Beginner Conversational Tagalog - San Francisco, CA
8-week session September 14 - November 9 2009 -- no class on Oct 12
8 Mondays, 6:15-8:00 PM (includes a cooking session)
8 Mondays, 6:15-8:00 PM (includes a cooking session)
The beginner conversational class at the Bayanihan Community Center emphasizes practical phrases and grammatical strategies that will get you speaking confidently within days. The class will cover greetings and introductions, description of people and places, stating preferences or non-preferences, counting, shopping, telling time and basic usage of verbs. By the end of the class, students would be able to formulate sentences, have a working vocabulary of about 100-600 words, a
nd be able to carry on a basic conversation.Reference Materials:
I will be providing handouts for both classes, and strongly recommend that students get these two books:
* Basic Tagalog by Paraluman Aspillera (2007, Tuttle Publishing)
Teach Yourself Tagalog by Corazon Salvacion Castle, book only (optional)
* Available at the Arkipelago Bookstore, located in the same building on 6th and Mission, SF.
Location: Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Public Transportation (street parking is free and available by 6 PM):
BART: Powell, Civic Center
14 MUNI
Fee and Payment Information:
In order to make the class more available to students, fees for the beginner's class are based on a sliding scale rate with volunteer hours (volunteer opportunities available upon request):
Beginner Class:
$120 + 4 volunteer hours + $ 5 materials fee = $125
$140 no volunteer hours needed + $ 5 materials fee = $145
Please register online here:
http://app.formassembly.com/forms/view/26035
or email karen_llagas at yahoo if you have any questions.
thank you!
