CTFLC Represented at 3rd International Confab
The 3 rd International Conference on Filipino As a Global Language was successfully held on August 3-5, 2012 at the College of St. Benilde International Conference, De La Salle University, Manila with the theme: “Filipino Language and Culture: Issues and Challenges for the 21 st Century” ( Ang Wika at Kulturang Filipino: Iba’t Ibang Isyu at Hamon ng Siglo 21 ). This was sponsored by the Global Consortium for the Advancement of Filipino Language and Culture (GLOCAFIL) under Dr. Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo and the Pambansang Samahan sa Linggwistika at Literaturang Filipino (PSLLF) headed by Dr. Teresita F. Fortunato, with the collaboration of the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). More than fifty (50) papers were presented by about 230 scholars, writers, educators, historians, media specialists, and language/culture enthusiasts coming from the different parts of the region in the Philippines and delegates from USA, Japan, Brun