Tagalog, Basic: Learn to Speak and Understand Tagalog with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

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Publication Date: August 14, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0743553853 | ISBN-13: 978-0743553858 | Edition: Unabridged

Tagalog is the most widely spoken of the over one hundred seventy languages in the Philippines. It is claimed by over 21 million people as their first language and an estimated 50 million Filipinos speak it in varying degrees of proficiency. It is the lingua franca in the Philippines and in oveseas Filipino communities. Tagalog is one of the two official languages (English is the other) and is the base of the national language of the Philippines.

 

The 10-lesson (5 CDs) Basic Course gives customers the chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Comprehensive Program. A real try it before you buy it deal. Customers will love the experience of acquiring the essential grammar and vocabulary of Tagalog, during the spoken practice sessions. It is this ease of language acquisition that makes the full Comprehensive Pimsleur Program so popular and successful for adult language learners.

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Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles:  the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.”  This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.

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• Audio CD
• Publisher: Pimsleur; Unabridged edition (August 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743553853
• ISBN-13: 978-0743553858
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Southeast Asian

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Dr. Paul Pimsleur (b. 1926, d. 1976) devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. He was fluent in French, good in German, and had a working knowledge of Italian, Russian, Modern Greek, and Mandarin Chinese. After obtaining his Ph.D. in French and a Masters in Psychology from Columbia University, he taught French Phonetics and Linguistics at UCLA. He later became Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education, and Director of The Listening Center (a state-wide language lab) at Ohio State University; Professor of Education and Romance Languages at the State University of New York at Albany; and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. He did research on the psychology of language learning and in 1969 was Section Head of Psychology of Second Language Learning at the International Congress of Applied Linguistics.

Dr. Pimsleur was a member of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Modern Language Association (MLA), and a founding member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

His many books and articles revolutionized theories of language learning and teaching. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed a new method (The Pimsleur Method) that is based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called "Graduated Interval Recall." This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the "Pimsleur Programs."

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This review is from: Tagalog, Basic: Learn to Speak and Understand Tagalog with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur) (Audio CD)

I got this a few days ago. I just finished disk 1.

So far it got me to really speak the language and get the accent.

It focused on really basic and practical conversations one might have with someone who speaks Tagalog.

I've tried Rosetta Stone before. It works, but it takes up a lot of time and requires undivided attention because it's partly visual. One always has to be looking at the screen.

This Pimsleur method is all audio. When I'm tired, I could just close my eyes and still follow along with the lessons. For me, it works better than Rosetta Stone.

What I like most is that I can multitask. I pop the CD into my computer and let it play. I surf the web, look at pictures, type, read a few things, all the while listening to the CD and speaking Tagalog phrases.