Basic Tagalog is a friendly and accessible resource, providing beginning language learners with support, structure and thorough explanations. This is the most complete language course available for Tagalog--in one easy volume! This new edition has free online native-speaker audio recordings and dialogues in the contemporary Manila dialect spoken throughout the Philippines today. All materials have been thoroughly updated with current vocabulary, phrases and real-life expressions used by younger Filipinos. This textbook includes: over 2,500 Tagalog words and phrases, online audio recorded by native speakers to help with pronunciation, bidirectional dictionary,updated cultural notes and sentence patterns, dialogues with manga illustrations, practical exercises at the end of each lesson, downloadable flashcards, and clear and concise grammar explanations. This comprehensive language learning course is ideal for both self-study and classroom learners who wish to learn Tagalog the way it is actually spoken.