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Group Projects Abroad in Southeast Asia

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

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  1. 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

  2. Advanced Filipino Abroad Program U.S. Department of Education Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference March 2009

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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