Bonifacio p sibayan biography
He was a basic education teacher, school head, professor of linguistics and education, and a former president of the then Philippine Normal College.
Bonifacio P. Sibayan is a distinguished, well-respected Filipino scholar in sociolinguistics who has made significant contributions to the education sector.!
Who was Dr. Bonifacio S. Sibayan?
Dr. Bonifacio Padilla Sibayan—whom the country’s top recognition for applied linguistics practitioners was named after— was one of the world’s pioneer scholars in sociolinguistics.
He was a basic education teacher, school head, professor of linguistics and education, and a former president of the then Philippine Normal College (Now Philippine Normal University) from 1972 to 1981.
At the awarding of this year’s Bonifacio P.
Sibayan Distinguished Professorial Chair in Applied Linguistics to RCTQ Director Dr. Gina Gonong by the Lingustic Society of the Philippines (LSP) on 19 March 2022, Philippine Normal University President Dr. Bert J. Tuga described Dr.
Sibayan as “a premier educator whose works became the foundation of research and studies in applied linguistics, and sociolinguistics in the Philippines.”
“It is no surprise then that the LSP—a society for linguists and language educators that Dr.
Sibayan co-founded in 1969— honors his legacy by n
