I live in an area where there are a lot of people who speak Urdu.  I would love to learn the language, but instead we are taught German.  I would love to learn, but even find it difficult to find a decent textbook.
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There is actually a GCSE in Urdu and it is taught in some schools (though very few).  Spoken Urdu is very similar to Hindi (the script is completely different) and can come in handy if you are looking to work in local Government, especially if you have a high Pakistani population.  Personaly I'd like to applaud you for wanting to learn such a different language; most people cannot be bothered to even learn English properly.  There are many web resources on Urdu, and I have put some below.\n\nGood luck!\n\nAdam
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Many ..\nare you asking about classes, or reading resources? or may be..web resources?\nOk..\n\nI will put what I know best in the sources..\n\n..about Arabic only...Farsi..even I have studied it before, but only as a subject in Cairo university, Egypt. Not sure where the "best" school is..\n\nGood luck learning :)
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Having students learn two languages is great, no matter what the second language is - I'm all for it. Hell, if you can get them trilingual, do it.\n\nEvery language that someone can converse in opens the doors to perhaps a job that would have never been possible, or come in handy in a certain situation.\n\nMy sister is quadrilingual, I'm trilingual. One of my proudest moments of hers was when she was when she called Cuba and conversed in Spanish, tracking down my aunt who was vacationing there in order to tell her that her father passed away. If it wasn't for my sister and the Spanish she new, my aunt could have missed the funeral.\n\nOn another note though, the best time to make someone learn a language is when they're young. If the parents know two or more languages, they should speak with their children in all languages. Some folks are concerned the child will be mixed up, but take it from someone raised in more than one language - it worked out just fine.\n\nI am happy to this very day I was raised to be trilingual, allowing me to get buy easy in a lot of places in the world, and being able to talk to people and relatives that I otherwise would have been unable to.
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I'm learning German.  http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com/  Or practice with me.
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I am experiencing this from an opposing side, if you will. We live in Egypt and my children attend Egyptian schools. I do speak Arabic and I am educated in Arabic language and grammar, however, with subjects like Social Studies and History and Science, I am learning right along with my kids. (I know American History and Social Studies and I have to re-learn a whole new list of vocabulary for the sciences I studied in English.) It really is NOT easy at all for foreign parents to help their children with their homework in a second language. However, it is vital that the parents participate and learn as much as they can of the foreign language. Even if this means being only one lesson ahead of your child. As to the school district providing necessary outlets, most school districts in the U.S. will provide assistance to these parents IF the parents ask for it. I've found the assistance I've needed here and I also found that in Maryland I was given an Arabic interpreter when one of my children was being tested for autism (trying to determine if it was actually a speech developmental delay or just a bilingual issue.) Most school districts will assist if you ask.
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No. Those of our people are ignorant because they will not learn the language of the country they choose to live in. I have the same problem. I can't take it when I am at the store and they give me attitude because I asked them in English. I hope some of our people will learn English and stop being negative to our practices. Keep on talking maybe they will learn some thing.
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There is a  rather new language school in Indianpolis\nhttp://www.indyfla.com\nas well as a more established one\nhttp://www.languagetrainingcenter.com/\nIUPUI continuing education usually has French courses (borochure was in a recent Sunday Star/News\nAsk your local school district.  If there is enough interest, there may be a teacher who would be willing to do an adult education class.  (I've thought about inquiring at my district office to see if there were interest, but there is soo much Spanish.)  If you can get about five people together, the class might run.
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try with german culture.....
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We should encourage more kids in high school to start taking Arabic.  If they use Arabic, some kid in America will read and report it.
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It's quite a complex language, with a lot of grammar rules but it's not impossible to learn. The hardest bit for me was that it's a dead language so not many opportunities to practice it... But it's a very useful language to have since many words, especially in latin derived languages but also many scientific terms are derived from latin. It sure helped me a lot when I had to study anatomy and physiology!
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Welcome to Muslim World brother, please try to locate some Pakistanis in your community, and introduce yourself there. You will be surprised to find them extremly cooperative. Otherwise mail me your address, I shall send you some books, with a little help and effort you will learn Urdu. This is not a very difficult language, and English words are also frequently used in spoken Urdu, so whereever you feel stuck, just use an English word. I wish you learn Spoken Urdu quickly. BE ALLAH WITH YOU MY BROTHER.
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Contact your local chapter of the AATG--the American Association of Teachers of German, and they should know what contests are in your area.  I took German in Texas and participated in State German Contest, Sprachfest, that sort of thing.  Try www.aatg.org
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well, i don't think I am.  So that leaves you only like 5 billion people in the world to ask.  (I'd learn Chinese and Hindi so you can ask and knock off a bunch of people with only 2 languages)
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well, i m not a german, but still i would b elated 2 learn persian, in turn i can teach u hindi or sanskrit. that is iff u want, or else, hv a good time
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If we could figure out a way to do it, I would love to help you learn English and I would love to learn Chinese.  Many of my students parents speak Chinese only and I would like to be able to communicate with them.
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Have you tried your local library?\nIf you live in a big enough town, it's likely your library runs language conversation sessions, where people just meet up and practice talking.\nIf there's a college or university near you, you're really likely to find those sorts of sessions running every week.
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ASL is a great language, but it is not universal.  I tried to learn French and Spanish, but just could not pick it up.  I had so much more luck with ASL.  I think it all depends on your learning style.