- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself Books (28 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340772484
- ISBN-13: 978-0340772485
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #77 in Books > Languages > By Language > Other Asian Languages > Tagalog
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A course for adult beginners of Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines, spoken by over 20 million people.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have recently started using this book, together with the optional audio CDs. So far I have found it well structured, accurate (tested against my Filipino friends) and relevant. As a complete beginner I think it is fine and I don't think it pretends to be anything other than for beginners. I find the presentation and layout of the book a bit dull - but I guess a more glossy presentation would simply make it more expensive. The audio CDs are OK, but I would have preferred more of the sections of each lesson to be covered. Compared to the apparently much praised "Basic Tagalog" by P.S. Aspillera (which I also have), I find this course more digestible and less old fashioned though I believe "Basic Tagalog" is currently being revised.
18 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you have ever learnt a foreign language, then this is NOT the book for you! They don't really dare to teach you anything at all in case you should panic. They actually feel that it is necessary to translate "consonants" into "non-vowels" because the reader might panic when confronted with such difficult linguistic jargon... The pronunciation part is mainly about how they pronounce English words, rather than how Tagalog is pronounced itself, which is kind of what you want to know(!)
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Very readable.
7 Feb 2002
Format:Paperback
This book has a story which starts from their arrival at the airport. You will see dialogs of conversation. I am a local who is very familiar with Tagalog. I bought this for my European wife who wishes to learn. One thing we found is that the translations is around 98% correct. But the format is enough for one to learn the language. The approach is practical. We don't have the accompanying tape and I didn't know it had one as an option. So I would do the talking for my wife to get the proper pronunciation. I don't know how foreigners would read this book but I assume they are likely to get the wrong pronunciation without help. The phrases have no indication how you would pronouce them but I think it might be a distraction.
I found that the best way for a foreigner to learn is to be exposed to it by speaking it and being spoken to in Tagalog, or listening to an actual conversation. If this isn't available to you, then this book is close enough. I assume the tape would be a bonus if you can get it.
You can also join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tagalog-e/ Here you can learn with others how to speak it or write it.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Far and away the best Tagalog book available
14 Nov 2001
Format:Paperback
At last! A Tagalog course I can use! And tapes to go with it!
The Tagalog language has been long-neglected by publishers of language materials. This fine course helps make up for the deficiency. The lessons are very well-designed, the explanations of a grammar very different from our own are not difficult to follow, and there is a lot of interesting material about Filipino culture. Also, the tape I purchased with the book is excellent and an invaluable help in picking up the pronunciation.
Much has been made of the lack of accent marking in the text. I for one don't see why accents are not marked in the vocabulary lists for each lesson- that is the usual practice in texts on other languages with unpredictable accentuation- Russian, for instance- so that if the reader forgets the stress in the main body of the text, she can always refer back to the vocabulary. The book does have all entries in the back marked with accents, however it is a nuisance to have to consult the glossary to learn the stress of each new word, if you don't have the tape right at hand. That's a minor fault, however.
And I'm so happy to have a usable Tagalog course at last that I don't even mind.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
This book is not for a self-instruction
10 April 2001
Format:Paperback
I was pleasantly surprised to see a Teach Yourself Tagalog book was finally offered to the public. Upon opening the book, however, it was clear that the book would not do its job. The authors, for one thing, neglected to write stress marking on the Tagalog words so whoever uses this book and tries to pronounce will end up sounding like a blundering idiot. They had a lot of Tagalog literature at their disposal to help them with their explanations that it appears they didn't use. Whoever buys this book will have to ask a native to write the stress marking on each word so they can really learn to speak the Tagalog language. What a shame they published it in its current state!
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