Profile:

Philippine Affiliation: Tarlac National High School-Annex, San Miguel, Tarlac City

U.S. Affiliation: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Position: Master Teacher I (Senior High School)


Biography:

John Paul Obillos Dela Rosa is currently a PhD Candidate taking Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics with Specialization in Applied Linguistics at the Philippine Normal University, Manila. He is a graduate of Master of Arts in Education Major in English at Tarlac State University where he also earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education with English as his specialization. He presently teaches in the Senior High School level at Tarlac National High School-Annex, San Miguel, Tarlac City, passionately teaching his students to develop their love for research writing and English language arts.

He is the son of Manuel Dela Rosa (+) and Teresita Obillos-Dela Rosa and the youngest sibling of Arianne Dela Rosa-Perez and Ma. Ada Dela Rosa-Dela Cruz who are also public school teachers. He grew up in barangay Sapang Tagalog, City of Tarlac. John Paul is always proud of his Kapampangan and Ilonggo roots.

Since 2015, he has been publishing research articles in various national and international peer-reviewed research journals such as the Philippine Journal of Linguistics (PJL) and the Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJAL), to name a few. He has also served as a member of the peer review panel of other research journals such as the International Journal of Education and Development using ICT (IJEDICT) and the International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL).

He has always been interested towards research writing and the teaching of English as a second language in the Philippines.

Education:

PhD in Linguistics with Specialization in Applied Linguistics
Candidate
Philippine Normal University, Manila
Taft Avenue, Manila
June 2015-present

Master of Arts in Education Major in English
Tarlac State University
Tarlac City
June 2013-April 2015

Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English
Tarlac State University
Tarlac City


June 2008-April 2012

Training/Leadership Workshops:

Participant/Paper Presenter/Session Chair
Linguistic Society of the Philippines International Conference (LSPIC)
March 7-9, 2019
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

Participant/Paper Presenter
2018 Free Linguistics Conference
July 9-11, 2018
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Participant
Research Capability on Qualitative Data Analysis: Emerging from the Data
May 21-22, 2018
Eurotel, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines

Participant
Regional Roll-out on the New RPMS Manual for Teachers and School Heads
May 14-18, 2018
Hotel America, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines

Participant/Paper Presenter/Session Chair
Linguistic Society of the Philippines National Conference and General Meeting
March 1-3, 2018
Bataan Peninsula State University, Balanga City, Bataan, Philippines

Participant
2017 Regional Mass Training for Senior High School Teachers
October 21, 2017-January 26, 2018
Subic International Hotel, SBMA, Zambales, Philippines

Participant/Paper Presenter
Philippine Association for Language Teaching (PALT) International Conference
December 7-9, 2017
University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

Organizer/Participant
First Lecture Workshop of the PNU Applied Linguistics and English Language Education Society
April 21, 2017
Philippine Normal University, Manila, Philippines

Participant/Paper Presenter
Linguistic Society of the Philippines National Conference and General Meeting
April 6-8, 2017
Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines

Participant
Bonifacio P. Sibayan Professorial Lecture
February 13, 2016
Philippine Normal University, Manila, Philippines

Participant/Paper Presenter
Comparative Education Society of Asia Biennial Conference
January 28-30, 2016
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

Participant/Paper Presenter
Likha Pilipinas Creativity Summit
October 13-14, 2015
Cultural Center of the Philippines/De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

Awards:

Latin Honor (Magna cum laude)
Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English
Tarlac State University
Tarlac City, Philippines

Academic Excellence
Master of Arts in Education Major in English
Tarlac State University
Tarlac City, Philippines

Awardee
Senator Manny B. Villar, Jr. Academic Excellence Award
Tarlac State University
Tarlac City, Philippines

Awardee
Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Taňada Award of Excellence
Tarlac State University
Tarlac City, Philippines

Finalist
Linguistic Society of the Philippines Outstanding Graduate Paper Award
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

Genyo E-Teacher of the Month
Tarlac Montessori School, Inc.
Tarlac City, Philippines


Skills and Other Areas of Interests:

singing, dancing, journalistic writing, research writing, history, geography, culture, and other hyphenated areas of Applied Linguistics such as English Language Teaching (ELT), Contrastive Rhetoric, World Englishes, Sociolinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and Forensic Linguistics