FSI Language Courses <\/a>has texts and mp3s of the language programs developed by the Foreign Service Institute.\u00a0 If you want to learn a language, why not learn the way military and diplomats have before?\u00a0 And do it for free.<\/p>\nI am going to brush up on some stuff right after NaNoWriMo.\u00a0 I promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s been a while since I was immersing myself in language education.\u00a0 I feel bad to have not mastered a language other than English, especially because I find the process of learning another language so fascinating. 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