This simplified program is designed to improve vowel and consonant sounds for beginning ESL students.

Of special interest to linguists and actors, the program includes readings from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England, including London Cockney and 16th-century English, along with commentary.

Delightful collection of 12 Spanish games accompanied by songs that can be played and sung in Spanish or in English.

The late Gilbert Highet, noted classical scholar, author, and critic, before his death in 1978 selected the best and most enduring of his 283 radio broadcasts for distribution to the general public.

These culture capsules cover the traditions, holidays, and customs such as the Chinese "siesta" in contemporary Chinese society.

These culture capsules put you "in the know" and show you how to be at ease with the French way of life.

This practical information recording, for students of first-time travelers going abroad, covers the way of life in Germany, from Oktoberfest to the customs for Kaffee und Kuchen, shopping, eating, etc.

An indispensable aid for the vacationer or business traveler, these culture capsules (in English) will show you how to be at ease with Italian customs, traditions, and manners.

An indispensable aid for the vacationer or business traveler, these culture capsules (in English) will show you how to be at ease with Japanese customs, traditions, and manners.

An indispensable aid for the vacationer or business traveler, these culture capsules (in English) will show you how to be at ease with Spanish customs, traditions, and manners.

This list of 50 phrases and expressions can be used as your personal "conversational survival kit" if you cannot recall appropriate sentences and vocabulary.

This course is primarily concerned with developing oral skills. The entire text is in transliteration; Arabic script is not used, so your attention is focused exclusively on mastering a new and intricate phonetic system.

A streamlined introductory course designed for the business person or traveler who wishes to acquire more knowledge and practice in using the language than provided in brief programs.

A streamlined introductory course designed for the business person or traveler who wishes to acquire a confident and versatile command of modern spoken Dutch in a variety of practical situations.

Fast-Track German provides a regular routine of study and repetition that gives you a basic working knowledge of German beyond the dialogs and basic sentences of the text.

A streamlined introductory course designed for the business person or traveler who wishes to acquire a confident and versatile command of modern spoken Japanese in a variety of practical situations.

You don't learn a language by memorizing a list of words, but the following phrases and expressions will help you cope in most situations.

This list of 50 phrases and expressions can be used as your personal "conversational survival kit" if you cannot recall appropriate sentences and vocabulary.

Don't blow your credibility by failing to follow the rules of good English usage. Matters of grammar may seem minor or unimportant to you, but to others they are key indicators of a good education and someone worth listening to.

Matters of grammar may seem minor or unimportant to you, but to others they are key indicators of a good education and someone worth listening to.

Here's a program for anyone who likes music and would like to know more about it. Hundreds of musical examples are combined with explanatory comments by 15 prominent musical authorities.

This course concentrates entirely on pronunciation. Levantine Arabic, the dialect of Beirut, can be understood by those who speak the urban dialect of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel.

A basic vocabulary of 50 words and phrases, recorded by native speakers, that will help you deal with most common situations.

Exceptional language programs by the FSI ( Foreign Service Institute) of the US State Department were pioneered by AudioForum for 37 years.

This crash course, edited by linguist Charles Berlitz, is an ideal way to pick up a working vocabulary in the shortest possible time. It's a quick, highly condensed introduction to the words and phrases you'll need to communicate effectively.