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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php">http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php</a>
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<b>Posted on:</b> Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:12 AM<br>
<b>Author:</b> Maggie Koerth-Baker<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Foreign Service language courses—for free<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You can use<a
href="http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php"> language courses
developed for U.S. diplomats</a> 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 <a
href="http://lifehacker.com/5523114/foreign-service-institutes-extensive-language-courses-are-available-free-online">Lifehacker</a>.
But I thought y'all might want to bookmark for future use, once things get up
and running again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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