The Cortina language Courses

The Cortina language materials (French, German, Greek, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Vietnamese) have been made available on this Website by the kind permission of the holder of the copyright, Magdalen Livesey, the President of Cortina International, Inc.

Thanks a lot to: Magdalen Livesey (President, Cortina Learning International, Inc.), SpeakEasy (Michael), jpazzz, daristani, and n_j_f who worked hard to make this possible. Cortina Website »

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Cortina French Course

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The whole Cortina French course is available as an archive here Cortina French

Cortina Conversational French

Leçon 00-1 Preliminaire Leçon 01-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 01-2 Conversation Leçon 02-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 02-2 Conversation
Leçon 03-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 03-2 Conversation Leçon 04-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 04-2 Conversation Leçon 05-1 Vocabulaire
Leçon 05-2 Conversation Leçon 06-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 06-2 Conversation Leçon 07-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 07-2 Conversation
Leçon 08-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 08-2 Conversation Leçon 09-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 09-2 Conversation Leçon 10-1 Vocabulaire
Leçon 10-2 Conversation Leçon 11-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 11-2 Conversation Leçon 12-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 12-2 Conversation
Leçon 13-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 13-2 Conversation Leçon 14-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 14-2 Conversation Leçon 15-1 Vocabulaire
Leçon 15-2 Conversation Leçon 16-1 Vocabulaire Leçon 16-2 Conversation Leçon 17-2 Conversation Leçon 18-2 Conversation
Leçon 19-2 Conversation Leçon 20-2 Conversatio

Cortina German Course

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The whole Cortina German course is available as an archive here Cortina German

Cortina Conversational German

Cortina German Comprehension Tests

cd_1_01 Track 1 cd_1_02 Track 2 cd_1_03 Track 3 cd_1_04 Track 4 cd_1_05 Track 5
cd_1_06 Track 6 cd_1_07 Track 7 cd_1_08 Track 8 cd_1_09 Track 9 cd_2_01 Track 1
cd_2_02 Track 2 cd_2_03 Track 3 cd_2_04 Track 4 cd_2_05 Track 5 cd_2_06 Track 6
cd_2_07 Track 7 cd_2_08 Track 8 cd_3_01 Track 1 cd_3_02 Track 2 cd_3_03 Track 3
cd_3_04 Track 4 cd_3_05 Track 5 cd_3_06 Track 6 cd_3_07 Track 7 cd_3_08 Track 8
cd_4_01 Track 1 cd_4_02 Track 2 cd_4_03 Track 3 cd_4_04 Track 4 cd_4_05 Track 5
cd_4_06 Track 6 cd_4_07 Track 7 cd_4_08 Track 8 cd_5_01 Track 1 cd_5_02 Track 2
cd_6_01 Track 1 cd_6_02 Track 2 cd_7_01 Track 1 cd_7_02 Track 2 cd_8_01 Track 1
cd_8_02 Track 2

Cortina Greek Course

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The whole Cortina Greek course is available as an archive here Cortina Greek

Cortina Conversational Greek

Alphabet Basic Sentence Patterns
Lesson 1a, Vocabulary Lesson 1b, Conversation Lesson 2a, Vocabulary Lesson 2b, Conversation Lesson 3a, Vocabulary
Lesson 3b, Conversation Lesson 4a, Vocabulary Lesson 4b, Conversation Lesson 5a, Vocabulary Lesson 5b, Conversation
Lesson 6a, Vocabulary Lesson 6b, Conversation Lesson 7a, Vocabulary Lesson 7b, Conversation Lesson 8a, Vocabulary
Lesson 8b, Conversation Lesson 9a, Vocabulary Lesson 9b, Conversation Lesson 10a, Vocabulary Lesson 10b, Conversation
Lesson 11a, Vocabulary Lesson 11b, Conversation Lesson 12a, Vocabulary Lesson 12b, Conversation Lesson 13a, Vocabulary
Lesson 13b, Conversation Lesson 14a, Vocabulary Lesson 14b, Conversation Lesson 15a, Vocabulary Lesson 15b, Conversation
Lesson 16a, Vocabulary Lesson 16b, Conversation Lesson 17, Conversation Lesson 18, Conversation Lesson 19, Conversation
Lesson 20, Conversation
Comprehension Test One Part A Comprehension Test One Part B Comprehension Test Two Part A Comprehension Test Two Part B

Cortina Italian Course

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The whole Cortina Italian course is available as an archive here Cortina Italian

Cortina Conversational Italian in 20 Lessons

Cortina Italian Comprehension Tests

CD 1 Track00 Alphabet CD 1 Track01 A CD 1 Track01 B CD 1 Track02 01-15 CD 1 Track02 16-30
CD 1 Track02 31-49 CD 1 Track03 A CD 1 Track03 B CD 1 Track04 01-10 CD 1 Track04 11-21
CD 1 Track04 22-34 CD 1 Track05 A CD 1 Track05 B D 1 Track06 01-10 D 1 Track06 11-22
CD 1 Track06 23-30 CD 1 Track07 A. CD 1 Track07 B CD 1 Track08 01-11 CD 1 Track08 12-23.
CD 1 Track08 24-28 CD 2 Track01 A Varia CD 2 Track01 B Cardinali CD 2 Track01 C Ordinali CD 2 Track01 D Frazioni
CD 2 Track02 01-15 CD 2 Track03 A CD 2 Track03 B CD 2 Track04 01-12 CD 2 Track04 13-25
CD 2 Track04 26-33 CD 2 Track05 A CD 2 Track05 B CD 2 Track06 01-13 CD 2 Track06 14-25
CD 2 Track06 26-39 CD 2 Track07 A CD 2 Track07 B CD 2 Track08 01-10 CD 2 Track08 11-18
CD 2 Track08 19-27 CD 2 Track09 A CD 2 Track09 B CD 2 Track10 01-11 CD 2 Track10 12-22
CD 2 Track10 23-26 CD 3 Track01 A CD 3 Track01 B CD 3 Track02 01-11 CD 3 Track02 12-19.
CD 3 Track02 20-23 CD 3 Track03 A CD 3 Track03 B CD 3 Track04 01-12 CD 3 Track04 13-20
CD 3 Track04 21-24 CD 3 Track05 A CD 3 Track05 B CD 3 Track06 01-07 CD 3 Track06 08-14
CD 3 Track06 15-25 CD 3 Track07 A CD 3 Track07 B CD 3 Track08 04-11 CD 3 Track08 12-21
CD 3 Track08 22-27 CD 3 Track09 A CD 3 Track09 B CD 3 Track10 01-12 CD 3 Track10 13-24
CD 3 Track10 25-26 CD 4 Track01 A CD 4 Track01 B CD 4 Track02 01-14 CD 4 Track02 15-2
CD 4 Track02 24-27 CD 4 Track03 A. CD 4 Track03 B CD 4 Track04 01-09 CD 4 Track04 10-21
CD 4 Track04 22-24 CD 4 Track05 p152 CD 4 Track05 p153 CD 4 Track05 p154 CD 4 Track05 p155
CD 4 Track05 p156 CD 4 Track05 p157 CD 4 Track05 p158 CD 4 Track05 p159 CD 4 Track05 p160
CD 4 Track06 p162 CD 4 Track06 p163 CD 4 Track06 p164 CD 4 Track06 p165 CD 5 Track01 p166
CD 5 Track01 p167 CD 5 Track01 p168 CD 5 Track01 p169 CD 5 Track01 p170
CD 5 Track02 p172 CD 5 Track02 p173 CD 5 Track02 p174 CD 5 Track02 p175 CD 5 Track02 p176
CD 5 Track02 p177.mp3"> CD 6 Track01 p178 CD 6 Track01 p179 CD 6 Track01 p180 CD 6 Track02 p182
CD 6 Track02 p18 CD 6 Track02 p184 CD 6 Track02 p185 CD 6 Track02 p186 CD 6 Track02 p187
CD 6 Track02 p188 CD 6 Track02 p189 CD 7 Track01 Side1A CD 7 Track01 Side1B CD 7 Track01 Side1C
CD 7 Track01 Side1D CD 7 Track01 Side1E CD 7 Track01 Side1 CD 7 Track02 Side2A CD 7 Track02 Side2B
CD 7 Track02 Side2C CD 7 Track02 Side2D CD 7 Track02 Side2E CD 7 Track02 Side2F CD 8 Track01 Side3A
CD 8 Track01 Side3B CD 8 Track01 Side3C CD 8 Track01 Side3D D 8 Track01 Side3E CD 8 Track01 Side3F
CD 8 Track01 Side3G CD 8 Track01 Side3Repeat.mp3"> CD 8 Track02 Side4A CD 8 Track02 Side4B CD 8 Track02 Side4C
CD 8 Track02 Side4D CD 8 Track02 Side4E CD 8 Track02 Side4F CD 8 Track02 Side4G. CD 8 Track02 Side4H
CD 8 Track02 Side4Repeat

New audio files

These audio are the same as the ones above, just extracted with another program. When I tested the audio files on different players, some showed problems. In this case, just use these ones.

Archive download

The new audio files are available as an archive here Cortina-Italian-audio-new

Lesson_01a Vocabulary Lesson_01b Conversation Lesson_02a Vocabulary Lesson_02b Conversation Lesson_03a Vocabulary
Lesson_03b Conversation Lesson_04a Vocabulary Lesson_04b Conversation Lesson_05a Vocabulary Lesson_05b Conversation
Lesson_06a Vocabulary Lesson_06b Conversation Lesson_07a Vocabulary Lesson_07b Conversation Lesson_08a Vocabulary
Lesson_08b Conversation Lesson_09a Vocabulary Lesson_09b Conversation Lesson_10a Vocabulary Lesson_10b Conversation
Lesson_11a Vocabulary Lesson_11b Conversation Lesson_12a Vocabulary Lesson_12b Conversation Lesson_13a Vocabulary
Lesson_13b Conversation Lesson_14a Vocabulary Lesson_14b Conversation Lesson_15a Vocabulary Lesson_15b Conversation
Lesson_16a Vocabulary Lesson_16b Conversation Lesson_17a Dialogue Lesson_18a Dialogue Pt1 Lesson_18b Dialogue Pt2
Lesson_19a Dialogue Pt1 Lesson_19b Dialogue Pt2 esson_20a Dialogue Lesson_30a Comprehension Test 1A Lesson_30b Comprehension Test 1B
Lesson_40a Comprehension Test 2A Lesson_40b Comprehension Test 2B

Cortina Portuguese Course

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The whole Cortina Brazilian Portuguese course is available as an archive here Cortina Portuguese

Cortina Conversational Brazilian Portuguese

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10
Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15 Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 Lesson 20
Lesson 21 Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24 Lesson 25 Lesson 26 Lesson 27 Lesson 28 Lesson 29 Lesson 30

Cortina Spanish Course

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The whole course is available as an archive here Cortina Spanish

Cortina Conversational Spanish

Lesson 1a, Vocabulary Lesson 1b, Conversation Lesson 2a, Vocabulary Lesson 2b, Conversation Lesson 3a, Vocabulary
Lesson 3b, Conversation Lesson 4a, Vocabulary Lesson 4b, Conversation Lesson 5a, Vocabulary Lesson 5b, Conversation
Lesson 6a, Vocabulary Lesson 6b, Conversation Lesson 7a, Vocabulary Lesson 7b, Conversation Lesson 8a, Vocabulary
Lesson 8b, Conversation Lesson 9a, Vocabulary Lesson 9b, Conversation Lesson 10a, Vocabulary Lesson 10b, Conversation
Lesson 11a, Vocabulary Lesson 11b, Conversation Lesson 12a, Vocabulary Lesson 12b, Conversation Lesson 13a, Vocabulary
Lesson 13b, Conversation Lesson 14a, Vocabulary Lesson 14b, Conversation Lesson 15a, Vocabulary Lesson 15b, Conversation
Lesson 16a, Vocabulary Lesson 16b, Conversation Lesson 17, Conversation Lesson 18, Conversation Lesson 19, Conversation
Lesson 20, Conversation

Cortina Conversational Japanese

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The whole course is available as an archive here Cortina Japanese

Cortina Conversational Japanese

CD 1 Track 1 CD 1 Track 2 CD 1 Track 3 CD 1 Track 4 CD 1 Track 5 CD 1 Track 6
CD 2 Track 1 CD 2 Track 2 CD 2 Track 3 CD 2 Track 4
CD 3 Track 1 CD 3 Track 2 CD 3 Track 3 CD 3 Track 4
CD 4 Track 1 CD 4 Track 2

Cortina Russian Course

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The whole course is available as an archive here Cortina Russian »

Cortina Russian Coursebook 1977

Cortina Russian: original audio circa 1952

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10
Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15
Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 Lesson 20
Lesson 21 Lesson 22

Cortina Russian: audio re-recorded circa 1971

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10
Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15-a
Lesson 15 Lesson 16-a Lesson 16-b Lesson 17 Lesson 18
Lesson 19 Lesson 20 Lesson 21

Cortina Russian: audio re-recorded 2018

The people behind this re-recording want their idendity stay private: so just, thanks to them!

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The whole course update is available as an archive here Cortina Russian Re-recorded 2018 »

Lesson 12 Lesson 12 exercises Lesson 13 Lesson 13 exercises Lesson 14
Lesson 14 exercises Lesson 15 Lesson 15 exercises Lesson 16 Lesson 16 exercises
Lesson 17 Lesson 17 exercises Lesson 18 Lesson 18 exercises Lesson 19-a
Lesson 19 exercises Lesson 20 Lesson 20 exercises Lesson 21 Lesson 21 exercises

Cortina Vietnamese Course

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The whole course is available as an archive here Cortina Vietnamese »

Cortina Vietnamese.pdf

CD 1 Track 1 CD 1 Track 2 CD 1 Track 3 CD 1 Track 4 CD 1 Track 5 CD 1 Track 6 CD 1 Track 7 CD 1 Track 8 CD 1 Track 9 CD 1 Track 10
CD 1 Track 11 CD 1 Track 12 CD 1 Track 13 CD 1 Track 14 CD 1 Track 15 CD 1 Track 16 CD 1 Track 17 CD 1 Track 18 CD 1 Track 19 CD 1 Track 20
CD 1 Track 21
CD 2 Track 1 CD 2 Track 2 CD 2 Track 3 CD 2 Track 4 CD 2 Track 5 CD 2 Track 6 CD 2 Track 7 CD 2 Track 8 CD 2 Track 9 CD 2 Track 10
CD 2 Track 11 CD 2 Track 12 CD 2 Track 13 CD 2 Track 14
CD 3 Track 1 CD 3 Track 2 CD 3 Track 3 CD 3 Track 4 CD 3 Track 5 CD 3 Track 6
CD 4 Track 1 CD 4 Track 2 CD 4 Track 3 CD 4 Track 4 CD 4 Track 5 CD 4 Track 6
CD 5 Track 1 CD 5 Track 2 CD 5 Track 3 CD 5 Track 4 CD 5 Track 5 CD 5 Track 6 CD 5 Track 7 CD 5 Track 8 CD 5 Track 9 CD 5 Track 10
CD 5 Track 11 CD 5 Track 12 CD 5 Track 13 CD 5 Track 14
CD 6 Track 1 CD 6 Track 2 CD 6 Track 3 CD 6 Track 4 CD 6 Track 5 CD 6 Track 6 CD 6 Track 7 CD 6 Track 8