Peace Corps

Jordanian Arabic

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Lesson 1: Greetings & Personal Identification
Lesson 2: Physical State
Lesson 3: Family
Lesson 4: Useful Expressions
Lesson 5: Communication Difficulties
Lesson 6: Food
Lesson 7: Directions
Lesson 8: Numbers & Money
Lesson 9: Question Words
Lesson 10: Time Sense
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Additional Resources:
Lesson: Serious Doodling
Holiday: Eid al-Fitr

Bambara in Mali

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Lesson 1: The Alphabet
Lesson 2: Vocabulary 1
Lesson 3: Greetings
Lesson 4: Numbers (1…20)
Lesson 5: Introducing Self/Someone
Lesson 6: Leave – Taking Expressions
Lesson 7: Dialogue
Lesson 8: Vocabulary 2—Common Objects
Lesson 9: Vocabulary 3
Lesson 10: Numbers (20…2000)
Lesson 11: Useful Expressions and Phrases
Lesson 12: Family
Lesson 13: Days of the Week and Expressions of Time
Additional Resources:
Podcast: Language Lessons and Flying Canoes
Lesson: "The Death of Old Woman Kelema"
Story: Music in the Fields

French in Mali

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Lesson 1: Vocabulary—Parts of the Day & Personal Pronouns
Lesson 2: Greetings
Lesson 3: Verbs—To Go, To Be, To Be Named
Lesson 4: Vocabulary—Names of Places
Lesson 5: Hellos and Goodbyes
Lesson 6: Dialogue
Lesson 7: Numbers—1 to 20
Lesson 8: Vocabulary—Common Objects
Lesson 9: Articles and Possessives
Lesson 10: Asking and Telling About Objects
Lesson 11: Numbers—20 to 2,000
Lesson 12: Days of the Week and Names of the Months
Lesson 13: Telling Time
Lesson 14: Where Is It?
Lesson 15: Verb—To Have
Lesson 16: Useful Expressions and Phrases
Lesson 17: Giving and Receiving Directions
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Additional Resources:
Podcast: Water
Lesson: "Do You Really Know What Wealth Is?"
Story: "A Morning of Weighing Babies"

Kazakh Russian

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Lesson 1: Brief Introduction to the Russian Language
Lesson 2: Russian Alphabet
Lesson 3A: Greetings—Part 1
Lesson 3B: Greetings—Part 2
Lesson 4: Asking About Others, Talking About Yourself
Lesson 5: How to Be Polite
Lesson 6: How to Agree and Disagree
Lesson 7: Working Within Your Language Skills
Lesson 8: How to Ask Questions
Lesson 9: Is It Available?
Lesson 10: Can I? May I?
Lesson 11: How to Express Your Wishes
Lesson 12: How to Express Your Likes and Preferences
Lesson 13: How to React to a Knock at the Door
Lesson 14: How to Count
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Additional Resources:
Lesson: "The Importance of Being Flexible and Open-minded as a Visitor to Another Culture"
Story: The Train Ride Home
Holiday: International Women's Day

Thai

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Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Phonetic Alphabet
Lesson 3: Greetings—Vocabulary
Lesson 4: Greetings
Lesson 5: Numbers
Lesson 6: Counting System
Lesson 7: Food & Drink
Lesson 8: Thai Dishes
Lesson 9: How to Order Food
Lesson 10: Expressions about Food
Lesson 11: Family
Lesson 12: Expressing your Wishes
Lesson 13: Useful Expressions
Additional Resources:
Story: She's a Thai
Music: Ruesii Long Tham (Lanna Orchid)
Holiday: Vesak
Recipe: Pineapple Red Curry

Ukrainian

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Lesson 1: Introduction (no audio)
Lesson 2: Alphabet
Lesson 3: Greetings and Farewells
Lesson 4: Useful Phrases
Lesson 5: Getting Acquainted
Lesson 6: Family
Lesson 7: About Myself
Lesson 8: Food
Lesson 9: Apartment
Lesson 10: Numerals
Lesson 11: At the Store
Lesson 12: Transport
Lesson 13: City
Lesson 14: Post-office
Lesson 15: Signs
Lesson 16: Emergencies
Lesson 17: Personal Pronouns
Lesson 18: Professions
Lesson 19: Days of the week and months
Lesson 20: Question words
Additional Resources:
Story: "Mr. John and the Day of Knowledge"
Lesson: "The Importance of Speaking Another Language"
Music: Ukrainian Tune (Dongas Tribe)