Others are turning to less formal methods to learn their heritage language. The Facebook group Subtle Filipino Traits has become a starting point for those interested in learning ethnic Tagalog.

To learn Tagalog, she said, is to honor those values, which is important to members of diasporic communities as well as those interested in sharing in their language and culture. Filipino American ...

Harvard will hire a preceptor to teach Tagalog, marking the first time the University will offer courses in the language. The Department of South Asian Studies will hire three preceptors to teach ...

Prior to this decision, students were limited to learning Tagalog through the university’s Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) program in which students were matched with language ...

For Poet Rado Gatchalian and singer Rene Tinapay, the best way to learn a language is through verse and song. Desire for Filipinos: 'Don't forget your roots' Music and arts play a big part in ...

"Filipinos are everywhere, so learning Filipino and speaking to people using Filipino—you're gonna make friends a lot faster." Model-actor Hideo Muraoka, whose heritage is half Spanish and half ...

An important part of learning a language is immersion. While I’ve understood Tagalog my whole life, I had to force myself to speak in Tagalog back to my family members. Being a talkative person, it ...

Filipino is based on Tagalog, the language of the Tagalog people. In 2016, about 99,000 people in Alberta had Filipino or Tagalog as their first language. That number increased to nearly 108,400 ...

Key Points. Filipino-Australian soldiers have the opportunity to reconnect to their culture. Learning a language is made easier if done in an engaging manner.