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German
Level 1
Basic Course
Volume 1
Foreign Service Institute
Department of State
The Course Used by Diplomats
Learn German the proven way -- just like a diplomat!
Over the years, Audio Forum® customers have used our courses to learn German in as little as 25 minutes a day, entirely on their own. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to achieve fluency in German using this proven audio/text method.
While other premium computer-based language courses offer only the means to learn to speak, with Audio-Forum®, you'll not only speak fluently, you'll also master reading, writing, and grammar skills at a scholarly level -- all with the confidence and polish of a native German speaker. After all, diplomats have proven for years that this method works!
This FSI Audio-Forum® Course Features:
* 9.5 hours of audio, 6 units (lessons)
* 171-page text
* Pronunciation drills and notes
* Practical dialogs and conversations
* Vocabulary drills and notes
* Substitution and conversion drills
* Grammatical explanations and practice
* Situational occurrence dialogs
* Narrations, readings, and writing
* Brief insights on culture (exclusive)
The U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute developed full-length courses specifically for diplomats, the very people who must learn a language quickly and effectively. Having worked with FSI authors and instructors, these courses have been fully tested through usage before release to the public. For over 40 years, Audio-Forum® has been the original and most trusted source for Foreign Service Institute language courses.
About the Language
German is a West Germanic language, related to English and Dutch. With nearly 100 million speakers worldwide, German is an official language of many countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Belgium. The history of the language begins with the High German consonant shift separating Old High German dialects from Old Saxon.
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Additional Courses Available through Audio-Forum®:
* FSI: Basic German 2
* FSI: Basic German 3
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