Category Archives: Illustrado (Upper Intermediate)

Talk Tagalog’s Upper Intermediate Level is called the Illustrado level. The Illustrados, literally the ‘enlightened ones’, were the Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial period. A great descriptor for those Tagalog learners belonging to this exclusive and erudite group.

Find out more about the difficulty levels of Talk Tagalog’s lesson in this article: Difficulty Levels.

Talk Tagalog | Pilot Episode A – Ang Dyipni

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Lesson Type: Listening Comprehension
Difficulty Level: Maharlika (Intermediate)
Topic: Ang Dyipni (The Philippine passenger jeep)

Philippine passenger jeeps are the most common form of transportation in the Philippines. It is impossible to spend even a day in the country without noticing these brightly-colored, garish kings of the streets. In this episode, find out where the Philippine jeepney came from, and why they are so close to the hearts of Filipinos.

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All this listening make you hungry? How about practicing your listening skills with this transcript of these news reports about food glorious food the Maginhawa Food Street or Filipino Cold Streets. There is a little neat quiz after each article you can take to test your learning.

Did you like this? There’s another pilot episode like this, which is a bit longer but up one difficulty level: Limang Katangian ng Pilipinas Bago Dumating ang mga Kastila (Five Characteristics of the Philippines before the Arrival of the Spanish).

You don’t want to practice listening comprehension anymore? You can read something on the broader level like, Why Should You Learn Tagalog?.

 

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Answer Key
Question 1: C
Question 2: A
Question 3: D
Question 4: D