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Advanced Filipino Abroad Program

The Advanced Filipino Abroad Program (AFAP) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the University of Hawaii Center for Southeast Asian Studies.

Advanced Filipino Abroad Program
at De La Salle University in Dasmarinas

Administered by the
Center for Southeast Asian Studies,
University of Hawaii at Manoa

http://www.hawaii.edu/filipino/studyabroad.htm

The Advanced Filipino Abroad (AFA) program is an intensive eight-week advanced Filipino language-training program held in De La Salle University, Dasmarinas. It aims to fill a void in the academic community by providing 3rd year level students a one-of-a-kind opportunity to acquire the linguistic foundation necessary to engage in academic research, professional discourse, and cultural interaction with all segments of Philippine society. An important aspect of the program is a eight-week stay with Filipino families in Dasmarinas, Cavite, a rural area. This helps immensely in enhancing cultural immersion.

This immersion program focuses on advanced-level language acquisition and consists of a structured academic program of four hours of language instruction every morning and two to three hours of task-based activities in the afternoons and field trips during weekends as a group. The AFAP intensive program is equivalent to two semesters of language study. Instruction is given in small individualized groups taught by in-country language teachers. They have extensive experience in teaching Filipino as a foreign language. Topics for instruction in Filipino will focus on culture, history, literature, arts, economics, political issues, and globalization. One topic is discussed each week.

Date Posted: 11/7/2003