Tagalog Class for Beginners

Tagalog Class for Beginners

WELCOME

IntroductionIntroduction

• What is your name?• Why do you want to learn Tagalog?• What is your heritage?• Where are you originally from?• What are your expectations from this

class? • What specifically do you want to

learn?

RulesRules

• Class is every Sunday for 8 weeks from

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM• Attendance and your certificate• Facilities• No Food or Drinks allowed• Break• Assignments• Books

ScheduleSchedule• January 22, 2006 – Introduction• January 29, 2006• February 5, 2006• February 12, 2006 – Midterms• February 19, 2006• February 26, 2006• March 5, 2006• March 12, 2006 – Finals, Graduation

Party -Potluck

Course OutlineCourse Outline

January 22, 2006• Overview and Introduction• Comprehension• Pronunciation• Vowels• Consonants• Basic Words• Homework

Course OutlineCourse Outline

January 29, 2006• Comprehension• Pronunciation• Homework Review• More Tagalog Words and Phrases• Basic Sentence Structure• Homework

Course OutlineCourse Outline

February 5, 2006• Reading and Comprehension• Pronunciation• Basic Writing• Homework Review• More Tagalog Words and Phrases• Basic Sentence Structure• Homework

Course OutlineCourse Outline

February 12• Midterms• A Review of the last 4 weeks

Language and DialectLanguage and Dialect

• What is the difference between a Language and a Dialect?

LanguageLanguage

• Language is a system used by a nation or people

• A dialect is a regional or social variety of a language

PhilippinesPhilippines• The Philippines,

unlike the U.S. which is landlocked - is an archipelago composed of more than 7,000 islands

• There are over 100 dialects due to regionalism

Styles of Teaching/Learning

Styles of Teaching/Learning

• Memorizing• Reading• Listening• Phonetic

Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone

Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone• The Rosetta Stone was

made in 196 B.C. and was found in 1799

• It contains writings in 2 languages Egyptian and Greek in 3 scripts hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek

Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone• Jean-François Champollion

deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822. He was able to figure out what the seven demotic signs in Coptic were. By looking at how these signs were used in Coptic he was able to work out what they stood for. Then he began tracing these demotic signs back to hieroglyphic signs.

Linguistic Language LearningLinguistic Language Learning

– Listen and Comprehend– Speak– Write

Lesson 1 : Tagalog VowelsLesson 1 : Tagalog Vowels

• A (a-pple)

• E (e-cho)

• I (i-ndia)

• O (o-live)

• U (t-oo)

Vowel AVowel A

Aso

Vowel EVowel E

Elepante Estudyante

Vowel IVowel I

Ilong Itlog

Vowel OVowel O

Opisina

Vowel UVowel U

Usok Ulap

Tagalog Alphabet (Old)Tagalog Alphabet (Old)

Aa

Bbba

Kkka

Ddda

Ee

Ggga

Hhha

Ii

Llla

Mmma

Nnna

Ng nang

Oo

Pppa

Rrra

Sssa

Ttta

Uuoo

Wwwa

Yyya

Tagalog WordsTagalog Words

Babae Lalake

DagaAso

Tagalog WordsTagalog Words

Apoy Palda

Pantalon

Mata

Tagalog WordsTagalog Words

Puno Mansanas

Bahay Lamok

ThanksThanks

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