Introduction
The main purpose of this book is for you to start reading, pronouncing and writing Tagalog words and sentences as they are in the natural text.
This how you can use this book:
- Read aloud or write the Tagalog first and then look at English translation for your understanding
- Once done with the short paragraph, read the same entire paragraph in Tagalog without looking at the English translation
With this book, you can simply jump into the beautiful language of Filipinos without the need of studying the grammar and other complicated language rules. The understanding of grammar which is important will follow as your Tagalog vocabulary will increase.
Once done with reading or writing the book, do not shy conversing with Filipinos by using the words you just learned.
This book can be most useful just before your travel to the Philippines. I strongly recommend you to re-read or re-wright this book before your trip.
The similar method of reading or writing was originally designed by famous Russian linguist Ilya Frank. Ilya Frank's book helped thousands of Russian people to learn English. Now, English speaking people around the world can learn Tagalog in a similar effective way.
Tayo nang matutong magtagalog (Let's learn Tagalog).