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Australia’s newest Filipino Language Classes now invite enrolees in their Brisbane site.
Run by the Filipino-Australian Teachers Association of Queensland, the classes will be composed of adults students ranging from age 18.
Sessions will be held once a week, Saturdays 3-5PM at the Filipino House, 69 Nathan Road, Runcorn, in the Brisbane’s Southside.
Students will learn beginning skills in speaking, reading, listening and writing the Filipino language.
Contemporary and more hands-on materials will be used to facilitate a more effective way of learning the language.
Filipino Language Teachers on Training at the LOTE Centre in Brisbane. L-R: Myrla Prianes, Lourdes Cremin and Merle Parkinson. Photo courtesy: Erwin Cabucos
The teachers are university trained and experienced from the Australian-Teachers Association of Queensland (FATAQ).
Enrolment and meeting of teachers will occur on 5 April, at 3PM, at the Filipino House, and first proper session will begin on 12 April 2008.
Classes will run per school semester. For the 12-week package, it will cost $95.00, boasting to be the best investment for anyone interested in learning the language.
Numbers are limited.
To book a place, please call Sol Dobinson on 07 38925772.
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Students who attend the Filipino Language lessons of the Filipino-Australian Teachers Associations of Queensland show their talents in this Philippine Symbols on Quilt artwork.
The children drew and imprinted their artwork onto the fabric which was sewn into a collage by Erlinda Jacob. The quilt is now on display in FATAQ’s premises where functions on Filipino schools are held.
Photo shows the members of the Filipino-Australian Teacher’s Association of Queensland (FATAQ)’s Executive Committee and friends. Bottom (L-R) Minda Tinambacan, Lina Loughran, Lourdes Cremin, Fe Tatad-Stokes, Evelyn Carrigan. Top (L-R) Merle Parkinson, Erlinda Jacob, Erwin Cabucos, Sol Dobinson, and Myrla Prianes.
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