Roselle

Ms. Roselle is an incredibly patient and kind instructor! Her teaching approach has helped me advance in Cebuano through guided examples, engaging conversations, and gradual introduction of helpful phrases. I really appreciate how she personalizes each lesson to fit my learning needs, making the process both effective and enjoyable. Her flexible, structured method ensures that I not only learn vocabulary but also feel confident using it in real conversations. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to learn Cebuano in a supportive and encouraging environment!

I've had the privilege of working with Roselle for several lessons now, and I can only say great things about my experience with her. Cebuano is a "heart language" for those of us who speak it and/or were raised in it, but it can sometimes be considered a second-class language (and culture!) in the Philippines compared to Tagalog. Furthermore, it is not as often taught formally in school, and a lot of Cebuano literature, music, and media can go overlooked. My experience of Roselle is as a teacher who is also passionate about Cebuano as such a "heart language", who also delights in the regional idiosyncrasies of the various Cebuano dialects, and who treats it both with the seriousness it deserves, and the levity it so often conveys and is known for! In my experience on iTalki and elsewhere, this is hard to find, and I count myself blessed to be learning from her. Magpadayon jud ko ug kat-on sa iyaha!

Roselle and I continued working on building sentences in Bisaya. We also talked about some videos available online about the Philippines.

I am very grateful that Roselle is sharing her time and energy with the italki community. Her teaching style and presence is perfect for my learning journey. We’ve went through a variety of materials and topics, and I love that I can slowly but surely recognize more words from podcasts and texts. Eventually I will be able to successfully eavesdrop on my mom‘s conversations with my aunts. :)

During this lesson, Roselle and I studied prepositions and question words. As usual, I jumped ahead to more complex topics by asking a lot of questions. Since it was still Easter here in the US when we had our lesson, we talked a little about the respective traditions of our countries and churches.

We started combining nouns, adjectives and case markers and studied the names for parts of the body in Bisaya.