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Tagalog Stories for Language Learners - Folktales and Stories in Filipino and English (Free Online Audio) (Paperback)
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Tagalog Stories for Language Learners - Folktales and Stories in Filipino and English (Free Online Audio) (Paperback)
Series: Stories For Language Learners
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The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is
through its stories--especially when they're told in two languages!
This book introduces 40 stories from the Philippines through
bilingual Tagalog and English texts presented on facing pages.
Paired with cultural notes, vocabulary lists, exercises,
comprehension questions and free online audio recordings, Tagalog
Stories for Language Learners is an excellent resource for
intermediate language learners. This compilation includes a mix of
traditional folktales retold for a modern audience, as well as
several well-known works of contemporary Philippine literature.
Along the way, you will meet fabulous mythological characters like
the Bagobo goddess Mebuyan and the shape-shifting Aswang. Other
characters cope with day-to-day issues, such as the domestic worker
who cannot find her keys and a beauty queen who leaves behind her
comfortable city life in order to help peasants in the countryside.
Four of the stories are by well-known Filipino writers and are
presented in complete or partially condensed form. These include:
Estrangheritis by Inigo Ed. Regalado (1907)--The writer is critical
of Filipinos who exalt all things foreign while, in fact,
benefitting from their own land but unappreciative of their
national culture. Desire by Paz Latorena (1928)--The story of a
Filipino woman who has to deal with the narrow-mindedness of a
foreigner who is far more interested in her body than in her
personality. Greta Garbo by Deogracia Rosaro (1930)--Monina, who
looks like Greta Garbo, plans a weekend getaway with her beau, only
to be left at the station waiting, and later discovers he has gone
on a honeymoon! Maria Elena Paterno's Sampaguita (1991)--Two
popular legends about the Sampaguita (Philippine jasmine flower)
which touch on the themes of courage and forbidden love. Stories
from different periods are presented so learners get a feel for
authentic Filipino texts.
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