Many commercial language companies promise a super shortcut. They assemble a selection of "useful" words and phrases that simulate common tourist situations. They have you listen to natives speak the lines and repeat what they say. And that's it.

This course has been developed by linguists, with innovative and proven learning methods. They don't give you the "scraps" of the language--they give you real language learning. The kind where you actually internalize the language and begin using it as your own.

Everybody knows that the best time to acquire languages and a life-long love for them is when we are children. This course is designed so that even very young children can do it on their own. However, for the best learning experience, we recommend that parents or a teacher help a child, and families go through the course together.

Of all the work Dr. Blair has done -- 48 languages studied and taught, 40 years of university teaching, writing a few dictionaries, working with Wycliff Bible Translators, and so much more -- the development of an effective, fun, yet serious Children's Course has been at the top of his things to accomplish for a long time!
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Power Glide courses are designed to help you discover grammar by yourself, as you gradually soak up the language. The difference between Power Glide and so many other language programs is that Power Glide doesn't rely on mere shortcuts or tourist phrases.

Power Glide offers real language learning--the kind where you internalize the language and begin using it as your own. With Power Glide courses, you'll gradually soak up the language, discovering rules of how language works, almost without noticing it!

For example, the exercises are designed to help you discover grammar yourself, by listening to and seeing the language--much like small children do. Your main objectives are understanding, speaking and writing.

This course is available in Spanish, French, German, Latin, Japanese, and Russian as a complete course on CD or AUDIO TAPES. Additional student packets are also available in each language.
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Power Glide created a Parent's Guide for the Younger Student Course of Study. This unique tool includes a page-by-page commentary with a copy of the page your children are on in their Children's Activity Book.

It also includes instructions, objectives, lesson plans, tips, cultural information, child-friendly recipes, and suggestions for additional activities you can do as a family. The course includes diglot weave stories, games, puzzles, songs, and many more learning activities, plus a helpful twist, especially for young children: pictures instead of words.

The Children's Language Course is available in Spanish, French, German, and Latin as a complete course on CD. Extra Activity Books are also available in Spanish, French, German and Latin.

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