Learn Pilipino from Native Speakers

Learn to speak Tagalog

Language Experts agree, our courses are the most complete and thorough self-instructional language course available. Repetition, vocabulary, sentence structure are the building blocks our course utilizes to teach a language. Lots of repetition drills. Dialog drills. Pronunciation drills. Vocabulary. The audio material is from native speakers and the corresponding textbook is your guide. Our Methodology, Guided Imitation, sets the student on a path to a certified level of fluency. We no longer sell our courses in Volume I and Volume II, so there's no up sell for the next level. You will receive the entire course material, on DVD, for the lowest price we can afford to produce, $19.95. Our shipping cost is $5.45 for domestic shipping and $12.45 for international shipping, which is the exact price we pay the U.S. Postal Service to ship priority mail. We do not make money off of shipping, and ship priority mail because it is the fastest and least expensive way to ship. The DVD will play in both a PC or MAC, and the audio can easily be saved to an IPOD or other MP3 device. You will need Adobe Reader to access the PDF textbook.

The focus of this course is on speaking and understanding useful Pilipino. The audio programs use Pilipino, Tagalog, and Filipino interchangeably. The course is divided into five units covering the following topics: getting to know you, getting around, at the restaurant, shopping, and getting help. Each unit is divided into two to three lessons. The learning activities for most units are: conversations, exercises, and a self-evalutation quiz. The cultural notes include information on: geography, climate, history, food and restaurants, sightseeing, shopping, and currency.

In an effort to promote national unity, the government instituted Tagalog-based Pilipino as the national language in 1939. (Pilipino, English and Spanish are the three official languages of the Philippines.) Fifty-five percent of the population speaks Pilipino, the primary language of instruction in the schools, although English, Spanish and the local vernaculars are also mandatory.