Looking to learn a foreign language? The library has a couple of language
learning databases available for you to use.
One of these is Mango Languages.
Mango Languages provides the following courses for English
speakers: Arabic (Levantine), Chinese
(Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and
Vietnamese. It also provides courses in
learning English for speakers of the following languages: Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Korean,
and Spanish.
When you begin a language course you are offered the option
of basic --- which teaches simple practical skills for common polite
conversation --- or complete 2.0 --- which teaches in-depth and comprehensive
language and grammar skills.
When you first log in you will create a profile and log in
with a username so that you can keep track of your progress and pick up where
you left off. There is an available app
for iPhone and Android so you can take advantage of down time to learn
anywhere.
