100 local 308.

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