How to learn a foreign language
Lots of people around the world spend a good chunk of time learning languages, but in the US, it’s rare to find someone who grew up speaking English who can speak anything else. I have long enjoyed studying languages, and I think the best courses ever made for development of actual fluency in the language were the ones made by the US Foreign Service Institute several decades ago.
These courses are not subject to copyright, being works made by the US government, so they should be free for download. Well, now they are, thanks to the Glen D. Fellows and the rest of the wonderful people at www.fsi-language-courses.com. These courses are very long, very hard, and ridiculously repetitive, but they really do work well.
Anyway, if you’re interested in languages, this is an amazingly valuable resource.
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