FSI Language Courses Reviews and details

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• Do you believe in "outdated" language learning methods?

  The FSI course style works for me. Https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. Source: about 1 year ago

• what is the best way to learn German without a teacher? I tried duolingo and I didn't like it

  Free public domain coursebooks with audio courtesy of the US government, the Cold War, and the Freedom of Information Act. https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/ Just one of the German pages: https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-german.html. Source: over 1 year ago

• Pronunciation

  Free FSI/DLI courses go into great detail about pronunciation in lesson 1. All sorts of exercises with minimal difference pairs, tongue positioning, etc. https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. Source: over 1 year ago

• What are free alternatives to paid apps for language learning?

  Also the Foreign Service Institute audio and texts public domain. https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. Source: over 1 year ago

• What are the best ways to learn Romanian? What do you do?

  Anyhow, you can try the DLI resources for Romanian--text and audio is free: yojik.eu website. Good luck! Source: over 1 year ago

• Depository for rescued and out of print language learning audio

  You're looking for the Yojik website. Have fun! https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. Source: over 1 year ago

• is Duolingo enough?

  No, but there are free comprehensive public domain classes audio and text that will get there. https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. I am using Duolingo as a practice drill for a language that I had taken in high school and college. Duolingo is a great tool that has restored my fluency enough that I was able to pass a foreign language class for a third language taught in my first foreign language. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Language Prep before departure

  This website has language learning materials in the public domain from the Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, and the Peace Corps. The FSI and DLI are used by the Department of State and the Department of Defense train their members in critical languages with an emphasis on speaking and listening abilities. The site also has materials from the Peace Corps for virtually any language in which... Source: almost 2 years ago

• How long did it take you to finish a language course and what was your result?

  FSI hour chart estimates 900 class hours for German. Free public domain courses from FSI and DLI and Peace Corps for German and others here. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Where can I learn Kyrgyz?

  I think Peace Corps or FSI or DLI has a course of Kyrgyz. You can find it here : https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Recommendations for online classes to Push Past B1/B2?

  Https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/ public domain audio and grammar. Latin American Spanish and Peninsular Spanish resources available. Source: almost 2 years ago

• A question about intensive language courses.

  You can find methodology and curriculum for free online. This website offers materials used by the us fsi dli and peace corps in their language classes for free. You can find the methodology used in these courses online for free (i know olly richards has some videos on this). Source: about 2 years ago

• Defense Language Institute: awesome resource to learn Russian for free

  Also available at https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/. Source: about 2 years ago

• Does anyone have any experience with RocketFrench? Is it worth it?

  Then there is the Yojki Website, which aggregates free French courses (like those for diplomats). I am big on the Cortina course. Source: about 2 years ago

• I’m of French decent, and want to learn French.

  I have done a lot of courses, both analog, using old media, and online. I can tell you that, in the modern age, there is no reason to pay for lessons. There are ample free courses you can use. Open Culture has an aggregate of free French courses. A lot of these courses can be found at the Yojik Website. I did the FSI course in German, which is how they train diplomats quickly. It's great, but you need to nail your... Source: about 2 years ago

• Learning Cantonese

  I'm not sure there's 1 single best place to learn Cantonese unfortunately, so you may have to use lots of different resources and piece together your own route. Probably the most comprehensive beginner course is the old FSI Cantonese public domain course for diplomats. (At the moment the website is down, This website also seems to have the files hosted, but they didn't make the course so I wouldn't give them any... Source: over 2 years ago

• Scared to speak

  Use FSI/DLI style replacement drill exercises. Source: over 2 years ago

• Where to begin with learning French?

  This site has great public domain/ government courses, usually ones they use to crash-course diplomats. I used FSI for German and besides the fact they speak perfect English, I had great results. Source: over 2 years ago

• Learning French via Youtube or Udemy? Which is a better option

  You have the classic FSI Course, DLI Course, and here are a slew of other government courses given to diplomats, etc. Source: over 2 years ago

• Free Diplomat Language Learning Resources

  Probably they mean FSI Courses and besides them the DLI Courses available on the same site can also be helpful. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Query about Headstart2

  It can lead to a lot of military based vocabulary depending on the language you're going for. For example I was getting a lot of military titles, and vocabulary based around weapons and army vehicles. You can find access to these resources through https://hs2.dliflc.edu/ and there's more options (these are primarily workbooks + audio files compared to the interactivity of the above site but they do have a lot more... Source: almost 3 years ago