In Britain: Get Michel Thomas Spanish Intro CDs Free

If you buy The Guardian on Saturday, July 4th, 2009, and The Observer on Sunday, you will receive two free Michel Thomas Introductory Spanish CDs (~£15).

If you aren't in Britain, but are interested in Michel Thomas, view our deal finder links at the bottom of this entry. It's not free, but certainly cheaper than full price.

From Guardian.co.uk

Improve your Spanish with our 2 free CDs on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July, plus 5 handy phrasebooks to collect from Monday 6 July.

For those lucky enough to be packing their bags and heading south this summer, brush up on your languages and experience your destination as the locals do.
Even if you're staying put, you'll soon be able to order that tapas with a new-found confidence.

Starting this weekend, get the two-CD Michel Thomas Method Introductory Spanish course absolutely free with the Guardian and the Observer. The two CDs will allow complete beginners to understand and construct simple phrases using Michel Thomas's unique method of teaching. You learn through listening and speaking - no pens, no homework, no memorizing.

Then every day from Monday collect one of five handy phrasebooks that will cover everything from how to book in at the campsite to bluffing your way in politics and sport. It even covers the key aspects of non-verbal communication for the more passionate discussions....

Monday: Travel & Accommodation
Tuesday: Food & Shopping
Wednesday: Culture & Sport
Thursday: Family & Relationships
Friday: Business & Politics

PLUS, Guardian and Observer readers are being offered an exclusive 50% off the entire Michel Thomas languages range. Simply visit http://www.michelthomasoffers.com for details (P&P applicable).

From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/competition/2009/jun/25/learn-spanish

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We initially found out about this thanks to a Free Language user who contacted us. Thanks, Jane!

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Learn the Oromo Language (Afaan Oromoo) Online

Recently we received an email from someone interested in learning the Oromo language online, free of course! Oromo is a minority language spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.

Well... we looked around for a while and found four resources that, together, give an introductory self-guided course in this African tongue. This is nothing profound, but will provide the very basics about the language, some useful phrases for travel, a humble dictionary and some other useful goodies.

We thought we'd share this here for everyone, all on one neat page, so you don't have to scour around like we did!

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Oromo.htm
http://www.oromoenglish.com
http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/oromo.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_language

About Oromo Language

Oromo, also known as Afaan Oromoo, Oromiffa(a), Afan Boran, Afan Arsi, and sometimes in other languages by variant spellings of these names (Oromic, Afan Oromo, etc.), is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic family. It is spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya, such as the Werji. Older publications refer to the language as "Galla", a term that is resented by Oromo people and no longer used.

Read more on Wikipedia.

More Minority Languages Coming

We are currently building a directory to promote minority languages worldwide, and will be posting more resources for learning many lesser-known and lesser-spoken languages here on the site soon. Stay tuned!

Silbo Gomero Campaign Wins at Cannes

This just in from our friends at Busuu.com:

busuu.com wins a Silver Lion in the International Advertising Festival in Cannes for our Silbo Gomero campaign.

In October 2008 we contracted the Madrid agency La Despensa in order to launch a campaign to improve the awareness of our website.

The outcome was the amazing campaign to “Rescue the Silbo Gomero” for which we won now the most important price in the advertising industry.

We loved the idea from the beginning: If you can learn languages on busuu.com - why not also learn a nearly extinct whistled language from the Canary Islands - el Silbo Gomero? It´s not only an entertaining campaign but it draws the attention to an important cause which we from busuu.com fully support: to prevent smaller languages from their extinction! So we decided to create a fascinating video explaining the history of this amazing language and launched a special section within our website where you can find lessons of “el Silbo” (if you log in, you can see the full content and start practicing).

The outcome was impressive - we received huge media coverage in Spain (contacting all important media by sending them a bird cage with a plastic singing bird inside… they loved it! ;-) and “el Silbo Gomero” was in the news again. The media even supported the application of this charming language to be recognized as UNESCO world heritage.

http://blog.busuu.com/busuu_com_wins_a_silver_lion_in_cannes

Props!

Congratulations, guys, this is excellent stuff. We here at Free Language appreciate your bringing attention to an unusual, endangered minority language, and taking the time, effort and care to integrate it into your system so that people around the world can learn about it, and learn it... for free!

Click here to view our original post on this cool feature - and to watch the prize-winning video!

Visit http://www.busuu.com to learn English, French, German, Spanish and Silbo Gomero for free!

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