UST Department of English Chair and the English Language Studies Program Lead at the UST Graduate School Prof. Rachelle B. Lintao, Ph.D., served as a guest lecturer on plain language in contracts at the Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand on July 24 and August 2, 2024.
The two-day lectures were attended by about 200 students pursuing Masters of Construction with Specializations in Construction Project Management, Quantity Surveying, and Construction Law and those taking the Bachelor of Construction program from the School of Built Environment at the Massey University Auckland Campus. The hybrid event covered the principles of plain language, how plain language has progressed over the years in varied domains and the prospects of plain language in the construction industry.
Lintao also featured some of her research on plain language and initiatives in promoting the use of plain language in the Philippines. She is the Country Representative of Clarity (an international organization that advocates for the use of plain language in contracts and other documents) to the Philippines. She is also the Philippine Language and Country Lead of the International Plain Language Federation Standard Localization and Implementation Committee.
Plain language is writing designed to make written outputs comprehensible and easily understood by its intended audience.
