Invited Speakers: Round Table Discussion

Former Assistant Dean, Faculty of Arts and Letters

University of Santo Tomas

Alejandro Sapitan Bernardo, PhD facilitates teacher and student trainings, conducts research, and delivers lectures on English language teaching (ELT) education-related trends and issues across and outside the country. He is a full-time and tenured member of the faculty of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Department of English. He served as the Faculty Secretary and the Coordinator for Internationalization of the UST Graduate School from November 2013 to December 2019 and August 2017 to July 2020, respectively, and the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters from January 2020 to December 2022.

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He is an accreditor, a textbook writer, and an entrepreneur. He has presented papers and has been invited to speak in international conferences such as those held in Hawaii, Oregon, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, and the Philippines.

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He serves as the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of English Language Studies, the international refereed and official journal of the UST Department of English and as immediate past President of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP), the premier organization of linguists and language practitioners in the country. He is a trainer at the Foundation for Upgrading the Standard of Education (FUSE) and the current Vice-Chairperson of the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC).