TARRAYO, Veronico N.

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Veronico N. Tarrayo is an associate professor at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila, the Philippines. He is also a research associate at the UST Research Center for Social Sciences and Education. He obtained his Ph.D. in English Language Studies degree (as cum laude) from UST. He earned both his Master of Arts in Language Teaching degree and Bachelor of Arts in English degree (as magna cum laude) from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Manila, where he taught English language courses from 2004 to 2011. He has recently published research articles in Web-of-Science- (WOS) and Scopus-indexed Q1 and Q2 journals such as Language and Education; Pedagogy, Culture and Society; Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching; Critical Inquiry in Language Studies; Sexuality & Culture; Asian Englishes; Research in Education; Australian Journal of Teacher Education; Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics; Asia-Pacific Social Science Review; Journal of Narrative and Language Studies; and Issues in Educational Research. He served as the editor-in-chief (2018-2020) and a member of the editorial board (2013-2017) of the Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS), the official research journal of the UST Department of English. At present, he is a part of the international advisory board of AJELS. Also, he is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of TESOL Studies, and Professional and Academic English, the journal of the IATEFL English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group. Among his research interests are stylistics, English language teaching (ELT), gender perspective in ELT, discourse analysis, and teacher beliefs/ideologies.

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Assoc. Prof. Veronico N. Tarrayo, LPT, PhD

Department of English | Research Center for Social Sciences and Education

vntarrayo@ust.edu.ph

ORCiD: 0000-0001-7466-0616

Academic Qualifications & Eligibility

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications & Eligibility

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy, major in English Language Studies (Cum Laude), University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 2018
Master of Arts in Language Teaching, Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Manila, Philippines, 2008
Bachelor of Arts in English, minor in Instructional Arts (Magna cum Laude), Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Manila, Philippines, 2004

Eligibility

Licensure Exams for Teachers Passer – PRC Registration Number 0856534
Civil Service Eligibility (through Presidential Decree 907)

Research Highlights

Tarrayo’s research works have been published in international journals. Recently, his research articles have appeared in Language and Education [Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) Q1]; Pedagogy, Culture, and Society [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]; Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching [Scopus and ESCI Q1], Critical Inquiry in Language Studies [Scopus Q1], Sexuality & Culture [Scopus and ESCI Q1], Asian Englishes [Scopus and ESCI Q1], Research in Education [Scopus and ESCI Q2], Australian Journal of Teacher Education [Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) Q2], Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics [Scopus Q2], Asia-Pacific Social Science Review [Scopus Q2], Issues in Educational Research [Scopus Q2], and Journal of Narrative and Language Studies [Scopus Q2].

Research Interests

Stylistics
Discourse analysis
English language teaching (ELT)
Gender perspective in ELT
Teacher beliefs/ideologies

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

Graduate Level

Advanced Academic Writing
Research Methodology and Design
ESL Program Development
Stylistics

Undergraduate Level

Purposive Communication
Academic Writing
English Across Disciplines
Business Discourse
English Discourse
Stylistics
Foundation of English Language Teaching and Learning
Introduction to College English
Oral Communication in Context
Reading and Thinking Skills for Academic Study
Technical Writing

Major Recognitions

Finalist, Dr. Matthew A. Eichler Memorial Fellowship Award (Excellence In Research), Asia-Pacific Consortium of Researchers and Educators (APCORE), December 4, 2020
Visiting Scholar/Fellow, Mae Fah Luang University – School of Liberal Arts, Chiang Rai, Thailand, January 30-March 18, 2020
Recipient, Philippine Social Science Council Research Grant, 2017

Professional Activities

Research Associate, UST Research Center for Social Sciences and Education (January 2021 – present)
Editor-in-Chief(2018-2020); Editorial Board Member (2013-2017), Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS)
Member of the International Advisory Board, AJELS (February 2022 – present)
Editorial Board Member(2019-present), International Journal of TESOL Studies
Editorial Board Member, Professional and Academic English, the journal of the IATEFL English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group
Reviewer(2019-present), English Language Teaching and Research Journal
Language Editor, Volumes 1 and 2 (February 2015 and February 2016, respectively), The Antoninus Journal
Issue Editor, Copy Editor, Volume 46 December 2015, Philippine Journal of Linguistics
Lifetime Member, Linguistic Society of the Philippines
Member, International TESOL Union
Member(July 1, 2019-July 1, 2022), Asia-Pacific Consortium of Researchers and Educators, Inc.
Member(August 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020), International Association for World Englishes

Selected Publications

Tarrayo, V.N., & Hernandez, P.J.S. (forthcoming, 2023). Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) with secondary school learners. In D.L. Banegas, & S. Zappa-Hollman, The Routledge handbook of content and language integrated learning.
Pascual, J.C.R., & Tarrayo, V.N. (forthcoming, 2022). Sliding into your DMs in 1, 2, 3: Instagram-dating practices of Filipino professionals in a relationship amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q3]
Tarrayo, V.N., Anudin, A.G., Mendoza, H.B., & Parungao-Callueng, E.S. (2022). Challenges and opportunities in teaching writing online amidst the pandemic: Voices from English language teachers in Philippine universities. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 47(4), 74-90. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N., & Salonga, A.O. (2022). Queering English language teaching: Insights from teachers in a Philippine state university. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. [Scopus Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2022). Gender-fair language in English language teaching: Insights from teachers in Philippine higher education institutions. Language and Education. [Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2022). Review of the book International perspectives on diversity in ELT, by D.L. Banegas, G. Beacon, & M. Pérez Berbain (Eds.). Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]
Ulla, M.B., Tarrayo, V.N., Vecaldo, R.T., & Perales, W.F. (2021). Doctoral academics’ roles in Philippine higher education institutions: Insights from a qualitative study. Issues in Educational Research, 31(3), 972-989. [Scopus Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N., Hernandez, P.J.S, & Claustro, J.M.A.S. (2021). Research engagement by English language teachers in a Philippine university: Insights from a qualitative study. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 21(3), 74-85. [Scopus Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2021). Navigating the gender dimensions in English language teaching: Perceptions of senior high school teachers in the Philippines. Pedagogy, Culture, and Society. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2021). ‘On grieving and holding on’ in Kate Osias’s flash fiction “Dinner for Two”: A stylistic analysis. Journal of Narrative and Language Studies, 9(16), 68-84. [Scopus Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N., Paz, R.M.O., & Gepila, E.C. Jr. (2021). The shift to flexible learning amidst the pandemic: The case of English language teachers in a Philippine state university. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]
Ulla, M.B., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2021). Classroom teaching or academic publishing? An investigation of Philippine doctoral academics’ beliefs. Research in Education. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q2]
Ulla, M.B., Perales, W.F., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2021). Exploring ASEAN teachers’ practices and perceived benefits on the use of web applications in ELT classrooms. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 21(2), 63-74. [Scopus Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N., & Anudin, A.G. (2021). Materials development in flexible learning amid the pandemic: Perspectives from English language teachers in a Philippine state university. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N., Ulla, M.B., & Lekwilai, P. (2021). Perceptions toward Thai English: A study of university English language teachers in Thailand. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 18(4), 374-397. [Scopus Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N., Potestades, R.R., & Ulla, M.B. (2021). Exploring the gender perspective in English language teaching (ELT): Voices from ELT practitioners in Philippine higher education institutions. Sexuality & Culture, 25(5), 1634-1652. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2021). Capturing the language of flash fiction: Suggested teaching activities using stylistics in the English classroom. In F.A. Hamied (Ed.), Literacies, culture, and society towards industrial revolution 4.0: Reviewing policies, expanding research, enriching practices in Asia (pp. 317-344). Nova Science Publishers, Inc. [Scopus]
Tarrayo, V.N., Hernandez, P.J.S., & Claustro, J.M.A.S. (2020). Teachers and research practices: Perspectives from English language educators in a Philippine university. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 45(12), 73-90. [Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N., Ulla, M.B., & Lekwilai, P. (2021). Does Thai English exist? Voices from English language teachers in two Thai universities. Asian Englishes, 23(3), 280-293. [Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Q1]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2020). Wounds and words: A lexical and syntactic analysis of Casocot’s “There are other things beside brightness and light”. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(2), 502-512. [Scopus Q2, SINTA 1 (Indonesia)]
Ubaidillah, M.F., Amalia, S., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2020). “Learning from the past”: Self-reflections of three Indonesian pre-service English teachers. Humanising Language Teaching, 22(4), n.p.
Anwar, K., Ubaidillah, M.F., Tarrayo, V.N., Ismiatun, F., Khotimah, K., & Irawansyah (2020). Students’ orientation in learning English as a foreign language (EFL): Perspectives from Indonesian outskirts. EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture, 5(1), 32-42. [SINTA 2 (Indonesia)]
Ulla, M.B., Perales, W.F., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2020). Integrating Internet-based applications in English language teaching: Teacher practices in a Thai university. Issues in Educational Research, 30(1), 365-378. [Scopus Q2]
Tarrayo, V.N. (2019). What’s in a flash?: Teaching reading and writing (and beyond) through flash fiction. English Language Teaching and Research Journal, 1(1), 9-15.
Tarrayo, V.N. (2018). Beauty in brevity: Capturing the narrative structure of flash fiction by Filipino writers. Journal on English Language Teaching, 8(2), 36-56.
Tarrayo, V.N. (2018). Exploring the coalescence of language and literature through a stylistic analysis of Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo’s “When It’s A Grey November In Your Soul”. Journal on English Language Teaching, 8(1), 1-17.
Tarrayo, V.N. (2017). Capturing the language of flash fiction: A stylistic analysis of a Filipino-authored “short” short story. Philippine Journal of Linguistics, 48, 51-74.
Rañosa-Madrunio, M., Tarrayo, V.N., Tupas, R., & Valdez, P.N. (2016). Learner autonomy: English language teachers’ beliefs and practices in the Philippines. In R. Barnard, & J. Li, Language learner autonomy: Teacher’s beliefs and practices in Asian contexts (pp. 114-133). IDP Education (Cambodia) Ltd.
Genteroy, K.R.C., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2015). Linguistic politeness of the world: Strategies used by organizers of youth international conferences in writing rejection letters. Philippine Journal of Linguistics, 46, 50-67.
de Leon, J.A.V., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2014). “Cyber” reading in L2: Online reading strategies of students in a Philippine public high school. Journal on English Language Teaching, 4(2), 8-17.
Tarrayo, V.N. (2014). The coupling of strange bedfellows (?): Stylistics as link between linguistics and literature. International of Journal of Language and Literature, 2(2), 99-120.
Tarrayo, V.N. (2014). Gendered word (Or world): Sexism in Philippine preschool English language textbooks. i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, 4(2), 25-32.
Duque, M.C.T., & Tarrayo, V.N. (2011). Arguing in L2: Discourse structure and textual metadiscourse in Philippine newspaper editorials. Journal on English Language Teaching, 1(4), 11-24.
Tarrayo, V.N. (2011). Metatext in results-and-discussion sections of ESL/EFL research: A contrastive analysis of Philippine English, Taiwanese English, and Iranian English. Journal on English Language Teaching, 1(3), 39-52.

Latest Paper Presentations

Latest Seminars / Workshops Conducted

Latest Paper Presentations

Keynote Speaker
“(Does Thai English exist?) How do English language teachers in Thai universities navigate the ideologically charged terrains of Thai English?”
1^st Virtual International Research Convention with the theme “The Role of Higher Education in the Post COVID Pandemic”
Walailak University, Thailand
March 28, 2022
“Navigating the Gender Dimensions in English Language Teaching: Perceptions of Senior High School Teachers in the Philippines”
41^st Thailand TESOL International Virtual Conference
January 21-22, 2022
“Technology in the Classroom: Issues and Future Directions of English Language Teaching (ELT) in the ASEAN Region”
16th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
February 7-9, 2020
“Exploring the Coalescence of Language and Literature Through a Stylistic Analysis of a Filipino-authored Flash Fiction”
39th Thailand TESOL International Conference
The Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
January 18-19, 2019
“English Language in Flux: An Analysis of Forms and Perceived Functions of Facebook and Twitter Neologisms Used and Encountered by First-year Students of a Comprehensive Philippine University”
International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Education (ICALLE) 2017
De La Salle University-Manila
February 9, 2017
“Capturing the Language of Flash Fiction: A Stylistic Analysis of Gemino H. Abad’s ‘Bettina’”
International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Education (ICALLE) 2017
De La Salle University-Manila
February 9, 2017
“Exploring Interactions in L2 Blogging: Metadiscourse in Philippine Investigative Journalism Blogs”
12th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching
Institute of Technology Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
February 20, 2016

Latest Seminars / Workshops Conducted

“Watch Your Words, and Be Counted: Some Basic Strategies for Scholarly Writing”
Circle of Research Enthusiasts, Department of Communication Research
College of Communication, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila
June 2, 2021
“Say It Right: Seven Strategies for Scholarly Writing”
MPES kaPEhan-Lecture Series 7
Master in Physical Education and Sports, College of Education
Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila
May 23, 2021
“Journal Basics: The Hows and Whys of Journal Management and Publication”
Research Publications Office
Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension, Planning, and Development
Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila
May 19, 2021
“Know (and Watch) Your Grammar, and Be Counted”
Ampid National High School, San Mateo, Rizal
May 14, 2021
“Say It Right: Seven Strategies for Scholarly Writing”
Department of Media Studies, School of Humanities, Arts and Applied Sciences
Amity University, Dubai
May 5, 2021
“Navigating Literature Through Linguistic Procedures: The Basics of Stylistics”
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Linguistics
College of Arts and Letters, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila
February 8, 2019
“A Seminar-Workshop on Language Editing of Research Papers”
Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas, Manila
March 31, 2016
“As We Unify, We Diversify? Revisiting the Notions of World Englishes: Pedagogical Issues and Implications for English Language Teaching”
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Linguistics,
College of Arts and Letters Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila
March 8, 2016
“Introduction” to “Interaction”: The CARS (Create a Research Space) Model; Thesis It! A Thesis Writing Seminar
UST English Language Studies Society
October 13, 2015

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