National Foreign Affairs Training Center Foreign Service Institute, School of Language Studies

Room F-4217 Washington, D.C. 20522-4201

U.S. Department of State School of Language Studies National Foreign Affairs Training Center

U.S. Department of State

Defense Language Institute’s Foreign Language Center

Resources DLIFLC has made many of its online materials available to the public. For resources including an online diagnostic assessment and an accents library, go to: http://www.dliflc.edu/products.html

Field Support Modules Field Support Modules provide area studies materials in English for specific geographic regions. They also provide survival-level materials for the languages of these regions. No password required. http://fieldsupport.lingnet.org

Available in: Afghanistan – Dari, Pashto | Azerbaijan – Azeri | China – Catonese | Egypt – Egyptian Arabic | Ethiopia – Amharic | Georgia – Georgian | Haiti – Haitian Creole | Indonesia – Indonesian | Iran – Persian Farsi | Iraq – Iraqi Arabic, Kurdush (Kumanji, Sorani) | Israel – Hebrew | Liberia | Pakistan – Punjabi, Urdu | Phillippines – Cebuano, Ilocano | Somalia – Somali | Sudan – Sudanese Arabic | Syria – Syrian Arabic | Turkey - Turkish

Contact SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES

703-302-6771 OnlineLanguage@state.gov

Foreign Language

Self-Guided Study

Resources

LangMedia LangMedia offers examples of authentic language spoken in its natural cultural environment so that students of all ages can better understand the interplay between a language and its culture. No password is required. http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/lm_collection.html Available in: Arabic | Bangla/Bengali | Bosnian | Bulgarian | Croatian | Czech | French | German | Greek | Hindi | Hungarian | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Norwegian | Portuguese | Romanian | Serbo-Croatian | Serbian | Slovak | Spanish | Swahili | Thai | Turkish | Turkmen | Twi | Ukrainian | Urdu | Vietnamese | Wolof| Yoruba | Zulu

GLOSS GLOSS is a searchable collection of listening and reading lessons. No password is required. http://gloss.dliflc.edu Available in: Albanian | Arabic* | Azerbaijani | Balochi | Chinese | Croatian | Dari | French | Greek | Hausa | Hebrew | Hindi | Indonesian | Japanese | Korean** | Kurdish*** | Korean | Pashto | Persian | Portuguese | Punjabi | Russian | Serbian | Somali | Spanish | Swahili | Tagalog | Thai | Turkish | Turkmen | Urdu | Uzbek *Lessons available in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian, Gulf-Arabic, Iraqi, Levantine, Sudanese, and Yemeni Colloquial Arabic **Lessons available in Korean and North Korean ***Lessons available in Kurdish-Kurmanji and Kurdish-Sorani

Self-Guided Language Study

Mango Languages Mango Languages uses a variety of integrated cultural lessons, and content for common interactions. Direct Hire State Department employees, eligible family members (EFMs), and members of household (MOHs) can access Mango by signing up for SR041, FSI Online Language Resources, through OpenNet. http://reg.fsi.state.gov/CourseCatalog.aspx?EventId=SR041 Available in: Arabic – Levantine | Chinese – Cantonese, Mandarin | Croatian | Czech | Danish | Dutch | Farsi | Finnish | French | German | Greek | Haitian Creole | Hebrew | Hindi | Indonesian | Irish | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Norwegian | Portuguese – Brazilian | Russian | Slovak | Spanish – Latin American | Tamil | Thai | Turkish | Ukrainian | Urdu | Vietnamese

Rosetta Stone Online Language Library

FSI offers the Rosetta Stone language learning program in several languages at varying skill levels via the FSI LearnCenter. A limited number of licenses are available and registration is taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Department employees, their EFMs, and MOHs are eligible to enroll. http:/fsi.state.gov/admin/reg/default.asp?EventID=SR042

FSI Online Language

Resources FSI Online Language Resources (SR041) offers language materials used previously in selected FSI language classes, and now re-purposed for self-guided use. Register via OpenNet. State Department employees, their EFMs, and MOHs are eligible to enroll. http://fsi.state.gov/admin/reg/default.asp?EventID=SR041

Joint Language University JLU offers a searchable collection of listening and reading lessons. All State Department employees with a valid .mil or .gov email address are eligible to use JLU free of charge. To access JLU, create

your own account. If you have any questions, email JLU_Admin@wbtrain.com. http://jlu.wbtrain.com

Annenberg Media This is an instructional video series that serve as an introduction to French, German, and Spanish. These series are available on the Internet in the

United States and Canada. All Department of State employees, EFMs, and MOHs may use these series free of charge. Registration is required. http://www.learner.org

The following is a list of resources for self-guided language study. This collection of commercial and government resources is available for U.S. government personnel free of charge. The information is provided as a reference, and not an endorsement of any product.