Vento
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Vento is the Foreign Service Institute method, modernised: repetition and pronunciation, free, for people who want to learn and do not know how to start. 15 languages, 340 lessons.
15 languages, 340 lessons
Public-domain FSI courses, from Hijazi Arabic to French, with the drills left intact.
Real Curriculum
Dialogue, then repetition, then pronunciation. The same cycle the courses were written for.
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Hijazi Arabic
2,200 class hours
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German
828 class hours
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French
690 class hours
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Spanish
690 class hours
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Greek
1,012 class hours
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Mandarin Chinese
2,200 class hours
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Egyptian Arabic
2,200 class hours
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Hausa
Not listed by FSI
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Hindi
1,012 class hours
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Igbo
Not listed by FSI
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Italian
552 class hours
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Levantine Arabic
2,200 class hours
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Portuguese
552 class hours
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Turkish
1,012 class hours
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Yoruba
Not listed by FSI