Pimsleur Tagalog I Comprehensive CDs, and Tagalog HeadStart Basic Course Pack

by Paul Pimsleur/Defense Language Institute

This set combines the power of Pimsleur Tagalog I audio CDS with text and audio based courses. Comprehensive Tagalog I includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary -- 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions -- plus an introduction to reading. The additional course is Tagalog Level 1 HeadStart Basic Course. The course consists of a PDF file of the text book and an MP3 CD with the corresponding audio. The Tagalog HeadStart Course is designed as a survival language course with emphasis on developing the necessary language skills to handle the most frequent situations encountered while traveling in the Philippines. Instead of a structured, grammatically-sequenced set of lessons, the course stresses communication in everyday practical situations of a social, logistical and workplace nature. This Tagalog HeadStart Course an excellent course for the student looking for a traditional text oriented course or additional study material to meet their learning needs. The course is divided into two volumes Topics at the airport, at the exchange office, at the hotel, going by taxi, getting around, at the embassy, shopping for clothes, and eating out, at the office, at the cafe, dining with an Tagalog family, an invitation, hiring help, talking about a trip, emergency calls, car problems, renting a car/at the gas station, and providing information. The learning activities for most lessons cultural notes, dialogues, exercises, vocabulary, language usage notes, additional vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Published January 1, 2008