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Beginners' Language Courses from The Open University

Welcome to the Open University's Beginners' Languages website. The Open University currently offers Beginners' Languages courses in French, German and Spanish. Each of the 30-point Beginners' Language courses runs over 12 months. Beginners' courses are presented with either online or face-to-face tuition (French with online tuition will follow in November 2005).

The course codes for courses with online tuition are LZX192 for French, LZX193 for Geman and LZX194 for Spanish.

The course codes for courses with face-to-face tuition are L192 for French, L193 for German and L194 for Spanish.

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For the complete beginner

The courses are ideal if you've never studied a language at all - or if it's so long ago since you did that you're effectively starting from scratch. No knowledge of the language is assumed to begin with, but by the end of your chosen course you will be able to speak and understand enough of the language to help you if you visit, live or work in a country where that language is spoken.

You'll also have reached roughly GCSE or O-level standard and built a strong foundation on which to base further study, if you wish. As well as developing your basic speaking, writing and other communication skills, each course will give you an introduction to the cultural background of your chosen language.