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Quote SunnyDD Replybullet Posted: 21 January 2007 at 9:20am

I had the same problem initially.  You might try to close your browser and try again.  It might be a time out issue because the file is so large. 

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Quote lelemds Replybullet Posted: 30 January 2007 at 12:58pm
hey everybody!

when the text for basic spanish will be on the site?! my brother wants to study it, but he didnt like the programatic course, coz he knows a bit of spanish and the prog is to boring, he said. but to study, he needs the audio and the text, any clue of when it will be here?!
if u need some help im here, i have a scanner and can scan the text, or i can buy the equipment to record the audio to files if u want. just let me know if u need any help, ok?! thanks a lot!!!
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Quote SunnyDD Replybullet Posted: 15 February 2007 at 11:41am
Hi everyone!
 
I understand that this site is mostly contributed by volunteers, but I was wondering if there is any update on the rest of the Basic Spanish, or at least the written part of the course? 
 
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Quote Chung Replybullet Posted: 15 February 2007 at 4:21pm

Volunteers contribute to the entire site. There's no mostly in it.

From gdfellows who's paying for the domain, to everyone else (including gdfellows) who has either spent money buying or time digitalizing courses for gdfellows to post.
 
The update is in the Status Page.
 
Sir Nigel so far is the only one who is working on the course. If you want to get the course up here faster, then you are more than welcome to either get a hold of the public-domain course and digitalize that or send a PM to Sir Nigel and see if you can split the work.
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Quote SunnyDD Replybullet Posted: 20 February 2007 at 12:11pm
I was only asking for the status.  I did not think my post was demanding in any way.
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Quote daristani Replybullet Posted: 20 February 2007 at 2:09pm
Don't worry, SunnyDD.  You're allowed to ask about the status of courses, but often the answer is unclear, depending on who's donating/digitizing, etc., and how much time they have to devote to any one particular course.  This can sometimes lead to sensitivity when such questions get asked, but you shouldn't take it personally. 

As you're probably aware, the Basic Spanish course is very, very extensive, and I suspect it may be a while before it's all available here at the site.  Also, since there are lots of other resources available to study Spanish (including the Programmatic Spanish course here at this site), and a lot fewer for languages like, say, Amharic, or Hungarian, or Finnish, the Basic Spanish course may suffer a bit in terms of the priority accorded it.

But while waiting for more of the course to be posted here, you can go to the Loquella site, which has all of the audio and text for the course on-line, albeit in a different format.  You can't print out the book or download all the audio at one go, because it's divided into thousands of small pieces, but you can drill to your heart's content and, at least while you're on-line, get the full benefit of the FSI approach.  The audio quality is excellent, and the site seems to work very easily as far as I can tell.  So while awaiting the rest of the Basic Spanish course here, give it a try:

http://www.loquella.com/index.html




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Quote SunnyDD Replybullet Posted: 22 February 2007 at 5:46pm
Wow, great site!  Thank you very much.Clap
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Quote Dandy Replybullet Posted: 03 March 2007 at 3:21pm
I was waiting for the FSI basic to be finished, but jumped ahead and went to loquella.com.
 
Just in case anyone is interested. You can download a free copy of Hi-Q recorder and create a fair quality mp3 copy of of the streaming audio as you go through the course. I have went through several Units and recorded the FSI material. I just click my mouse every second or so and go through the course. I  also have a mic and go to the preference area and set the English first. I then make standalone audio copies with my own voice as the English transcript. I am also hand typing the dialogue into my wordprocessor as I go through the units again. I believe it will help me with writing and reading comprehension anyway. I have two audio copies and a written transcript for each unit I go through. I must  admit the audio quality is not as good as Sir Nigel's though and I'm still looking forward to  the origninal FSI BASIC Spanish. I don't see any copyright problems, I'm only using the material for personal use.  It would be nice if they supplied a downloadable transcript of the units or even a printable version.
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Quote SunnyDD Replybullet Posted: 04 March 2007 at 10:17am
I also wanted to pass on this site for anyone learning spanish:
 
 
It's a series of educational videos for spanish students with an interesting story line.Tongue
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Quote El Santo Replybullet Posted: 26 March 2007 at 3:02pm
I am very grateful for all of the work you all are putting into this site!  It has been great to find this site after two years of trying other programs.  Programmatic Spanish has been very helpful.  I expect to finish volume two in about a week and a half and I am looking forward to going through the Basic course when it is done.  Muchas gracias!
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