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New Free App! Get FilipinoPod101 for your iPhone/iPad & Learn On The Go!

Hi there Listeners, What if you could take all your favorite Filipino lessons on the go? As in, take the entire learning system and learn a language anywhere on your iPhone or iPad? So far, only our JapanesePod101 listeners have had exclusive access to the Innovative Language 101 App. Until now... We’ve added FilipinoPod101 to the Innovative Language 101 App. What does this mean for you? It means you can learn Filipino anywhere you go with the entire FilipinoPod101 language system inside 1 app. You can also pick up where you left off at your computer. Just use your current FilipinoPod101 account to log in. Best of all, this app is FREE to download. Yes, you can download it. And yes, there’s an Android version in the works.... Show more

Important! Your FilipinoPod101 Account is Secure Against the “Heartbleed” Bug

Hello listeners, You've likely heard of a recent Internet security vulnerability, named "Heartbleed," which impacted many websites. Don't worry, your Filipino language progress won't be affected! The security and trust of our users is important to us, and so we'd like to let you know that your FilipinoPod101 account is completely secure. Moreover, we've taken extra steps to ensure the safety of your account and details so you can continue learning Filipino the fast, fun and easy way! Here's what you need to know: Your FilipinoPod101 account is secure and protected The vulnerability was fixed immediately by our team after it was exposed As an added level of precaution, all of our SSL Certificates were... Show more

Grow Your Filipino with 25% OFF & a FREE Audiobook!

Hello Listener, Your Filipino skill can easily grow this spring if you’re taking the right steps. How, you ask? Here’s how you grow your Filipino language at FilipinoPod101– and it’s all done without boring lessons, grammar rules and anything that only delays you from actually speaking Filipino and understanding right now. You get the real-life Filipino dialogues you don’t yet understand We explain, slow down, and translate every word and grammar point You immediately begin to understand real-life Filipino conversation AND, you learn how to speak, read, write, and much more. And of course, your Filipino naturally grows from zero to advanced. Are you ready to grow your Filipino... Show more

New Premium Feature! All the Filipino Vocab From a Lesson Season with Season Vocabulary!

Hello Listener, So, you’re done with a lesson season at FilipinoPod101. And you learned a lot of Filipino in the process. Especially Filipino vocabulary. But do you remember it all? Going back lesson by lesson to review them would be tough. So, here’s a new Premium feature: Season Vocabulary Lists. Now, you can review all the Filipino vocab from any Lesson Season in one place. Filipino words can come as fast as they can go. Especially if you’re not using them. So, you may not remember all the vocab you’ve encountered within a certain season. With the Season Vocabulary List, you can get them all in one spot for fast review and more. This feature is open to Premium, Premium PLUS, and 7-Day Trial Members. To access the... Show more

How To Make Filipino Breakthroughs, 28% OFF & A Free Feature Alert

Hi Listener, Making Filipino breakthroughs is easier than you think. Successful learners go one step at a time. Do just one FilipinoPod101 lesson and in minutes, you master the entire conversation. Do another tomorrow. With each lesson, you speak more Filipino right now while typical learners sit around and just worry about “being fluent someday.” Start breaking through right now with a 28% discount, an exclusive interview with Benny Lewis, and more ways to boost your Filipino vocab! To mastering Filipino, Team FilipinoPod101 In this month’s newsletter: 3 Days Left! Get 28% OFF Basic or Premium Subscriptions! Exclusive Interview with Benny Lewis, the Irish Polyglot Free Feature Alert: One Daily... Show more

It’s Time for Your Filipino Breakthrough. Get 28% OFF All Basic & Premium Subscriptions

Greetings! A “breakthrough” is defined as a sudden increase in knowledge or an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something. They open up new opportunities to advance even further towards a major goal, such as learning Filipino. So we named our latest sale “Breakthrough” because it can truly help you to break through to the next level so that you not only learn Filipino —you actually master it! Now are you ready for the best part? We’re Discounting Both our Basic and Premium Subscriptions by a Full 28%! Let’s just put those savings into perspective for you: 28% off means you can gain full access to our Basic Subscription Plan for about $2.88/month or $0.10 cents a day—just... Show more

Save Up to 30% OFF! Every Filipino Learner Wins During “Our” Olympics Sale!

Hello Listener, With the Winter Olympics upon us and athletes from all over the world competing to see if their dreams and hard work add up to success and a gold medal, or crushing defeat…well, we started to wonder: Why does there always need to be a loser? While we can’t do anything about the Olympics, we can do something for Filipino learners. We’ve created the FilipinoPod101 Winter Olympics Sale, where absolutely EVERY Filipino learner is guaranteed to start speaking Filipino from the first lesson and win because we are offering steep discounts on all of our plans. 15% Off All Basic Plans (Bronze Offer) 20% Off Our Premium PLUS Plan (Silver Offer) 30% Off Our Most Popular Premium Plan (Gold Offer and Best Value) So... Show more

What’s awesome at FilipinoPod101? New sites, lessons, and a new app for the new year!

Hello Listener, Hope we caught you in the midst of your Filipino studies! ‘Tis the season for crushing your New Year’s Resolutions after all! So, while you’re adding more and more Filipino words, phrases and grammar to your repertoire, we’d like to pop in and let you know what happened this month! We’re talking new sites, new apps and new lessons for the New Year! In this month’s newsletter: New! Custom Lists Mobile Web App! Create, Study & Share Your Filipino Word Lists 2 New Languages Sites Added: CzechClass101 & DanishClass101 New FilipinoPod101 Lessons for the New Year 1) Create, Study & Share Your Filipino Word Lists With Others! Leaning more Filipino words to speak more... Show more

A Language Learning Success Story “It definitely requires you to be self-motivated and dedicated”

Hello Listeners, There are two halves to learning Filipino. No, no. Not grammar and vocabulary. Not reading and speaking. Think bigger. The first half is your learning material and your methods. This includes your FilipinoPod101 lessons, your lesson notes, your textbooks, workbooks, apps, and so on. And the second half? It’s you. It’s how much you care to learn the language. It’s your actions – past, current, and future – that determine where exactly your language progress is going. Actions like...sleeping less to study more, consistently putting in a specific amount of time regardless of how little it is, ignoring everything around you for the sake of focus, and studying language that’s beyond your capability just so you... Show more

You Wanted To Learn A New Language in 2014? Try Czech & Danish

Hi listeners! Looking for a new language to study? Aside from FilipinoPod101, we have 28 other languages that you can learn the fast, fun and easy way! And now there’s even more. We’ve added 2 new languages to the Innovative Language family. What are they? Based on user requests, we’ve launched Danish and Czech. Czech, believe it or not, used to be called “Bohemian” until sometime in the 19th century. It's the official language of the Czech Republic, one of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. And like all Slavic languages, Czech has a reputation for having lots of consonants clustered together. But don’t let that scare you away. Czech uses the Latin script, which makes it easier to learn than a character-based... Show more