06/09/2026
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ
โ๏ธ: Tamia Alamada, BA ELS-1
On July 17, 24, 30, and August 7, 2026, the First-Year BA English Language Studies (BA ELS) students proudly rendered their service as volunteer-tutors for the Dominican-Mirador National High School (DMNHS) - Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (A.R.A.L.) Tutorial Program. Seamlessly incorporating this volunteer work into their ELS 108NC: Semantics course, under the supervision of Dr. Jessie B. Matinez, the batch completed their volunteer hours by actively supporting their BA ELS seniors, assisting them as co-facilitators during their official internship and practicum duties. Together, they spent dedicated sessions observing, mentoring, and facilitating a tailored Reading Intervention for junior high school students at DMNHS.
To systematically address the academic needs of the learners, the BAELS 1 volunteers were divided into specialized teaching teams assigned to Grade 7 (two groups) and Grade 8 (one group). Across both grade levels, the teams implemented the exact same structured reading intervention framework, focusing on the Filipino subject for Grade 7 and the English subject for Grade 8.
The tutors meticulously facilitated a comprehensive, three-part delivery structure rooted in semantics and language acquisition, which included targeted vocabulary elicitation, spelling, and pronunciation drills, followed by modeling the reading of the text, and concluding with comprehension checks to ensure deep understanding.
Focusing on practical language skills, the tutors helped students improve reading comprehension, expand and clarify vocabulary, and become familiar with correct word pronunciation and reading fluency. Through guided reading, vocabulary-building activities, and pronunciation practice, the tutors supported learners in decoding texts, understanding meaning in context, and speaking words confidently and accurately.
More than a volunteer endeavor, this immersive experience highlighted language as a living tool for connection. By analyzing how meaning is constructed and understood in real-time, the tutors bridged learning gaps, empowered younger minds, and discovered that academic theories, like those in semantics, find their deepest value when used to serve the community.
True language competency is not just about understanding words, but about volunteering time to use it to build bridges and uplift others. May the shared knowledge inspire us to remain passionate, empathetic, and community-driven language professionals.
The program was supervised by Dr. Jessie B. Martinez, Program Chair of the Language Department together with Dr. Corazon D. Ciriaco, Dr. Ginalyn V. Resurreccion, and Ms. Dianna Charisse Q. Buen, ELS instructors.
