Foreign Service Institute language courses are considered by language experts to be the most thorough and comprehensive self instructional materials available to learn a new language. We made them even better. Twelve years ago we were the first company to digitize and create the FSI Language catalog on compact disc. In 2011, we went even farther, dedicating over 1,000 hours remastering the audio, using multiple filters, and wave spectrum analysis, to significantly improve the audio quality. Silence sounds like silence. Lead in and lead out times are all now 3 seconds, and countless enhancements provide for a much better language course than the originals still sold today by NTIS...Customer Comments:
I have started using your French and Spanish courses. They are great. I had used the French cassette version previously in the World Bank's language training courses. The sound quality of your CD is infinitely better. And the price, $20 for the entire course compared with over $800 from other sources, is absolutely astounding.
You must have put in many, many hours not only transferring the cassettes to CD, but also in cleaning out the hisses, rumples, silences, and so on. Thanks also for the trouble you took to convert the books into PDFs in two versions, one that was optimal for reading on the computer and the other for two-sided printing.
Many thanks from this language learner.
Sincerely
Khalid
"I wanted to let anyone out there who is trying to study on his own know that this is a great way to learn a language. Many years ago I took the Foreign Service Institute course in Spanish. I studied with a teacher and after this conversational course, I took a trip through South America. I was able to have in depth conversations with native speakers. Lately , I have wanted to continue my language studies with Portuguese. I have looked on the internet before and these courses were very expensive with the book and the audio. I discovered pluralitylanguage.com one day and could not believe that the course and the audio portion were being offered on a dvd for only $20. I really didn't think this site could be legitimate but thought the worse that could happen is that I would lose $20. To my surprise, the course arrived in a very timely fashion and it is just what it is advertised to be. Today , which is Sunday, I e-mailed Jay about a technical problem I had ,even though I knew that Sundays are not hours when the business is open. Very soon after , I got an answer back from Jay. I then called him and he spent over an hour with me to help me resolve this problem. I am not very knowledgeable about using my computer and he was so patient with me. I could not believe the great service I got. He is dedicated to our learning the language and is there to help in whatever way he can. This is a tremendous bargain and effective method for anyone who wants to learn a language. A few years ago this program would have cost hundreds of dollars. I recommend that you get this program as soon as possible if you have a language you want to learn as who knows how long it will be available for this incredible price. I just bought the French program today so that I would have it when I am ready to study French". - Judy, Philadelphia
"Thank you for your excellent and very reasonably priced product and good luck with your future sales" - Ray - Australia
P.S. I thank you for offering this product... When school starts back, I will enlist my students to contact you and buy language DVDs from your company. Also, I will buy the Hausa language DVD (and when the Yoruba is complete) this fall. I will also buy the Amharic, Shona and Swhalli Language DVDs. It is always nice to know some of the languages of the areas I discuss in class... It gives you more validity.
Again, as I mentioned the last time we emailed, keep up the great work... I am truly thankful. Further, I will tell the University library where I work to buy some of your DVDs.. I will also contact the local library to see if they will buy some of your DVDs. I know them pretty well and they are always willing to get quality and reasonably priced products for their patrons... - Saul - Florida
Wow. Two day delivery. Thank you very much.
So far, quite pleased with the product. Nice pdf of the text. Pleasantly surprised at the audio, considering the starting material. - James - California
I am really enjoying the courses I ordered from you. I wondered if you will be adding to your list in the future. I am happy with my Cantonese (My FAVORITE dialect of Chinese!), but I have friends who are looking for Mandarin, and others are looking for different languages. Thank you for any info you can provide, and most especially, thank you for making these dvds available at such a low price. - Wendy - Massachusetts
