His Name SALT uses the OMF basic program. However, we also provide additional programs that are suited for shorter and more intensive study. Classes are one-on-one, but beginners may take classes in small groups.

• Short Courses
  • Introductory Course
• Learning to Speak Tagalog (LTST)
  • Introductory Lessons to LTST
    • TPR
    • Pronunciation Workshop
    • Stress Workshop
  • Section I
  • Section II
  • Bridge Course / Refresher
  • Culture
• Culture Topics (taken with LTST)
• Language Games & Activities Class(LGA)
• Immersion Excursion (ImEx)

Short Courses

• Introductory Course

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Learning to Speak Tagalog (LTST)

• Introductory Lessons to LTST
  • TPR
    Trying to speak too quickly:
    1. may distract you from rapid vocabulary development
    2. will likely cause your anxiety level to rise which could lessen the “stickiness” of the words you are learning, and
    3. could harm long-term pronunciation if you develop bad habits before having heard lots of language.

    So the basic idea behind Total Physical Response (TPR) is that the language learner learns to hear something in the language and then physically respond to it. That is, in TPR, a beginning–or more advanced–language learner learns to comprehend things said in the language by a teacher, tutor, or friend. Often at first these “things” are commands such as “stand up”, “sit down”, “walk”, “touch your nose”, and so on. However, TPR is easily extended to other verb tenses and more complicated sentence patterns.

  • Pronunciation Workshop
    In this class, learners are helped to produce difficult sounds and are given exercises to practice them. Also, there are several aspects of pronunciation that will be covered in this class. They are: stress of words, phrasing, and joining of words and the changes in stress patterns, intonation patterns and correct speed of speech.
  • Stress Workshop
    The goals of this workshop are for the students to become familiar with patterns of STRESS in Tagalog, and to be able to mark text regarding stress, glottal stops, sentence division, and word cluster.
    
• Section I
  Section I can be completed in approximately 7 months of full time study. A learner is expected to attain Proficiency Level One as described below:
  • able to initiate conversations and use appropriate leave-taking to close conversations;
  • able to make selections from a menu and order a simple meal;
  • able to ask and tell the time of day, the day of the week, and the date;
  • able to go to the market and ask for vegetables, fruit, milk, bread and meat and bargain when appropriate;
  • able to tell someone how to get from here to another place such as office, residence, church;
  • able to secure a taxi or hotel room and get a fair price;
  • able to make social introductions of someone else and briefly introduce oneself ;
  • able to understand and respond correctly to questions about marital status, nationality, occupation, age, and place of birth;
  • able to get a bus or jeepney, pay the fare and get off at the right stop;
  • able to assist a newcomer in all the above situations.
• Section II
  Section II can be completed in approximately 6 months of full time study. A learner is expected to attain Proficiency Level Two as described below:
  • able to satisfy routine social demands
  • able to handle with confidence, most normal, high-frequency conversation topics including casual conversations about work, family, and current events
  • able to understand the general flow of many everyday conversations;
  • able to ask and answer predictable questions with high fluency;
  • give simple instructions to subordinates;
  • give and understand fairly detailed directions;
  • control simple structures and basic grammatical relations;
  • follow the general flow of conversation;
  • follow a sermon in church if the topic is familiar.
• Bridge Course / Refresher
  This course is designed to be a bridge between the more structured learning situation at the language center with its set lessons and experienced teachers, and Section II where you will need to plan your own daily lessons and wok independently with untrained helpers. This course should take about 6 to 8 weeks to complete.
• Culture
  Culture is an integral part of the Learning to Speak Tagalog program.

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Culture Topics

Scheduled at least once every quarter, these discussions of relevant topics aim to help you understand the culture and to know the adjustments that need to be made to be effective communicators of the gospel.

• Animism
• Answering Difficult Questions
• Being a Good Host
• Being Wealthy
• Christmas
• Conflict Resolution
• Developing Friendship
• Education
• Expressing Dissatisfaction With a Job Done
• Filipino Family
• Filipino Worldview
• Folk Catholicism
• Getting To Know A New Friend
• Greeting People You Don’t Know
• Greeting People You Know
• Hiya
• Holy Week
• Loaning and Giving
• Old Age, Sickness, Death and Burial
• Personal Grooming in the Philippines
• Quezon City Day
• Saying Goodbye, Responding to Invitation
• Supervising an Employee
• Understanding Ambiguity
• Utang na Loob
• Filipino Values

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Language Games & Activities Class(LGA)

Language games & group activities are based on what is called the “communicative approach” to language learning. In the communicative approach, a student’s goal is to communicate appropriately in different social situations. Students are more motivated to learn and more able to remember what they learn if they personally experience the need for language skills. Thus, group activities provide students with a task to accomplish, which motivates them to learn.

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Immersion Excursion (ImEx)

• The market and cooking adobo
• Education: University of The Philippines
• Religion: Quiapo
• History: Intramuros
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