Birthright Armenia Online Language Tutorial: A Free and Undiscovered Treasure

[Francis Hult]

The Armenian Weekly

 

Birthright Armenia Online Language Tutorial: A Free and Undiscovered Treasure

 

Finding that perfect language tutorial program is inevitably tough. First of all, everyone learns in a different way. Secondly, you get what you pay for. The $20 language tapes you pop in on the drive to work assume you've mastered the basic phonetics and skills of the target language in the first 30 seconds of the spool. Rosetta Stone is said to be an excellent teaching tool (expensive, maybe; not to mention that the tutorial repertoire does not include Armenian).

 

But, there is a break in this mold. Just a few clicks away from Google, the Birthright Armenia Eastern Armenian language tutorial has until now been a kept treasure for those frugal language learners searching diligently for a top-quality Armenian tutorial. Designed by a team in Armenia led by lawyer and linguist Tom Samuelian, the language tutorial is a true asset for those struggling to learn Armenian with limited resources. It was quickly deemed a great feat in language learning for non-Armenian and Western Armenian-speaking students alike.

 

Full story:

http://www.hairenik.com/weekly/2009/11/02/birthright-armenia-online-language-tutorial-a-free-and-undiscovered-treasure/

 

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