Daniel H Wieczorek

English - Ilokano and Ilokano - English Dictionary - with Some Notes on Ilokano Culture Daniel H Wieczorek

Publisher Marketing: A simple English-Ilokano and Ilokano-English Dictionary - primarily for the Peace Corps Volunteer or traveler. This Edition also includes a 44 page section on Ilokano Culture. Although the author does not consider himself a culture expert, he shares with you some of the cultural aspects he observed during his 27 month stay in The Philippines. Daniel spent 2 years as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1985 - 1987 in Gomez, Cabarroguis in Quirino Province, The Philippines. The population of his village was, at that time, about 400 persons. Out of those 400 persons there was 1 person who could speak a small amount of English. Daniel therefore had to study at every possible opportunity if he wanted to be able to communicate with the local people - and he did want to communicate. In two years time he learned a great deal of vocabulary. Rather than returning to the USA, sitting on his knowledge and forgetting it, he put together this bilingual dictionary. At the time he was working towards an MBA degree at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, so he took advantage of their printing services to have 30 copies printed. He sent these off to Washington, D. C. to the Peace Corps Philippines Desk. The Philippines Desk did as he suspected they would do and sent those 30 copies off with the next batch of volunteers. Those volunteers made good use of this dictionary. Hopefully you can do the same. It is not fancy, it just addresses a need. Contributor Bio:  Wieczorek, Daniel H Daniel Wieczorek was born in 1947 in Ionia, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B. S. in Forestry, moved to Oregon to work in the field of forestry in 1971 and then to Alaska in 1975, where he continued his career in forestry. After about a 14 year career in forestry, Daniel decided to do something different and he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Philippines from 1985 - 1987. Upon completion of his Peace Corps service he returned to Alaska, attended the University of Alaska - Fairbanks and received an M. B. A. in 1991. Next was a move to South Korea in 1992, and 5 years there teaching English. Daniel's next stop was in New York City, and employment at Deutsche Bank from 1998 - 2001. In March 2001 he moved to his present home in Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan where he is again teaching English. At this time he's been teaching as a career for about 17 years. He has been hiking, climbing and doing photography since he was about 12 years old. Kazuya Numazawa was born in 1979 in Shinjo in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. He was raised in Funagata Town in Yamagata Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo University in 2005. Since that time he has worked in several fields, but primarily in Cram Schools around the Mitaka Area. Daniel and Kazuya met in 2001 and they have been hiking, mountain climbing and doing photography together since that time.