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Mabuhay! I am Mai, also known as Ginang (Mrs.) Sciarratta to my students. I have taught Filipino language for over 14 years at the high school, college, and elementary levels in San Diego, California, where Filipino was offered as a foreign language elective. My students in the classrooms were Filipino Americans who were eager to learn about their heritage language and non-Filipinos who wanted to connect with a uniquely spirited, hospitable, and caring population called Filipinos. Being a native speaker and a student of Filipino language and its structure, I developed curricula from beginning to advanced levels that made Filipino accessible for non-native speakers. To me, simplifying the concepts is key to reaching the learners. From classroom to online, here is the class for beginners, with much love and passion for learning, from me to all students of Filipino, past, present, and future.

Mai Sciarratta

M.A. in Education

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