[Schlib] FW: Foreign Service language courses—for free

[Michael Friesen]

This has the potential to be a wonderful find for language teachers.  In a nutshell, US government produced foreign language courses are now in the public domain and online.

http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php

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Posted on: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:12 AM
Author: Maggie Koerth-Baker
Subject: Foreign Service language courses—for free


You can use language courses developed for U.S. diplomats<http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php> for free. The courses, which usually feature PDF texts and MP3 audio—plus tests—were created before 1989 and are now in the public domain. Currently, you can't download anything, because the site's servers got swamped after a mention on Lifehacker<http://lifehacker.com/5523114/foreign-service-institutes-extensive-language-courses-are-available-free-online>. But I thought y'all might want to bookmark for future use, once things get up and running again.


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