Edit: Thanks for the suggestions! Keep them coming and I'll be adding stuff to this list for the next couple of days. I love this sort of stuff.

Good-riddance 2020. To celebrate New Years I am going to post a refactored list I borrowed from u/OnlyInEye's awesome 2019 post (which you should read that if you haven't). Originally this was for personal reference. Then I added some stuff, and tried to shorten things to fit all that extra stuff. The material overlaps a bit with the sub's existing resources wiki, but not entirely. I know I repeated a few things, but this is a list I've kept for a bit that grew after a while of lurking here (I just made this new account though). I hope the formatting works on Reddit.

Corrections are very welcome and encouraged. It would be sweet if this were an annual thing. I'm just happy to promote lots great Tagalog resources made by hard-working people. Also this AllLanguageResources site might be useful for more ideas (but most of the good stuff is already included here).

Resources

Books

• Filipino Phrasebook and Dictionary by Lonely Planet: word enunciation pointers (good for sentence flow)

• Making out In Tagalog: funny and actually more useful than your 100th Gn. Cruz example

• Pocket Tagalog Dictionary: good for vocabulary but not for sentence formation

• Essential Tagalog Grammar: A Reference for Learners of Tagalog by Fiona De Vos: learn sentence formation, grammar, uses extensive alphabetical lists of noun, verb, and adjective affixes, covers informal Tagalog, and verb conjugation (courtesy of u/dimension-traveller)

• Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippines by Joi Barrios: classroom-inspired introduction to Tagalog (worksheet/lessons and activities)

  • Personal experience: Confusing organization, half-baked grammar lessons, and just feels all over the place

  • I needed help from my SO (a native-speaker) about lots of partially-explained topics (e.g. I was introduced to the participle 'ba' but not where it's placed, or a bunch of really weird stuff which my SO told me I could safely ignore)

  • Missing basic stuff like a table showing all the possessive pronouns (ko/mo/...), which is odd at best

  • Silver lining: an endless source of Tagalog-related discussions with my native-speaking girlfriend

  • Followed by Intermediate Tagalog: Learn to Speak Fluent Tagalog (Filipino), the National Language of the Philippines

• Adarna: online Filipino book vendor

• Peace Corps Tagalog learning resources

• Elementary Tagalog: Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo! Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog! by Jiedson R. Domigpe and Nenita Pambid Domingo: workbook not included, more structured and heavier on classroom-like teaching

• Basic Tagalog for Foreigners and Non-Tagalogs by Paraluman S. Aspillera: first gives an introduction to the history of Tagalog, the Tagalog alphabet, the Filipino character, and more, learning bits of culture in each lesson (courtesy of u/dimension-traveller)

• WIKApedia Booklet (2015 Edition) by the PCDSPO: a project for Buwan ng Wika in 2015 intended brushing up Filipino skills and knowledge (usage, grammar, and syllabication) (courtesy of u/dimension-traveller)

• BuriBooks: a subscription service for graded readers supplemented with Tagalog learning resources based on those stories all in Tagalog! (courtesy of lenantonio)

• Essential Tagalog: Speak Tagalog with Confidence by Tuttle Publishing: common/situational vocabulary/phrase guide, some inaccuracies like unusual spellings (e.g. Facebook as peysbuk, upload as aplowd) (courtesy of u/dimension-traveller)

Audio

• Pimsleur Tagalog level 1 and 2: spaced repetition, apparently great for native-like pronunciation, speaking ($15/mo)

Apps (mobile)

• Ling: simple, metrics/progress tracking, word/sentence examples, speaking activities, and exams (8.99/mo)

• Drops: word heavy, light on sentence structure, with progress-tracking (9.99)

• Memrise: user-created lessons on an alright platform (some free and some pay)

• Easy Tagalog by Dalubhasa and Simply Tagalog: quiz format, boring

• Clozemaster: learn sentence structure (intermediate+), with MC or fill in blank (u/lenantonio) (free)

• Mango Language: learn sentence structure, grammar, but only one unit so far (which is still the case coming into 2020) (7.99/mo)

• Rosetta Stone: old fashion, many po examples, not recommended

• Pimsleur (App): a great way to get started with Tagalog by using their app for tons of listening material, examples, and sentences with games (courtesy of u/OnlyInEye)

• Glossika (App): the best comprehensive review with lots of examples and the only one to go from A1 to C1 (courtesy of u/OnlyInEye)

• Tagalog.com (App): already listed but for flashcards with sounds it is the best by far and it's free (courtesy of u/OnlyInEye)

Programs (desktop)

• Learning with Text (LWT): text + audio, click/highlight words, generate reviews, installation is a mess (free)

• Foreign Language Text Reader (FLTR): an old Java program similar to LWT, with less features (free)

• Readlang: import reading material (e.g. news articles, epub books) with the Filipino option (beta-language)

• Jorken's Calibre: language-learning features for e-book reading (supports lemmatization)

Online stuff

Links

• Tagalog 2019 Resources Updated (u/OnlyInEye): credit to /u/OnlyInEye for many great suggestions

• PinoyDictionary.com: shows compound words, dictionary for local languages (u/Connecticutjeremy) (free)

• Tagalog.com: a gem beyond just a dictionary with accent marks, lessons, 25,000+ word audio recordings, 38,000 word dictionary, approx. 7,900 sentence examples showing proper usage (useful for verbs), and 4,000 flash-cards with audio included (u/jkos123) (free)

  • lessons: simple, formatted, and clean lessons

  • reader-assist: a tool for translating Tagalog sources to generate study material

• Diksiyonaryo.ph: Tagalog-only dictionary, useful for synonyms, usage pointers, based on the UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino by the UP Center for Filipino Language (free online, but you can buy a physical copy) (courtesy of u/lenantonio and u/dimension-traveller)

• FilipinoPod101.com:: largest repository of learning material for Filipino (lessons, videos, and audio files) (expensive)

  • A hit or miss for many (beware)

• ai.glossika.com/: great memorization and practice, quasi-Duolingo on steroids, and also covers sentence formation (u/AkoSiKoneho) ($30/mo)

• Living Language: vocabulary and phrases (expensive, more than glossika if you're paying per month)

• SEAsite: a classic resource for Tagalog grammar (free)

• UC Filipino Curriculum Project: topics from geography, food, to literature, no updates since 2006 (still nice) (free)

• Uni Lang: covers pronunciation and basic grammar (free)

• hawaii.edu: well-rounded resources from one of the few universities teaching Tagalog and local languages like Ilocano

• Learning Tagalog: learn Tagalog grammar free online, in-depth and technical grammar exploration

• OPLingo's Tagalog Grammar Lite: online book on Tagalog grammar

Tutors and Native Help

• Teachers at Tagalog.com: The aforementioned Tagalog.com site offers 1-on-1 teaching while allowing you to support your Filipino tutors by having more money go straight to their pockets (courtesy of u/jkos123) ($5-15/hr)

• italki: an affordable tutoring platform similar to languagetools.io ($5-15/hr)

• OPLingo (formally languagetools.io): affordable teachers (many Philippines-based are cheaper than western-based tutors) (1 hour sessions, $5-15/hr)

  • Tagalog Grammar Lite: IMO a gem considering it's free (and open for community-corrections)

  • Note the name-change (older posts will mention languagetools.io instead)

• philtalk: paid courses and chats

• HiNative: ask native speakers questions about their language (an example discussion of Tagalog grammar)

• Lang8: Natives correct your writing while you correct non-native learners

Discord

• Deeper Cave of Linguists (part of cave of linguist network)

Facebook Groups

• Learn Tagalog (approx. 11k members)

• Lets learn philippine language (tagalog) (approx. 4K members)

Podcast

• Go Filipino: Let's Learn Tagalog

• FilipinoPod101

• KalyeSpeak

Stories

• StoryBooksCanada

Ilocano

1. Ilocano Youtube Videos: Tagalog and Ilocano (for Ilocano-learners who are Tagalog and/or English speakers)

2. Peace Corps Ilocano: free book for learning Ilocano by Peace Corps

3. Let's Speak Ilokano: helps you understand writing and how sentences form

4. Ilocano Phrase book: lots of Ilocano phrases and English translations, with a grammar and pronunciation walk-through

Other stuff

• Pugad Baboy (comic)

• PenLab: Pinoy graphic novels (courtesy of u/]rangeflee)

Quick Aside: On Language Learning

• What do you need to know to learn a foreign language? by Paul Nation (courtesy of lenantonio)

• Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition: why certain language learners work so hard for nothing

  • What's important:

    1. Meaningful interaction in target-language

    2. (Mostly) comprehensible input (you won't understand everything, obviously, but that's not the point)

  • The five hypotheses

    1. Acquisition-Learning hypothesis: there are two systems (first one is more important)

       • Acquired system: subconscious learning (like children, inductive)

       • Learning system: formal instruction (the rules come first, deductive)

    2. Monitor hypothesis: the learning system 'monitors' the acquired system

       • The best learners avoid overusing and under-using their monitor

    3. Input hypothesis: natural acquisition requires target-language input one step above current competence

       • Learn when to avoid easy stuff (look for challenging material, but not so advanced that it's hopeless)

    4. Effective Filter hypothesis: factors like motivation, self-confidence, anxiety and personality traits are influential

    5. Natural Order hypothesis: some grammatical structures are acquired later than others

       • Note: Krashen rejects organizing a syllabus according to this natural order

  • Takeaway: Krashen's findings might seem obvious and self-evident but it was hot-topic back then, the point being that most of us are no doubt guilty of these blunders. This philosophy can be extended. To get good at 'A', do more of 'A' and stop doing so much of 'B'. "Classroom learning" is never enough. Use Tagalog at any level, preferably in the wild, in meaningful ways.