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Category: Learning Languages
Forum Name: General Discussion
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URL: http://fsi-language-courses.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=314
Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 3:22am


Topic: Japanese
Posted By: eurasia
Subject: Japanese
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 7:16am
Does anyone have any Japanese materials to make available? 
 
A couple of years ago I tried DLI but what I inquired about was incomplete and they had no plans at that time of making new complete sets.



Replies:
Posted By: Chung
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 10:38am

Maybe this will be useful:

http://fsi-language-courses.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87


Posted By: eurasia
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 10:47am
Beginning Japanese is good but dated.  I would think the DLI courses - based on what I have from their French and Italian refresher courses and what I have seen of their Mandarin course would be far better than this old Beginning Japanese course.  Even the author in the newer Japanese the Spoken Language says Beginning Japanese is old and should be retired.


Posted By: Chung
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 1:24pm

Here's a thread about DLI courses and treatment of them for this site

http://fsi-language-courses.net/forum/new_reply_form.asp?PID=1023&PN=3&TR=24 - http://fsi-language-courses.net/forum/new_reply_form.asp?PID=1023&PN=3&TR=24
 
Here's a thread about the problems that some of us have noticed if gdfellows were to accept DLI courses.
 
http://fsi-language-courses.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=277 - http://fsi-language-courses.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=277
 
As much as the Mandarin text indicates its connection to DLI, it didn't seem to have any notice or warning in it that could cause trouble for gdfellows when he posted it. As gdfellows pointed out in a few threads, he's the one holding the bag and he wants to keep this site onside by posting stuff that is clearly in the public-domain. Anything whose copyright or legal status is unclear is avoided. I'm sure that companies that resell these courses would love nothing more than to shut down this site, and would certainly send their lawyers after gdfellows at the slightest hint of something here being offside.
 
The risk from "pushing the envelope" by convincing gdfellows to squeeze in another course whose copyright status or authorization is murky is high. So far, that has meant that the bulk of the material here is the old stuff from FSI. It would be a shame if gdfellows would be ordered to remove the entire basket because of a few bad apples, so to speak.



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