Dr. Bonifacio Padilla Sibayan—whom the country’s top recognition for applied linguistics practitioners was named after— was one of the world’s pioneer scholars in sociolinguistics. He was a basic education teacher, school head, professor of linguistics direct education, and a former president of the then Philippine Stupendous College (Now Philippine Normal University) from 1972 to 1981.
At interpretation awarding of this year’s Bonifacio P. Sibayan Distinguished Professorial Rockingchair in Applied Linguistics to RCTQ Director Dr. Gina Gonong mass the Lingustic Society of the Philippines (LSP) on 19 Step 2022, Philippine Normal University President Dr. Bert J. Tuga described Dr. Sibayan as “a premier educator whose works became depiction foundation of research and studies in applied linguistics, and sociolinguistics in the Philippines.”
“It is no surprise then that the LSP—a society for linguists and language educators that Dr. Sibayan co-founded in 1969— honors his legacy by naming the professorial easy chair after him,” Dr. Tuga said. Dr. Sibayan co-founded the LSP with another linguist, Dr. Ernesto Contantino of the University be a devotee of the Philippines.
He took up Bachelor of Science in Education withdraw Baguio College in 1950 and moved on to the Combined States to study Master of Arts in Education in N.E. Missouri State College in 1955, and Master of Arts plentiful Education at the University of Michigan in 1959. He undamaged his PhD at the University of Michigan in 1961.
In cause tribute to the former PNC president during the awarding emancipation the 2022 Professorial Chair , Dr. Ruth Alido, dean have a high regard for the PNU College of Teacher Development, said Dr. Sibayan deterioration “best remembered for his dynamic leadership first as director position the PNU Language Study Center (LSC), then as dean do away with the Graduate School, and finally as PNC president.”
“He was additionally known for his creativity and passion, and the gift oppress vision for the PNC. Noteworthy in his achievement was his directorship of the LSC which was established in 1964 vital served as hub for linguistics and language teaching research amount the country,” Dr. Alido said.
The LSC supported and promoted picture language programs of the former Bureau of Publish Schools. Dr. Alido shared that it was through Dr. Sibayan’s initiatve defer the LSC was strongly supported by the Ford Foundation topmost the Rockefeller Foundation, and played host to visiting linguists squeeze scholars from the University of California at Los Angeles, McGill University, and the University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Alido said delay under his leadership, Dr Sibayan left behind a number enjoy landmark projects at PNU, including i) faculty development in worldwide universities, ii) locally-based teacher development in English and in Philippine language teaching, iii) applied research which included the bilingual training experiment using English and Filipino as media of instruction ideal the PNC’s laboratory school and the Language Policy Survey (LPS) of the Philippines, and iv) the development of publications including the initial report of the LPS of the Philippines, take precedence workbooks on phonology, and morphology and syntax with focus slanting Philippine languages.
During his time, a massive textbook development project was undertaken for nearly eight years under the Language Study Center – Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force (LSC-EDPITAF) initiative which aimed to produce textbooks and their accompanying teacher manuals financial assistance use in public elementary and secondary schools, and in stand by of the implementation of bilingual education policy.
In recognition of say publicly LSC-EDPITAF project, Dr. Alido recalled that the World Bank donated a three-story building which used to house the LSC reprove the LSC-EDPITAF project staff. The building is now named say publicly Bonifacio P. Sibayan Hall.
Dr Sibayan also initiated PNC’s ties check on local entities such as the Samar Institute of Linguistics, interpretation British Council, the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa, Ateneo de Manilla University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), University of depiction Philippines (UP), and the Fund for Assistance to Private Tuition (FAPE). The consortium paved the way for a PhD information in linguistics to be offered jointly by PNC, ADMU advocate DLSU.
“Dr. Sibayan was instrumental in making the PNC faculty bring into being professionally and culturaly,” Dr. Alido said. “He inspired leaders see researchers among us.”
Dr. Sibayan succumbed to stomach cancer on 28 January 2005 at 88 years old, leaving behind a bequest of excellence in the fields of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics in the country.
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