In 1968, I went to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California to study Vietnamese. At that time they offered intensive courses in 37 languages.I eventually went to Vietnam, and was also stationed in the Philippines, where I met my beautiful wife. Right away, I searched for material  and resources to study Tagalog. Even though I finally feel comfortable speaking Tagalog, my filipina wife's language, (after almost forty years of study) I often wished I could have had access to DLI's Tagalog Language Course. They had two Courses the long one called the Foreign Service Institute Tagalog Course, and the shorter one called Headstart for the Philippines. Well, lo and behold, I have not only located the courses but they are in digital format! That means you can download the audio into your iPod or any Mp3 player and you can read the text on your computer or you can print out any or all of the text materials. Yay for technology!

For more information on this course Go Here Headstart Tagalog

Please note: This entire course has been digitized, that is, the texts are ebooks (PDF format) and all tapes are now audio files (MP3 format)

This is a large SAMPLE audio file. (It takes a little while to load)

Here's a 1 minute sample of Tape 1

"Do I know who Bud Brown is? Are you kidding? Who doesn't. The guy's accomplished more in one lifetime than ten people.

He's a Credentialed Master teacher from California public schools. He's a Vietnam Vet.

He's got a degree in linguistics. He's a graduate of The Defense Language Institute.

He speaks fluent Vietnamese, Filipino, Spanish and a bunch of other languages.

He's a professional magician doing magic shows around the world.

He's a certified Master Hypnotist, helping people getting their lives straight.

He's now living in the Philippine Islands. He just created and published a course teaching foreigners how to speak Bisaya  the local language.

Hey,  if Bud Brown is talking, I'm listening with both ears.

Bud Brown shows people how to accomplish goals, pure and simple."

This is the slideshow I just uploaded to YouTube. I used several photos from my latest trip to the Philippines. I want people to know where they can can information if they want to learn Tagalog.