Language
BEGINNING CONVERSATIONAL
FRENCH
This course will teach you how
to communicate easily and comfortably with those who speak
French. You’ll learn practical, common phrases that will make your
trip to the many French-speaking
regions of the world more pleasant. You’ll learn dialogue specific
to various settings, and you’ll be
surprised how easy it can be to
speak another language!
Each lesson introduces a scenario, presented in short dialogues.
You’ll be able to practice and learn
both sides of the conversation,
so you’ll easily understand and
expect common responses. Every
lesson also has cultural tips,
which will make you more comfortable in a foreign setting.
Since proper pronunciation is
important to good communication,
this course will help you master
the best pronunciations. Simply
click on each word to hear it spoken! Every word and sentence is
also written out phonetically using
sounds that you are already very
familiar with from English words.
This course has been carefully
crafted to ensure you will have no
trouble pronouncing French words
correctly.
CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE
Whether you want to learn conversational Japanese for travel or
just for fun, you’ll find this course
makes it easy and enjoyable for
beginners to master the essentials
of the Japanese language. Guided
by a native Japanese instructor,
you’ll also gain cultural knowledge
only an insider has.
these in drills, interactive exercises, and dialogues. Throughout the
course, you’ll find helpful audio
aids and Japanese words written
in the English alphabet. With this,
you’ll be bypassing one of the biggest obstacles for most beginners
of Japanese: the letter system.
DISCOVER SIGN LANGUAGE
It’s truly amazing that we can
communicate just by using our
hands! Add different facial expressions, and you have a conversation—the language of deaf people.
In this course, you’ll discover how
to use this graceful, expressive
language to communicate with
deaf people.
You’ll begin with an introduction
to the language itself, and learn
to create the signs for numbers.
You’ll also master the sign alphabet so you can fingerspell proper
names.
Then you’ll learn to sign phrases
and expand to complete sentences, and see how to put it all
together so you can introduce
yourself and start a conversation.
Along the way you’ll learn signs
for colors, numbers, where you
live, family, and the activities you
like to do and even the ones you
don’t.
Throughout, you’ll learn by watching videos that demonstrate how
to make the signs and how to
incorporate facial expressions
with a minimum of audio support.
Throughout, you’ll be immersed in
silence, so you’ll gain an understanding of the perspective of
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deaf people and sign language.
You’ll also gain an introduction
to the world of deaf culture and
explore topics such as lipreading, baby signs, and the career
of interpreting. By the end of the
course, when you meet a deaf
person, you’ll be ready to sign!
SPEED SPANISH
Imagine yourself speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Now you
can with Speed Spanish! This
course is designed for anyone
who wants to learn Spanish pronto. You’ll learn six easy recipes for
gluing Spanish words together to
form sentences. In no time at all,
you’ll be able to go into any Spanish speaking situation and converse in Spanish. ¡Qué Bueno!
Ed2Go Online Courses
Start Dates: June 16,
July 13 & August 17
Register at
www.ed2go.com/bastrop
In each lesson, you’ll learn useful
conversational phrases and vocabulary words particular to a specific area of travel. You’ll practice
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