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Language Instruction

A guide to finding language instruction resources.

WEBSITES OFFERING FREE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION RESOURCES

U. S. Foreign Service (FSI) Foreign Language Courses (through Live Lingua Project)
The U. S. Foreign Service Institute language recordings provide excellent in-depth training.
Peace Corps Language Courses (through Live Lingua Project)
U. S. Defense Language Institute Courses (through Live Lingua Project)
Open Culture -- Free Language Lessons
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Language Materials Project

WEBSITES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT LANGUAGES

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Google Translate
Modern Language Association's Language Map of the U. S.
Using U. S. Census data, shows where languages are spoken and taught in the United States.
Modern Language Association's Survey Data about Language Instruction Enrollment