PART OF A SET, which includes: Course Books 1-3, Workbooks 1-3, Essential Tagalog Grammar (a comprehensive grammar reference) and the Course Audio (7 CDs, or downloadable MP3s). Together, this fully integrated suite of learning materials provides all the essential elements you need to learn Tagalog in a fast, fun and easy way and to speak Tagalog fluently. At a pace of 15-30 minutes a day, you'll progress very quickly. In just 6 months (roughly 70 hours), you'll be able to understand and participate in everyday Tagalog conversations. --- Lively Stories, Literal and Natural Translations, Pronunciation Marks --- Through lively stories and dialogues taken from everyday life in the Philippines, you'll learn useful Tagalog sentences from day one. In the dialogues, every Tagalog sentence is broken down into manageable chunks. Every word has a literal translation, and every sentence has a natural translation, showing you what each word means and how the sentence fits together....