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Spanish - Basic Course, Units 1-15 (Audiocassettes and text). - Multimedia.
The course in Latin American dialect prepares students to function effectively in conversations. Pronunciation, inflection, and intonation are heavily stressed. The text material has accompanying phonetic spellings written in Spanish. Units 1-15 introduce gender present tense of verbs whose infinitives end in 'ar', 'er', and 'ir', the irregular verbs 'estar', 'ser', and 'haber', adjectives, possessives, present perfect and present progressive forms, and object pronouns. Standard Chinese - A Modular Approach, Module 1 Orientation (Audiocassettes and text). - Multimedia
The focus of this course is on understanding in practical situations Mandarin Chinese, the official dialect of the People's Republic of China. The material is organized into modules that deal with particular situations or language topics. You select the modules that you want to study in the order that you prefer. Italian Fast Course (Audiocassettes and text). - Multimedia.
The Italian fast course is a 'survival' type course, designed to cover the most frequent situations a visitor would encounter while traveling to Italy. While accompanied by audiotapes, the course is meant to be taught by a (native speaker) teacher. German - Basic Course, Units 1-12 (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia
The German basic course is designed to provide students with a useful knowledge of the structure of the spoken language and with a basic vocabulary to use in both official and social situations. Each unit consists of basic memorized drills, vocabulary drills, pronunciation drills, and conversational practice. Units 1-12 introduce numbers, present tense of common verbs, gender, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, future and past tenses of common verbs. Hebrew Basic Course (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia
The Hebrew Basic Course is designed to teach spoken and written modern Hebrew that is the ordinary, informal speech of educated native Israelis. It is not intended as a text for the study of the Old Testament or other Hebrew literature. The course starts by training students in the sounds and pronunciation of Hebrew. From the start the Hebrew spelling is placed alongside written transcripts designed to help you to listen. Subsequent lessons incorporate guided imitation, repetition, memorization, pattern and response drills, and conversation. Other drills include vocabulary and verb, substitution, substitution-agreement, expansion, transformation, and translation. Swedish Basic Course, Volume 1 (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia.
The Swedish Basic Course provides all the essential information and vocabulary for learning to speak everyday Swedish. The course takes into account grammatical structures and pronunciation pitfalls that present consistent difficulties for the English speaker. The primary goal of language learning is to communicate with the native speakers in a natural and productive way. The secondary goal is to learn to read and translate Swedish. Russian FAST, Part 1, 2, and 3, Lessons 1-11 - Multimedia
Russian FAST - 3 texts
The Russian FAST course is designed to prepare students for life in Russia (and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union) by giving them the necessary basic skills in the language. Topics covered include: the alphabet, geography, meeting people, family, shopping, in the restaurant, transportation, in the hotel, and the telephone. Conversational Finnish, Lessons 1-14 - Multimedia
The Conversational Finnish course provides transcripts of the Finnish dialogues with idiomatic English translations plus notes on structural pattern and explanations of essential points of grammar. The course provides a variety of exercises with instructions in English. French - Basic Course (Rev). Volume 2, Units 13-18 (Audiocassettes and text). - Multimedia.
The course is designed to enable you to reach conversational proficiency. You learn how to control the French sound system by listening to the tapes and repeating each phrase. Each unit presents a complete grammatical structure. This course is recommended for those who want to acquire a solid base in French grammar and vocabulary. Arabic - Modern Written, Volume 1 (Audiocassettes and text). - Multimedia.
Though there is considerable diversity of dialects in spoken Arabic, the written language is fairly standard with the differences falling into historical periods rather than geographical areas. The emphasis in the modern written Arabic course is on reading modern printed Arabic. However, before attempting this, it is necessary to learn the Arabic writing system and have reasonably accurate pronunciation. The course provides spoken exercises in Arabic and the printed transcriptions that are essential. Bulgarian - Basic Course, Units 1-15 (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia
The course assumes no previous knowledge of Bulgarian or any other Slavic language. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet that is taught through side-by-side presentation of English translations and phonetics. The course presents lessons in dialogues, drills, exercises, and English language narration. Beginning Japanese, Part 1 (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia
The course is concerned only with spoken Japanese in the 'standard' dialect of educated inhabitants of Tokyo. Learning to speak the language at normal speed is emphasized since the aim of the course is to teach you to understand and speak the everyday language just as it is spoken by the Japanese. Greek Basic Course, Volume 1 (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia.
The Greek Basic Course introduces the modern spoken language to those who wish a working command of contemporary Greek. The Greek represented in this course is a representative of the Kathomilumeni variety that is the "standard" speech of educated Greeks. It is neither entirely colloquial nor strictly formal. In the written materials the Greek alphabet is used from the beginning. Korean Basic Course, Volume 1 (Audiocassettes and text) - Multimedia.
The Korean Basic Course teaches the national standard language as spoken by educated Koreans, a form that is understood throughout the country. The Korean orthography (Hangul) is introduced gradually. Portuguese Programmatic Course,
Volume 1 & 2 on CDROM 1 CD (Contains both audio and text)
You learn easily from the Portuguese Programmatic Course by imitating and repeating the dialogues of natural, everyday conversations recorded on the cassettes by native speakers. A variety of drills and exercises help you develop fluency while guiding you to the correct intonation and pronunciation. At the end of each lesson unit in volume 1 is a brief "culture capsule," - recorded in English - that provides insight into the language usage and customs of Brazilian Portuguese. Volume 2 will extend your vocabulary and facility in more complex dialogues. Turkish Basic Course, Units 1-30 - Multimedia
The Turkish Basic Course is an introduction to spoken Turkish in that it includes the major patterns of simple sentences and vocabulary of about 475 high frequency items. It provides a basis for communicating with Asian Turks as far east as Sinkiang Province in China and as far west as the Tatar regions on the Volga. The course enables students to communicate in all but the most isolated Kurdish villages. Polish FAST - Multimedia
The Polish FAST course is designed as a survival language course. The emphasis is on developing the necessary language skills to handle the most frequent situations a visitor would meet with while traveling in Poland. Learning activities in most units are: cultural notes, dialogues, exercises and drills, additional vocabulary, and language notes. Czech FAST
The Czech FAST course is designed to help students acquire the communications skills necessary to deal with the most common social and everyday situations encountered. Designed as an 8-week introductory course, the FAST course does not attempt to present a systematic and comprehensive introduction to Czech grammar is instead presented in a very elementary form to help gain some understanding of "what is happening." Other Foreign Language Courses on CD
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