UPDATES: Tagalog Tutorial Services

Hello Tagalog Learners and Blog readers!
It's been a while! I thought I would not able to open this account again. After 3 years.
Lot of things  has changed. 
For now,  if you would like to know more about my tutoring service and you are interested in basic Tagalog lessons , just visit my website 

http://tagaloglessonsmanila.weebly.com


The rates are visible and since 2011 I've taught a number of expats in Manila, feel free to read their  feedback about me.


You can also contact me using my e-mail tagaloglessons.manila@gmail.com 

Skype Lessons are also available.

"Learn Tagalog in a fun and easy way!" 

Cosplaying Service:Cosplayers for hire

Tired of boring events? 

Don't feel bad and sad. Cosplayers will give color to your event or private gathering. Whether it's a simple gadget show, company event, restaurant opening, or product launching. Robots/Mecha type cosplayers will help you to attract attention specially kids and young-at-heart. Movie and Anime characters will give a reality to your dream and favorite characters! And that will absolutely keep your whole event day alive!

Freelance Management offers wide variety of services.Listed below:
Guestings
Marketing
Restaurant opening (Best for Japanese related restaurant branch)
Company event /Non-anime /non-cosplay event
Product launching/Item Demo
TV /Print ads/TV Commercials
Movie Launching
Entertainers (birthday parties,family events,reunions)
Flyering
Photoshoot/Cosplay Photography
TV Episode cast /Birthday Parties (still depending on the location)

 *Yours truly, I was holding the weapon of Shin Getter Robo, with my friends Mark (Mazinkaiser,)Sheila (female version Kratos),and Chester (Shin Getter Robo)*

Copyright Go Nagai-Mazinkaiser
Copyright Shin Getter Robo Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa's Getter Robo universe

*Recent Client: Merck Inc.Phils. 48th Annual Convention,Philippine Pediatric Society in PICC, CCP Complex ,at Pasay City
Date: April 4-6,2011, Merck Inc.Phils. don't own the characters on the photo*

*Merck Inc.Phils. don't own all the anime/game characters appeared on the photos

This transaction has contract signing and rate depends on how long is the event  and location*

Contact Ms.Desiree M. for more information about the Package Service Rates and available cosplayers
e-mail address: deathsumi_aikari18@yahoo.com
mobile nos. :09298419705

Cosplaying Service by Freelance Management

Aside from giving Tagalog Lessons to Foreigners, I am managing my another business, Freelance Management:Cosplaying Service Phils.

You can check all the details  in this webpage:  Cosplaying ServiceFreelance Mgmt:Cosplaying Service Phils.

Here are the information about myservice

Freelance Management is a newly built business started to render cosplaying/ promotional services last September 2010.This is the way of the Freelance Management owner, Ms. Desiree M. Manalo, to give extra income to aspiring,talented, and creative cosplayers who are Filipinos.
Freelance Management assures to provide reasonable rates and great service ,whether about product launching or giving flyers or promoting a company's event, by giving the best cosplayers that will absolutely meet clients' demands.

COSPLAYING SERVICE  PHILS.

Cosplaying Service Phils. is under Freelance Management wherein promoting,marketing, and entertainment are the specialty fields of cosplayers who are living in Philippines.

WHO ARE COSPLAYERS?

Cosplayers are people who wear  costumes inspired from anime/ cartoon (western animation),comic books(Marvel Xmen,DC), manga (Japanese comic books), movies (Star wars,Transformers , Ironman), games (Final Fantasy,Resident Evil,Tekken), Fantasy and Fiction from books , novels, and classical stories (Alice in Wonderland etc.)

From the word costume + playing= cosplaying, a hobby of most cosplayers.
Originated from Japan which where the words anime and cosplay came from.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS IF THERE ARE COSPLAYERS IN AN EVENT?

Cosplayers can take pictures with people, guests, and those are involve in the event, may it be a non-anime /non-cosplay or a cosplay event.There is a high-chance that product of the client/company will give attention to people around.
Cosplayer Models are being hired by some local Philippine companies to give out flyers, to do product demo, and to get the attention of people especially for the newly opened food establishments/ Japanese restaurants. 

What do Freelance Management offers?

Freelance Management offers wide variety of services.Listed below:
Guestings
Marketing
Company event /Non-anime /non-cosplay event
Product launching/Item Demo
TV /Print ads
TV Commercials
Movie Launching
Entertainers (birthday parties,family events,reunions)
Flyering
Photoshoot/Cosplay Photography
TV Episode cast

 Recent Client:

MERCK Inc. Philippines
Contact Person    : Ms. Connie Pasco
Position                 : Medical Information Associate Consumer Healthcare Division
Dates                      : April 4 to 6, 2011
Event                      : Philippine Pediatric Society , Inc. 48th Annual Convention
Location                :  PICC, CCP Complex,Pasay City

  Again, for more details pls.check my webpage. If you would like to try my service and check the package deals/rates pls. don't hesitate to contact me.

 

Teaching Seminar: Be an effective tutor! Give quality teaching and earn good!

HOW TO TEACH WELL? This is the first question that might pop out from your head if you are planning to be a tutor for foreigners and you want to earn good.Believe me or not there are things you have to consider. Your time, effort, and your energy should be paid well.You should not compromise giving quality lessons.It will not only make a good impression but it will also put your reputation in a new level.You should give the lessons to your foreign students they deserve.

Be an effective tutor! Give quality teaching and earn good!

I am offering 3 days intensive Seminar (private, one is to one ratio) to inexperienced teachers and tutors/planning to be a tutor about How to be an effective tutor. I will teach all the things that you need to know.

The seminar will have 2 hrs of discussion every day  for five (5) days. The seminar fee is P4,500.00/ attendee. These will be the topics during the seminar.

-How to market your service using internet- easy steps

-How to introduce yourself through advertisement

-Setting your service rates and planning for schedules

- Talking to your student, before, during, and after the lessons.

-Making a contract

and the most important that made this  Seminar quite expensive is this, 

-How to plan, introduce, update , and teach the lessons

Interested? Just send me an e-mail to:  tagaloglessons.manila@gmail.com and copy-paste this in the subject box "Teaching Seminar: Be an effective tutor! Give quality teaching and earn good!"

Learn from your student as well!

Tagalog Lessons for expats and foreigners in Manila

Are you an expat or foreign visitor staying in Manila?Do you want to learn at least the basic conversation and words of Tagalog? In just less than a month, learn it and be confident when to talking to local people! Or are you having problems with grammar, pronunciation, and reading? Worry no more! I can teach you!

Why do you need to study Tagalog?

Tagalog is the major language use by Filipinos living in National Capital Region, located in Manila on Luzon Island.Learning Tagalog while in Manila or other parts of Philippines will not make you communicate easier with local residents but they'll find it amazing. Someone who came from outside the Philippines (except for OFWs) is understood to speak his/her native-tongue or is an English-speaker. Learning Tagalog will also make you understand the culture and traditions of Filipino people too. You will more likely get familiar with our history and why some of our commonly-used words are Spanish. You'll not get frustrated while eating your favorite Filipino street food or dish because you know what is it called and the ingredients of the cuisine. Moreover, Tagalog words like "kaliwa"(left) or "kanan"(right) will help you going to a certain place without wasting too much time while riding a taxi. If you are familiar with these directions you can guide the taxi driver the correct way and reach your desired location.


How much time do you need to learn Tagalog?
Like other languages, Tagalog has a unique and standard system in grammar and alphabet. But you don't really need to enroll in a school and spend too much money just to learn the basics. You just need 1 hour a day, 2-3x a week, have a man-to-man classes with a private tutor,and within a month you will learn the basic conversation and useful words good when you are traveling Philippines.


What is man-to-man teaching?
Man-to-man teaching is an approach where in the student and the tutor /language teacher faces one another in person. Also known as face-to-face teaching. The tutor/language teacher will tell the student to follow set of instructions,to read words, and answer exercises.In this way, the tutor can see if the student is really listening and check if the learner's comprehensive is good. Direct corrections on pronunciation and reading is observe.

Who I teach?
I can teach (expats) Americans,Englishmen and women, foreign kids, Japanese, Koreans, French, Chinese and anyone who would like to learn Tagalog Lessons. It is important that you can at least speak English to be able to communicate. I also offer English lessons for English learners.

Schedules

Contact me first if you are interested in private tutoring. Use the contact form on the Contact Tutor page.Then, I will let you know about my free schedules because I also give private Tagalog lessons to other expats in certain days of a week and time.Lastly, we need to make a good schedule for you so that it will not affect your work or studies and my schedules too. Please submit your preferred class days. Example of a schedule:
MONDAYS-WEDNESDAYS-FRIDAYS 3-4pm or 5-6pm
TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS 2-3pm or 6-7pm
SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS 4-5pm

Rates

I have a regular rates for students living in Taguig City which is P300.00-P350.00 per student/session. For those living in Makati, Pasig,and Ortigas, it's P350.00-P450.00 Still depends on how far is your place. P400.00 and above for residents of Pasay,Manila, Rizal,Parañaque, and Quezon City . One session is good for one full hour with one five (5) minutes break.
NOTE: Right now, I don't offer online teaching.

Venues

I conduct lessons at coffee shops, snack house with few people around, in your condo or at your home.
Man-to-man teaching is not available for students living at Las Piñas City, Valenzuela City, and Cavite.

Contract Signing and Payment

This Private Tutorial Service has contract signing. The student and tutor will have to sign the contract and each one will have a copy. I guarantee you that this is a genuine transaction. I give photocopy of my identification card to my new students and also my current learners can confirm that I really teach.You can also take a picture of me if you just like ^_^V
About the payment, the requirement is 50% advance down payment from the total tutorial fee but in some cases I can accept a weekly payment. I don't accept door-to-door cash delivery nor a bank deposit, so please be careful with other people who are pretending to be tutors.

Teaching Methods

Powerpoint presentations
I made each lesson presented in Powerpoint. Each contains the lesson number,topic title, details, explanation, English translations, pictures, and exercise after each lesson.

Books

I use published books like educational textbooks in Filipino (the books use by elementary and high schools)because they are dependable resources about Filipino grammar system. The book entitled Makabagong Alpabeto,mga unang hakbang sa pagbasa is available in leading bookstores for only P8.50. This book is the common material in teaching kids. I only use this when giving 10-15 minutes free demo class.


I suggest this another book,Basic Tagalog for foreigners and Non-Tagalog speakers, which is a copyrighted material. If you don't want to have private man-to-man Tagalog lessons this book will help you in your self-studying. I found this book very interesting and I recommend this to all Tagalog teachers and learners.The book cost P1, 600-P1,700.00 in leading bookstores and what is good about it, an audio cd is in the package.

Oral and Written Tests

After every 2-3 lessons I give oral and written tests to the students. The first part is verbal exam and the second is written where in the student will answer questions on a test paper.


Review
Before continuing the previous lesson I provide 3-4 minutes to review about the past topics and this way I could evaluate everyday if the student is learning.


Flashcards
The use of flashcards will help to develop the student's comprehension and remembering pieces of information. Flashcards also make the learning even more fun.


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Well, I started teaching this year. 1st week of March 2011. It's not easy to get student because of trust issues and so many scammers online. After 3 weeks of updating my online ads and waiting for my 1st student, all my hardships were paid well.But anyway, I hope you will try my service.

To know more about this you could also send me email about the tutor and other inquiries.

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New challenges after 2009

It's been a while since my last post here. Today is 2011. Everything is new except my photo.Well I will be posting new articles and the things that keep me busy nowadays.

Recently, I 've been teaching Tagalog lessons for expats here in Manila
I will post a separate article for this one.


Right now, I feel tired and I am getting workaholic.
Well here is my facial features after 3 years.

WHAT A PARENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S ABILITIES AND SELECTION OF COLLEGE COURSE?

Preparing their education and how this will affect their future.
PART I


By:Desiree M. Manalo Every parent has their own dreams and expectations for their sons and daughters. They always wanted the best for their children although sometimes, life is on the rocking boat. A child’s basic needs are food, shelter, good health/medicines, and most especially the education. Most of the parents are trying their best to get a job or to have an extra income just to cope up with the daily needs of the family.

I wanted to focus on the education, from among the subjects and issues concerning with a child’s needs during his growth in the society.

When a child enters 3-5 years of age, he/she might be learning already from something he/she sees in the environment. Among them includes how he/she is being treated by the guardians, parents, friends, and relatives, how people act and talk around him/her, and many more. In this simple way, he/she is being educated with common things about his/her security, a feeling of enjoyment or sadness, and alike.

I, myself, my first teacher is my mother. A parent who is just giving too much care and love even if she can’t remember to care herself more. Maybe just like you, your guardian taught you being cautious about your words, actions, in short GMRC—Good Manners and Right Conduct. Also, our parent/s is still there when we reach the elementary grade.

When we are in school, we slowly discover what other things we still have to stick in our heads. From reading, writing correctly, doing arithmetic, discovering science, appreciation to arts, and many more. As time passes by, we wouldn’t be able to forget how our teachers and classmates affect our relationship with them. We would not forget the first time we were scolded, we invited a friend at home, and many wonderful memories.


Why my introduction is too long? Parents, also experience going to school but the situations of education far back 50+ years ago is much different from today. I wanted them to know how much technology, the society, the media, and the environment will affect a child’s future and dreams.

Here it is now.

A daughter/son is no more a child when he/she began to understand and believe of her/ his dreams. Probably, when we entered the elementary grade or intermediate school (4-6th grade), some of us has our dreams and “what-I-want-to-be” in the future.


“Frankly speaking, a child is no more a child when he/she can understand and has thoughts of their own.”

High School Life- a stage in education is considered as the preparation in college. High school life is full of memories about friendship, hardships, sacrifices, and hopes.

TO BE CONTINUED….