Basic Tagalog for Foreigners and Non-Tagalogs (Tuttle Language Library) (English and Tagalog Edition)

By Paraluman S. Aspillera

Book Overview

Basic Tagalog takes a friendly and innovative approach, emphasizing the structure of the Tagalog language rather than just vocabulary. This user-friendly beginner Tagalog book teaches more than 2,000 Tagalog words and expressions with over 500 being added for this new edition. These are spread throughout 44 lessons, the Appendices and the exercises as well as in the Tagalog-English and English-Tagalog vocabulary lists at the back of the book. The added Tagalog vocabulary is meant to keep learners abreast of changes that have occurred in the language since the first edition of Basic Tagalog which was published. This edition has retained all the grammar lessons, and the tried-and-tested teaching methodology developed b the author, Paraluman S. Aspillera, for the original version. Her method has proven to be extremely efficient for tens of thousands of foreigners and non-Tagalogs who have used this book to learn to learn Tagalog, including many who have successfully learned to speak Tagalog, read Tagalog and write Tagalog through self-study on their own without a teacher. An audio CD has also been added to facilitate the correct pronunciation of Tagalog words and phrases. A succinct introduction to the language and a description of the character of Filipinos will hopefully provide learners with a better understanding of the language they are learning. The lessons in Basic Tagalog are intended for a three-month period of intensive study followed by another three months of applied oral communication. In six months (or about 250 hours), it is expected that an average learner should be able to speak, write and understand simple, everyday, conversational Tagalog as spoken by most Filipinos. Highlights of this book include: Over 2,000 Tagalog words and expressions. 44 lessons organized by organized for efficient language absorption. Extensive exercises and activities to reinforce the lessons. Vocabulary lists serve as comprehensive English-Tagalog and Tagalog-English dictionaries. Completely updated and expanded with new materials. Includes accompanying MP3 Audio CD.Using Basic Tagalog to study the Tagalog language will further encourage both non-Tagalogs and non-Filipinos to speak Tagalog better. Only then will they appreciate the individuality of the language that reflects the resilience and flexibility of Filipinos all around the world. In the end, such learning will improve daily interactions and communications between non-Filipinos and Filipinos--whether in business, education, tourism, social or civic endeavors. All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804819106
• ISBN13: 9780804819107
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

This is amazing!!!

My Tita wants me to learn so then I can visit her home town. Also the food is amazing! I love adobo and Lumpia. Definitely recommend this book if you want to learn tagalog.

Pusong pinoy ako!

For the low price, this book is worthwhile even for beginners. however, the beginner should use this as a reference and jump into it once some foundations are grasped. And do the written exercises! The ideal beginning book for me, "Beginning Tagalog; a course for speakers of English", is an audiolingual textbook from 1965 that I just happened to find gathering dust in my university library (no luck finding the original reel-to-reel...

This is the most practical book for SPEAKING Tagalog.

Lived and worked among the people in the Philippines in places as diverse as Metro Manila and Brookes Pointe, Palawan. This is the BEST BOOK AVAILABLE if you are seeking to learn how to SPEAK Tagalog. It gives you the basic speaking patterns, sentence structure, and enough vocabulary to get you into (and out of) trouble.

Mabuhay !

I bought an edition of this book in 1993 after my first two visits to the Philippines.I picked it up almost every day,which is an unusual thing for me to do with a book,however because of the teachings and systematic way the book is set out it made for very enjoyable learning. Even more enjoyable than learning from the book,is getting to put what I have learned into practise during subsequent visits to the Philippines.The...

All That, and a bag of chips!

Well, I have family who speaks tagalog, and they wont teach me a thing, so I took it upon myself to learn the native language of my loved one, and now she is able to speak to me in simple phrases and I understand. I even know when her and her friends talk about me! This book is great to learn simple phrases and to expand your vocabulary of tagalog if you are also exposed to it often. Its just a great book!