Learning languages is not so hard if you have the right attitude, method and resources. I’ve been studying Tagalog for a while with good success. I use a multi-pronged approach.

First, I start with the Pimsleur Method course to get a few basic phrases. This course is all audio so I listen to it with either my MP3 player or on my CD player. And each lesson is only thirty minutes, so it’s not a big inconvenience with my time. Then because I’ve learned over the years that I really have to see what I’m saying, I go through some lessons on the Rosetta Stone software Tagalog course.

Also, where ever I go I always carry in my book bag, my language learning books. I like the book, Conversational Tagalog, by Teresita Ramos. Finally, I try to use what I’ve learned with a native speaker, usually, my Filipina wife. She’ll tell me that what I’m saying either sounds right or my pronunciation isn’t very good. I tell her to be honest, because that’s the only way I’ll learn and she’s not going to hurt my feelings if I’m not saying it right. At night I, before dozing off, I try to review in my mind, the phrases I’ve been learning that day, imagining I’m in the Philippines and talking to a Filipino. In my mind, my Filipino friend ALWAYS tells me I speak Tagalog very well!

I'm Filipino, and both of my parents are Filipino. Both of my parents can speak Tagalog fluently. How can I learn to be a Tagalog speaker too? Should I ask my parents to teach me? (But would they know how to teach me?)

Thanks.

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