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Learning Basque TANDEM® Fundazioa offers no more self-learning
courses for Basque. Instead here some tips: Self learning methods Bakarka, 'Euskera A Distancia'; presupposes some knowledge of Spanish, possibly with cassettes Volume 1 - 3 ed. by 'Servicio central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco', Wellington kalea 2, E-01010 Gasteiz Volume 4 ed. by Elkar SA, Igarabidea 88 two, E-20009 Donostia For an order, you may look on the internet for bookshops which specialize in imports from Spanish speaking countries. A database of publications in the Basque language 'Inguma' can be found on www.inguma.org and www.ueu.org . In addition there are Multimedia Self-access programs, among others: HABE, Vitoria/Gasteiz kalea, 3, E-20009 Donostia, fax 0034 943412601, www.habe.org The 'Euskaltegi ' of Santurtzi near Bilbao developed a distance training course which is also in English on the web: www.santurtzieus.com . In addition there are 'Boga' of the Foundation 'Aurten bai' on www.aurtenbai.com , the virtual Basque city 'Hator' on www.hator.com , and another offer on www.kaixo.com .
Places at which Basque is taught: (no guarantee that this list is updated!) University of Vienna, General Linguistics, Angel Borda University of Cologne, General Linguistics, Gunter Bretschneider University of Hamburg, Romanistik, Professor Juergen Meisel Society for language and languages GESUS, Daiserstr. 9, 81371 Munich, Tel. 77 26 96 Adult education (VHS), Language center of the city Nuernberg, Bernhard Lechner/Euskalerriaren Adiskideak, Handelsmuseumsplatz 1, 90403 Nuernberg, Tel. 231 54 27 Basque-German friendship associations and adult education centres in different cities, like "Gernika" in Berlin, as well as Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Schwarzenbruck, and Wiesbaden. In the Basque Country the German-Basque friendship association 'Gilen Humboldt' has a good overview. (humboldt@euskalnet.net) Winter and summer courses at the Euskaltegis in the Basque Country, either of AEK, or municipal (Udal Euskaltegia) or private schools. Associations of Basque speakers in many Basque cities: some offer
a kind of 'Tandem language exchange' called 'Mintzalaguna' for
people with basic knowledge , also the Tandem® school in
Donostia ( www.tandemsansebastian.com
) can facilitate.
We point out expressly that the Basque Country is an exceptional case and contacts with unknown people should be handled with caution . The rule ‘innocent until proven guilty’, as is common in Western Europe, does not always apply in the Basque Country. For further information see:
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