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Learn how to speak German
German is the most widely spoken
(and official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
the Italian province of South Tyrol (Alto Adige) and
Liechtenstein; it is also an official (but not majority)
language of Belgium and Luxembourg. With slightly different
standardized variants (German, Austrian, and Swiss Standard
German), German is a pluricentric language. German is also
notable for its broad spectrum of dialects, with many unique
varieties existing in Europe and also other parts of the
world.
One of the major languages of the world, German is the first
language of about 95 million people worldwide and the most
widely spoken native language in the European Union.
German also is the third most widely taught foreign language
in both the US and the EU, the second most commonly used
scientific language, the third largest contributor to
research and development as well as the third most widely
used language on websites. Germany is ranked fifth in terms
of annual publication of new books, with one tenth of all
books (including e-books) in the world being published in
the German language.
This foreign
language course was developed by The Foreign Services
institute. It is meant to be used as a crash course in
a foreign language for basic conversational ability by a
foreign traveler or diplomat. It is an introductory
course meant for beginners and includes basic conversational
language by native speakers.
This course
consists of a Basic Course, a Fast Course, a Headstart
course, and a Programmed Introduction Course. All told
there are 170 lessons in mp3 format, with multiple student texts
in PDF format of over 1,500 pages. Adobe Reader is
required to view the PDF files, while the mp3 files can be
listened to by any audio player on your PC.
Total run
time of course: 66 hours, 44 minutes, 46 seconds.
A must have resource for any foreign traveler!
Notice:
Please note, this disk is only for use in your computer's
drive! It will NOT play in the DVD Player hooked up to
your TV or the CD player in your car!
This is a DVD-ROM disk, so you need a DVD-ROM drive on your
PC to play it.
This disk contains this
foreign language course in MP3 format. This is not for
use in your CD player, it is not for your DVD player, even
if they play MP3 disks. This disk is only formatted to
be opened in your computer. You have to insert this
disk in your PC, click on "My Computer" and click on the
disk to open the files. You can copy the MP3 files to
your PC, and then load them on to any MP3 player of your
choice. Please note: that if you try to
play this disk on anything other than your computer, it
won't work! |
