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the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United
States government and are in the public domain.
This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an
electronic format. This site is not affiliated in any way with any
government entity; it is an independent, non-profit effort to
foster the learning of worldwide languages. Courses here are made available
through the private efforts of individuals who are donating their time and
resources to provide quality materials for language learning.
Latest News
New Material Added
April 9, 2008
New material has been added to the following courses: Amharic,
Hausa, From Spanish to Portuguese, Kituba, Lao, Luganda, Moré, Sinhala, and
Twi. Thanks as always to DemiPuppet and to our newest
contributor liddytime!
New Material Added
November 14, 2007
The texts for the following courses have been added to the site:
French Phonology, Hausa Basic, Igbo Basic, Italian Programmed, Moré Basic, and
Spanish Basic Volume 1. Thanks as always to DemiPuppet!
Web Server Outage
November 12, 2007
I apologize for the site not being available for the past few days.
There was a technical problem at the web hosting facility which has now been
resolved.
Texts Added
August 25, 2007
The following texts are now available: Le Monde Francophone,
Portuguese Programmatic Instructor's Manual, Russian Active Introduction,
Romanian Reference Grammar, and Twi Basic. Thanks as always to DemiPuppet!
Spanish Programmatic Text Updated
July 20, 2007
The blank page 23.18 has been corrected in the student text for
Volume 1 of the Spanish Programmatic Course. Thanks as always to DemiPuppet!
Many New Texts Available
July 19, 2007
Many new texts will be added over the next few days: Bulgarian
Basic Volume 1, Cambodian Basic Volume 2, Chinyanja Basic, French Phonology
Instructors Manual, Le Monde Francophone, Portuguese Programmatic Instructors
Manual, Romanian Reference Grammar, Russian Active Introduction, Thai Basic
Volume 2, Twi Basic, and Vietnamese Basic Volume 2.
Thanks once again to DemiPuppet for his hard work!
Yoruba Student Text Available
April 30, 2007
The student text for the Yoruba Basic Course is now available.
Thanks to DemiPuppet for doing the digitization work!
Amharic Student Text Available
April 29, 2007
The student text for the Amharic Basic Course is now available.
Thanks to DemiPuppet for doing the digitization work! I have
all of the audio files and will be making them available as time permits.
Hungarian Graded Reader
April 27, 2007
The student text for the Hungarian Graded Reader is now available.
Thanks to jeno111 for doing the digitization work! The first
few audio selections are also available and will be completed soon. Thanks to
Westerwick for contributing the audio tapes!
Thai Volume 1 Complete
March 4, 2007
The Thai Basic Course Volume 1 is complete. Many thanks to mogscout
for donating the missing audio and doing the digitization work!
French Phonology Audio Available
February 20, 2007
Added the audio for the French Phonology Course. Many thanks to
smoen for purchasing the tapes and doing the digitization work!
Spanish Programmatic Course Complete
February 18, 2007
The Spanish Programmatic Course is now complete. Thanks to many of
our members for contributing the missing materials!
Korean Basic Course Update
February 18, 2007
Added the student text for Volume 1 to the Korean Basic Course.
Many thanks to juhraffe for donating the text and doing the
digitization work!
Hungarian Basic Course Complete
February 5, 2007
Added the student text for Volume 2 to Hungarian Basic, which now
completes that course. Many thanks to Westerwick for donating
the course materials!
Unfortunately, my scanner expired as I was digitizing the final pages of the
text. Until I get it repaired, I will have to rely on other members to process
the texts.
New Disc from DemiPuppet
February 1, 2007
More files from DemiPuppet: workbooks for the
Spanish Programmatic Course and the missing page for the Thai Basic Course
Volume 1.
Swedish Basic Complete
February 1, 2007
Thanks to DemiPuppet for providing the missing
audio for Unit 14. The Swedish Basic Course is now complete.
Saudi Arabic Complete
January 28, 2007
Well, almost anyway. Thanks to Westerwick, the
Saudi Arabic (Urban Hijazi)course is now available with the exception of
lessons 34 and 35. One tape was missing from the collection, so hopefully one
of our members can provide the missing audio.
Cambodian Basic Volume 1 Available
January 27, 2007
Thanks to DemiPuppet, Cambodian Basic Volume 1 is
now available.
Levantine Arabic Complete
January 15, 2007
Thanks to DemiPuppet, the Levantine Arabic
Introduction to Pronunciation Course is now complete.
Hebrew Basic Complete
December 15, 2006
Thanks to DemiPuppet, the Hebrew Basic Course is
now complete. If you downloaded the student text before today, you will need to
download it again, as several hundred pages have been added.
New Discs from DemiPuppet
December 15, 2006
Just received in the mail today another shipment from DemiPuppet.
Look for more Cambodian, Hebrew, Hungarian, and Swahili on the web site soon.
Many thanks to one of our best contributors!
Chinese Complete
December 15, 2006
Thanks to many of our members, the Standard Chinese course is now
complete. Most recently, smoen purchased Module 8 and donated
it to the web site. Thanks, smoen!
French Basic Complete
December 9, 2006
Thanks to dcarlyle for loaning us the tapes for
Units 22-24! The French Basic Course is now complete.
Spanish Basic Underway
December 8, 2006
Sir Nigel has started digitizing the Spanish Basic
course. Some of the audio has been posted, and the remainder of the course will
appear as he gets the work done. Many thanks to Sir Nigel!
Conversational Finnish Audio Available
December 3, 2006
Thanks to chung, the audio for Conversational
Finnish is now available. I hear that Malcolm is digitizing
the texts.
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