California Language Teachers Association (CLTA) Honors Two Teachers in Filipino
In its annual statewide conference held Feb. 25-27,2022, the California Language Teachers Association (CLTA) honors two Filipino Teachers with OUTSTANDING TEACHER Award. Both are from San Diego, both are immigrant teachers and both are members of the Council for Teaching Filipino Language and Culture (CLTA) based in San Diego. The award is a recognition of their excellence in teaching the language and their dedication and commitment to their students. The Filipino Language Program in San Diego is one of the most successful language programs in the nation. From one class of Filipino when it started in 1988 at Bell Junior High School, it now has close to 2,000 students enrolled in San Diego County. It is second only to Spanish in terms of number of students enrolled. There was a time when only the major languages, Spanish, French, Japanese, Italian and German were taught as Language Electives. After Filipino was introduced, nineteen other languages followed suit; Vietnamese, Arabi