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Group Projects Abroad in Southeast Asia. The Advanced Filipino Abroad Program (AFAP) De La Salle University-Dasmarinas Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines . Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo University of Hawaii-Manoa mabanglo@hawaii.edu .
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Group Projects Abroad in Southeast Asia The Advanced Filipino Abroad Program (AFAP) De La Salle University-Dasmarinas Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines Ruth Elynia S. MabangloUniversity of Hawaii-Manoa mabanglo@hawaii.edu U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009
Advanced Filipino Abroad Program U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009
History of AFAP • 1991 Program began as an experiment • 1994-1999 Ist and 2nd Cycle, University of the Philippines-Los Banos • 2000-2002 3rd-4th Cycle (partly), Philippine Normal University • 2003-2007 4th-5th Cycle, De La Salle University-Manila • 2008- 6th Cycle, De La Salle University-Dasmarinas, Cavite U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009
Relations with the U.S. Title VI Centers • Referral Support: California (Berkeley)/California (Los Angeles), Cornell, Hawai’i, Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Washington, Wisconsin, City College of San Francisco, USF, Pennsylvania, San Diego and Yale. • Consortium Fee Support: California (Berkeley)/California (Los Angeles), Cornell, Hawai’i, Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Washington, and Yale.
Structure of the Program • Recruitment and Selection • Teacher Training • Curriculum -- Content-Based • Host Families • Field Trips and Sub-Immersion Program U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009
Curriculum • Content-based (thematic) • Formally-structured classroom activities (morning) • Task-based assignments-community involvement (afternoon) • Speakers (specialist in the field), one for every area of discipline • Academic Requirements • --presentation of a novel --formal debate --presentation of research --presentation of a coffee table book type of album (after sub-immersion) --journal writing U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009
ASSESSMENT • Academic: • SEASSIPE Test (Pre- and Post Test) • -- Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Proficiency • Examination (Hawaii, 1989) • OPI (Pre- and Post, during the recruitment processes and after the Program) • Weekly Unit Skills Test • Class Observations (Language Coordinator, Directors) • Teacher Assessment of Individual Students (grade equivalent) • Outside Evaluator U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009
EVALUATION (forms) • Home stay • Field trips • Teaching/Administration/Host University • Mid-term Evaluation • Speakers • Food and Accommodation U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009