THIS TEXT WAS WRITTEN FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN AREAS OF PANAY AND THE ROMBLON ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES. COVERED IN THIS SHORT TEXT ARE "ALL THE DIALECTS OF THE WESTERN VISAYAS" (EXCEPT THE DIALECTS SPOKEN BY THE NEGRITOS)--AKLANON, KINARAY-A, CAPIZNON, ILONGO, LOOCNON, ODIONGANON, AND ROMBLOMANON. IN SPITE OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THESE DIALECTS, THEY ARE MUTUALLY INTELLIGIBLE TO SOME DEGREE. THE FORMAT FOLLOWED HERE IS THAT OF--(1) A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE PURPOSE AND TERMINOLOGY OF THE BOOK, (2) A SERIES OF 12 SHORT DIALOGS WRITTEN IN A PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION FOR EACH OF THE SIX DIALECTS, (3) GENERAL GRAMMAR NOTES FOLLOWING THE DIALOG SECTIONS DEALING WITH COMMON FEATURES OF THE DIALECTS, (4) ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS FOR THE DIALOGS, AND (5) BRIEF PEDAGOGICAL NOTES ADDRESSED TO THE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER LEARNING THE DIALECT IN THE FIELD. (JD)