Book description
"I LOVE your course. It is the BEST I have found for learning Tagalog." - Scott Wells, Newcomb Academy, California, USA, 1998 Walt Disney American Teacher Award Recipient (Foreign Language Category)This is Book 2 of 7 in the complete course Learning Tagalog: Fluency Made Fast and Easy, Print Edition.Free Audio Download at LearningTagalog.com.Learn to speak Tagalog (Filipino) fluentlyLearn Tagalog in a simple, efficient and fun way. With carefully-designed, lively lessons, you'll learn truly useful material from day one and achieve fluency fast.Learn Tagalog in 6 months or less, in as little as 15 minutes a day.The complete course (7 books + audio download) includes: Course Books 1-3 (732 pages, CEFR levels: A1, A2, B1)60 lively lessons that teach practical, spoken Tagalog taken from daily life in the Philippines. Free Download: Course Audio MP3s (natural and slow: 2,596 MP3s, 200 MB, about 200 minutes)Audio recordings of the 1,298 Tagalog phrases in the course that will help you learn correct pronunciation, and remember words and phrases more easily. Workbooks 1-3 (158 pages)Exercises with an answer key for reinforcing what you've learned and checking your progress. Essential Tagalog Grammar (464 pages)Comprehensive Tagalog grammar reference that will remain useful even long after you have reached fluency.At a pace of 15-30 minutes per day, it will give you a solid foundation in Tagalog in 6 months, allowing you to join conversations."Your product is phenomenal... If anyone wants to learn to actually speak and understand practical Tagalog, I think your program is the best by far-and-away." - Ben Black, Silver Spring, Maryland, USAHow it works1. Real-life dialoguesLearn what people really say in everyday situations, with the right choice of words, intonation, nuances, emotions and typical expressions. Learn truly useful material from day one.2. Audio and pronunciation marksLearn the correct pronunciation, including where the long vowels and glottal stops are, and remember the words and phrases more easily.3. Literal (word-for-word) and natural (whole-sentence) translationsUnderstand what every Tagalog word means and how the sentences fit together. Save time by not having to look up words.4. Grammatical and cultural notesDeepen your understanding of Tagalog through examples, short explanations and references to the grammar book.5. Comprehensive grammar referenceWith thousands of practical examples in an easy-to-use format, Essential Tagalog Grammar will be your grammar companion, even long after you have reached fluency.6. ExercisesPractice and reinforce the vocabulary and sentence patterns in the lessons, and check your progress. Just like in the lessons, you'll only find practical and authentic sentences in the workbooks.7. Well-thought-out structureThe lessons have been carefully designed to teach you the most important topics first. The built-in repetition will enable you to pick up the patterns intuitively and speak Tagalog fluently."I am a missionary in the Philippines and have been here now 2 years and must say how grateful I have been for your course. It has helped me learn Tagalog so quickly and people here have been so impressed. I really cannot praise this course enough, I have recommended it to lots of my friends." - Lynette Orange, Warwickshire, UK
About the Author
Frederik De Vos is the co-creator of LearningTagalog.com and the co-author of Learning Tagalog: Fluency Made Fast and Easy. He holds a master's degree in engineering with a major in computer science. Good at languages, he worked as a technical translator for several years. He learned Tagalog in the Philippines and also speaks Dutch, French, English, German and Japanese. Frederik also teaches an emotional healing course at healed.world.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience