1. U.S. Department of EducationTitle VI 50 th Anniversary Conference March 2009 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

2. Advanced Filipino Abroad Program U.S. Department of EducationTitle VI 50 th 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

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. U.S. Department of EducationTitle VI 50 th Anniversary Conference March 2009 Structure of the Program Recruitment and Selection Teacher Training Curriculum -- Content-Based Host Families Field Trips and Sub-Immersion Program

6. U.S. Department of EducationTitle VI 50 th 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

7. U.S. Department of EducationTitle VI 50 th 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

8. U.S. Department of EducationTitle VI 50 th Anniversary Conference March 2009 EVALUATION (forms) Home stay Field trips Teaching/Administration/Host University Mid-term Evaluation Speakers Food and Accommodation