HOW TO LEARN TAGALOG USING MOVIES (and why you might be wasting your time)

If I keep watching Tagalog movies, am I going to learn how to speak Tagalog?
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If want to learn how to speak it, the short answer is NO.
 
However, if you

Watch movies
+
 Get some speaking practice
+
Study grammar
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Learn sentence formation,
then YES!

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Movies are a great way to learn the language the way it is actually spoken
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I get a big number of learners who have used books to self-study, but because of the difference between written and conversational Tagalog, they ended up speaking Tagalog in a way that is not normal in an everyday conversational setting. So movies are good to fix this problem!


​Now, why watch a Tagalog movie to learn Tagalog?

• You pick up the sounds and rhythm of Tagalog.
• You notice certain words and phrases that are often used by native speakers.
• And you get to see the things you have learned from your lessons used in action.

 


Here are reasons why watching movies may not work for you:

• The level may be way too high for you.
• There is no interaction.
• It’s hard to listen intently.
• There’s no transcript.
• And you can’t listen multiple times.

 

Unless you are only interested in “kinda following” the movie (and maybe laughing or crying at the wrong times *eek!*)

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Here are--

My Steps On How To Use Movies To Learn Tagalog

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      1. Learn some basic grammar and vocabulary.


      2. Watch the movie throughout for the fun of it and then pick a short section              to focus on.


      3. Ideally, you would have a Tagalog transcript. Study the transcript and make                sure you understand the transcript and can translate it to English.


      4. Go back to your “focus section” of the movie and turn off the subtitles.

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