| The CLCP, Inc. Board of Directors: Richard Elphick, Treasurer; Ester T. Elphick, President and CEO Virginia H. Sohn, Corporate Secretary; Donald Sohn, Vice President |
UCLA: Linguistics, MA, 1966
UCLA: ESL, TESL Graduate Certificate , 1965
Stanford: Education, MA, 1960
Silliman University, Philippines: Physical Education, English, BSE, 1957
1985-2004, ESL Lead Teacher/Coordinator, adult education
Middletown Board of Education, Middletown CT
1983-84, Lecturer in Linguistics and English
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
1979-83, ESL teacher, adult education
Middletown Board of Education, Middletown, CT
1969-71, English, ESL, and Physical Education secondary school teacher,
American International School, The Hague, Netherlands
1968-69, Research assistant in Austronesian linguistics to Isidore Dyen,
Yale University
1967-68, Writer/researcher, ESL materials for Navajo schools
Bureau of Indian Affairs, New Mexico and Arizona
1965-67 (summers) Tagalog and Cebuano teacher,US Peace Corps
1964-66, Research assistant in Austronesian linguistics to
Peter Lackowski, UCLA
Elphick is fluent in four Philippine languages. She has devoted much of her
career to cross-cultural communication and the adaptation of immigrants to
US culture. She has developed curricula integrating English language,
citizenship, lifeskills, and employability skills for ESL students that are now
widely used throughout Connecticut. She has also developed hands-on
instructional kits for use by ESL and early childhood teachers. In
recognition of her educational achievements the Connecticut Association of
Adult and Continuing Education honored her as Connecticut Educator of
the Year (1993) and the Secretary of the State named her an Outstanding
Immigrant (1999).
Throughout her career Elphick has been active in fostering and teaching
Philippine dance, for which the Filipino Heritage Committee honored her as
Outstanding Filipino American in the Performing Arts (2001). In August
2008 she was given an award as Outstanding Silliman Alumna by Silliman
University in the Philippines.
UCLA: ESL, TESL Graduate Certificate , 1965
Stanford: Education, MA, 1960
Silliman University, Philippines: Physical Education, English, BSE, 1957
1985-2004, ESL Lead Teacher/Coordinator, adult education
Middletown Board of Education, Middletown CT
1983-84, Lecturer in Linguistics and English
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
1979-83, ESL teacher, adult education
Middletown Board of Education, Middletown, CT
1969-71, English, ESL, and Physical Education secondary school teacher,
American International School, The Hague, Netherlands
1968-69, Research assistant in Austronesian linguistics to Isidore Dyen,
Yale University
1967-68, Writer/researcher, ESL materials for Navajo schools
Bureau of Indian Affairs, New Mexico and Arizona
1965-67 (summers) Tagalog and Cebuano teacher,US Peace Corps
1964-66, Research assistant in Austronesian linguistics to
Peter Lackowski, UCLA
Elphick is fluent in four Philippine languages. She has devoted much of her
career to cross-cultural communication and the adaptation of immigrants to
US culture. She has developed curricula integrating English language,
citizenship, lifeskills, and employability skills for ESL students that are now
widely used throughout Connecticut. She has also developed hands-on
instructional kits for use by ESL and early childhood teachers. In
recognition of her educational achievements the Connecticut Association of
Adult and Continuing Education honored her as Connecticut Educator of
the Year (1993) and the Secretary of the State named her an Outstanding
Immigrant (1999).
Throughout her career Elphick has been active in fostering and teaching
Philippine dance, for which the Filipino Heritage Committee honored her as
Outstanding Filipino American in the Performing Arts (2001). In August
2008 she was given an award as Outstanding Silliman Alumna by Silliman
University in the Philippines.
Gordon College: Art History, BA, 1984
1986-87, Project Specialist, Heritage Travel, Cambridge MA
1979-84, Office Manager and Purchasing Officer
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston
1962-77, Translator of the New Testament into Cuyonon,
Philippine Bible Society
1955-77, Missionary in Puerto Princesa, Philippines; Association of
Baptists for World Evangelism
Sohn was the principal translator of the New Testament into Cuyonon, a
language in which she retains her fluency.
Publications:
DeVries, Virginia and Roe, Richard G. 1966. “Semivowels in the Cuyono
Alphabet.” Philippine Journal of Science 95(2).
Philippines Bible Society. 1982. Ang Matinlong Barita para sa Ateng Timpo:
Cuyonon New Testament. Manila: Philippine Bible Society.
1986-87, Project Specialist, Heritage Travel, Cambridge MA
1979-84, Office Manager and Purchasing Officer
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston
1962-77, Translator of the New Testament into Cuyonon,
Philippine Bible Society
1955-77, Missionary in Puerto Princesa, Philippines; Association of
Baptists for World Evangelism
Sohn was the principal translator of the New Testament into Cuyonon, a
language in which she retains her fluency.
Publications:
DeVries, Virginia and Roe, Richard G. 1966. “Semivowels in the Cuyono
Alphabet.” Philippine Journal of Science 95(2).
Philippines Bible Society. 1982. Ang Matinlong Barita para sa Ateng Timpo:
Cuyonon New Testament. Manila: Philippine Bible Society.
| Richard Elphick Treasurer and Board Director (BA, University of Toronto; MA, UCLA; Ph.D, Yale) is a professor of history at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. |
| Leonard Newell (Chief Linguistic Advisor, deceased) BA, Seattle Pacific University; MA, Yale; Ph.D, De La Salle University, Manila. Newell held many offices in the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), including director for the Philippines, 1978-82. He is author of the Batad Ifugao Dictionary, the Handbook of Lexicography for Philippine and Other Languages, a dictionary of Romblomanon, a translation of the Bible into Batad Ifugao, and scores of articles on Philippine linguistics. His experiences as a missionary have been vividly documented in Headhunters' Encounter with God: An Ifugao Adventure (iUniverse, 2007).. Newell died in 2008. |
Douglas Rintoul
(Consultant on SIL software)
Rintoul (BApSc, University of British Columbia, 1982) is manager
of information technologies at the Canada Institute of Linguistics,
Langley, British Columbia. He has also worked as a software
engineer and publications manager at SIL in Bagabag, Philippines.
(Consultant on SIL software)
Rintoul (BApSc, University of British Columbia, 1982) is manager
of information technologies at the Canada Institute of Linguistics,
Langley, British Columbia. He has also worked as a software
engineer and publications manager at SIL in Bagabag, Philippines.
Donald R. Sohn
Vice-president and Board Director
(BA, St. Lawrence; MBA and DBA,
Harvard) is a retired businessman,
who has taught at M.I.T. and
Harvard University.
Vice-president and Board Director
(BA, St. Lawrence; MBA and DBA,
Harvard) is a retired businessman,
who has taught at M.I.T. and
Harvard University.
Doug Rintoul, Virginia Howard Sohn
and Ester Timbancaya Elphick in Middletown, CT.
and Ester Timbancaya Elphick in Middletown, CT.
Virginia Howard Sohn, Ester Timbancaya Elphick,
Len Newell, and Jo Newell in Beverly Farms, MA
Len Newell, and Jo Newell in Beverly Farms, MA
Jo and Len Newell, Virginia Howard
Sohn, and Ester Timbancaya Elphick in
Middletown, CT
Sohn, and Ester Timbancaya Elphick in
Middletown, CT
| Ester Timbancaya Elphick President and Chief Lexicographer |
Virginia Howard
(deVries) Sohn
Corporate Secretary and
Co-lexicographer
(deVries) Sohn
Corporate Secretary and
Co-lexicographer
CUYONON LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE PROJECT
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About the Authors
The Advisory Panel
The Field Researchers
WRITING CUYONON
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AND CULTURE PROJECT
Mission Statement
Projects and Methodology
The Organization
About the Authors
The Advisory Panel
The Field Researchers
WRITING CUYONON
Orthography
SAMPLE CUYONON TEXTS
Sarabien (Proverbs)
Patigem (Riddles)
Pakadlaw (Humor)
Maliag Ikon (Dictionary
Entries)
HOME PAGE
| A native speaker of Cuyonon, Dorla is a staunch advocate in preserving Cuyonon language and culture. She has two Bachelor of Arts degrees with majors in Linguistics and English Studies and a minor in Russian Studies. In her Master of Arts in Education she specialized in Curriculum and Instruction. As the latest member of the CLCP team, she brings with her, administrative and computer skills, research and teaching experiences in English as a Second Language. Her computer skills will enable her to learn and use software as she navigates the various phases of the project. She is conscientious, organized, energetic, meticulous, pleasant to work with and very enthusiastic about the project. She is a welcome addition to the CLCP team. |
| Dorla Santa Cruz Lawhn Research Associate |