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The FSI German Headstart Program will provide an orientation in the German language and culture in hopes of making your assignment in Germany an enjoyable one. When you finish this program, you will be able to communicate with Germans in several basic situations. For example, you will be able to ask for directions, change money, buy a ticket, order a meal, take a cab, get a hotel room, do some shopping, make phone calls, and engage in simple conversations. In such situations, Germans will understand you; and, if you ask them to speak slowly, you will understand what they say to you. There is quite a bit of work ahead of yo...
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The ten lessons in this FSI German FAST course focus on practical situations useful for getting around in German-speaking countries, Austria. Germany and Switzerland. The language notes explain the grammar of the language as exemplified in situational dialogues. The cultural notes comment on different customs and cultural aspects of the German-speaking people as they come up in the situations.
The course requires the guidance of a trained instructor who is a native speaker of German or one who has near native proficiency. It is intended to be the basic material in an intensive eight-week program involving six...
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It is the aim of the FSI German Basic course - of which this is Volume 1 of 2 - to provide the student with a useful control of the structure of the spoken language and of a basic vocabulary which meets at least some of the specialized needs of the Foreign Service. After completion of the basic course the Foreign Service Officer should be able to make limited practical use of the language in his official duties and social obligations. He will furthermore have the means, given the proper surroundings and personal motivation, for continued rapid and efficient development of proficiency.
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It is the aim of the FSI German Basic course - of which this is Volume 2 of 2 - to provide the student with a useful control of the structure of the spoken language and of a basic vocabulary which meets at least some of the specialized needs of the Foreign Service.
After completion of the basic course the Foreign Service Officer should be able to make limited practical use of the language in his official duties and social obligations. They will furthermore have the means, given the proper surroundings and personal motivation, for continued rapid and efficient development of proficiency.
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The FSI German: A Programmed Introduction is a workbook designed for use with a set of tape recordings. The script of all the recorded portions appears at the end of each unit as a quick reference and guide for teacher and student. The object of the programmed format is to permit greater student language-learning participation in the crucial early stages than is normally possible in the usual classroom situation It is in the elementary phase of language learning that contrasts and similarities between native and target languages make the strongest impression; hence concentrated and thorough learning of the target language ...
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