This reader is designed to provide the advanced student of Tagalog with a broad selection of authentic texts.

The first part of this book contains 31 reading selections of ILR (Interagency Language Roundtable) Level 3 to 4+ collected from both traditional and multimedia sources, covering a variety of genres and topics including Philippine society, culture, law, politics, government, revolution, literature, religion, and beliefs. Selections are accompanied by lists of potentially difficult vocabulary items, in the order of their first appearance.

The second part of this book contains the English translations of the 31 Tagalog readings.

The last part of this book contains a comprehensive glossary containing all of the words glossed in the individual vocabulary lists which follow each reading.

4 audio CDs included.