On July 10, 2012, I got the following email from Lino Gerona, a.k.a., Michael Faelnar:
Tue, July 10, 2012
Re: MTB MLE Workshop for 3rd & 4th quarters for Grade 1.
From: Lino Gerona <geronalino@ymail.com>To: Aurelio Agcaoili <aurelioagcaoili@gmail.com>; Jose Padre <win1tree@yahoo.com>; Gloria Baguingan <gloriabaguingan@yahoo.com.ph>; Pearl Pearl <terraces@walla.com>; Santiago Villafania <svillafania@gmail.com>; Fred Cabuang <proffredlsu@gmail.com>; Ernest C. Turla <ernieturla@yahoo.com>; “josiehenson@gmail.com” <josiehenson@gmail.com>; “josenavarro00182@yahoo.com” <josenavarro00182@yahoo.com>; Irvin Sto. Tomas <irvinstotomas@yahoo.com>; Israel Aves <israelaves@yahoo.com>; Voltaire Oyzon <v.oyzon@gmail.com>; Harvey Fiji <sumuroy2006@gmail.com>; “basaynon49@yahoo.com” <basaynon49@yahoo.com>; Firth McEachern <firth.mce@gmail.com>
I am at DepEd’s RELC in Marikina as a reviewer of instructional materials
in Sinugbuanong Binisaya. Been here since July 8. Will be home July 13
as I will be in Cagayan de Oro July 13-16. Dr. Jes Tirol is here to review the
mathematics materials.Here are translation, review and encoding teams for twelve languages: Ilocano,
Pangasinan, Kapampanagan, Tagalog, Bicol, Waray, Hiligaynon, Sinugbuanon,
Meranao, Maguindanao, Bahasa Sug, Chavacano de Zamboanga:1. Ilocano Group:
I met the following members of the Ilocano team:Natividad P. Carag, Region 2
DepEd Cagayan Division
email address: caragnatividad@yahoo.comElvira A. Salas, Region 2
DepEd Cagayan DivisionMa. Theresa F. Macaltao
PSU Bayambang, Pangasinan
email address theresaleonora@yahoo.com
mobile 09126397703Octavio V. Cabasag
DepEd Cagayan Division
email address octviocabasag@rocketmail.com
mobile 09058424795Grace Donata S. Abugan
DepEd Cagayan Division
email address: gracedawn@gmail.com
mobile 09283172294Leila P. Areola
DepEd, Division of Cagayan
email address: aliel117@yahoo.com2. Pangasinan
These are the Pangasinan Team members I met:Joselito D. Daguison
PSU Bayombong, Pangasinan
email address: joseliga252000@yahoo.com
mobile 09214368183Leticia F. Macaraeg
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
mobile 0929070937Josephine A. Diokno
San Carlos City
mobile 09276262252Editha V. Luna
Dagupan City
mobile 09396232409Lilibeth A. Magrang
San Carlos City
email address lianriccirose@yahoo.com
mobile 09173487789Rica C. Macam
San Carlos City, Pangasinan
email addres rc_macam@yahoo.comChristopher A. De Vera, Ed. D.
Calasiao, Pangasinan
email address: chrismer888@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0923373705693. Kapampangan
The Kapampangan Team:
Leonara M Alingcastre
Mexico, Pampanga
email address nora_1318@yahoo.com
mobile 09275321105Edna L. Severo
Apalit, Pampanga
email adress: severo.edu@yahoo.com
mobile 09178548212Grace G. Sabado
Lubao, Pampanga
email address carlgian_1012@yahoo.com
mobile 09296059955Nelia D. Bamba
Region III EED, San Fernando, Pampanga
email address neliabamba@yahoo.com
neliabamba@gmail.com
mobile 092972998624.4. Bikol
The Bikol Team:
Amelia T. Botin
email address: amybotin@gmail.comMaribelle R. Lita
email address: bellelita@yahoo.comAgnes M CAmposano
email address: agnes_camposano@yahoo.com.phClaire B. Barcelona
email address cbberialc@yahoo.com5. Waray
The Waray Team
Rosemarie M. Guino
email address: roseguino@ymail.com
Tacloban City
mobile 09163638906Ma. Victoria G. Corige-Casoy
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
2/F Watson Bldg., JP Laurel Street
Malacanang Palace Complex San Miguel, Manila
mobile 09081876762Ronela R. Anasarias
Eastern Samar Division
Sabang Central Elementary School
email address: anasarias_ronela@yahoo.com
mobile 09276948729Ramira R. Tayoni
Cassidy Central Elementary School
email address: ramiratayoni@yahoo.com
mobile 09185007027Gretel Laura M. Cadiong
Division of Tacloban City
email address: gretel_cadiong@yahoo.com
mobile 09163350221Jason R, Gaduena
Tanuan 1 Central Elem.School
email address: gaduena18@yahoo.com
mobile 09062356588I have listed the Sinugbuanon, Hiligaynon and
Chavacano teams separately.Lino
This last-minute effort to catch up with learning materials for MLE at this late stage since DepEd Order No. 74 was promulgated in July 2009, just tells me that we, MLE advocates, took our eyes off the ball; we failed miserably to follow up closely on the hills of Deped Order No. 74. Our thinking that Deped Order No. 74 was a huge victory lulled us into forgetting that there was a lot of follow-up activity to be done immediately after the Order institutionalizing the use of MTB-MLE nationwide was signed. For one, we failed miserably to recognize and involve experienced writers in the target languages, hence DepEd, as per the aforementioned email, has to scramble with “translation, review and encoding teams” to generate the learning materials so required and stipulated in DepEd Order 74.
There were a couple of MTB-MLE workshops (Cagayan de Oro in Feb. 2010 and Iloilo City in Feb. 2012). However, a cursory examination of the papers presented in either venue yields the impression that the organizers failed to control the desired content of either workshop and thus wasted some of the opportunities to focus on the production of MTB-MLE learning materials.
To be fair, those “translation, review and encoding teams” may still come up with some surprises but I still believe that the established and experienced writers in Ilocano, Pangasinan, Cebuano, Kapampangan, Ilongo, etc., could have done a much more professional job.
