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!
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.
