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Language Learning Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library You can find books and/or audio CDs to check out using the following call number: 418.0071 423-495.7 Search the library’s catalog using the following subjects: Arabic language—Self-instruction Chinese language—Self-instruction English as a Foreign Language English-Study guides Farsi (Persian) language—Self-instruction French language—Self-instruction German language—Self-instruction Hebrew language – Self-instruction Hindi language—Self-instruction Irish language—Self-instruction Italian language—Self-instruction Japanese language—Self-instruction Korean language—Self-instruction Latin language—Self-instruction Language and languages—Study and teaching Persian language—Self-instruction Polish language—Self-instruction Portuguese language—Self-instruction Russian language—Self-instruction Spanish language—Self-instruction Tagalog language—Self-instruction Vietnamese language—Self-instruction 1. Go to www.hegganlibrary.org 2. Click Advanced Search. 3. Click the arrow next to words or phrase and select subject. 4. Type in one of the subjects listed above and click Search. Books The library has a variety of books that can be used for language learning. They include books that provide assistance with vocabulary, grammar and conversational learning. We also have a large collection of foreign language dictionaries. Ask the librarian for help finding these materials. The following two books are about language learning: Fluent Forever/ Gabriel Wyner Fluent in 3 months / Benny Lewis 418.0071 WYNER 418.0071 LEWIS Foreign Language Dictionaries The library has dictionaries for the following languages: Chinese French German Greek Hebrew Italian Japanese Korean Latin Polish Portuguese Russian Sanskrit Spanish Vietnamese The Reference Dictionaries cannot be checked out. There are additional dictionaries in the Nonfiction collection that can be checked out for use at home. Audiovisual Materials The library has a variety of audio CDs and DVDs for language learning. Ask the librarian for assistance finding materials. Juvenile The library has a variety of language learning materials for children. Ask the Children’s Librarian for assistance. Databases Mango Languages This database offers introductory language learning in 72 languages through audio and video. Ask the librarian for a lesson on using this popular database which can be accessed for use from home. The Mango database is only available to Washington Township cardholders. Check with your local library for access to language databases. The following languages can be studied through the Mango database: American Sign Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, Levantine Arabic, MSA Language Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Biblical Hebrew Cherokee Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Croatian Czech Danish Dari Dutch Dzongkha English Farsi (Persian) Finnish French French, Canadian German Greek Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Haitian Creole Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kazakh Korean Latin Malay Malayalam Norwegian Pashto Pirate Polish Portuguese, Brazil Punjabi Romanian Russian Scottish Gaelic Serbian Shakespeare English Shanghainese Slovak Spanish, Latin Spanish, Spain Swahili America Swedish Tagalog Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Tuvan Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Yiddish Rosetta Stone The following languages can be studied through the Rosetta Stone database: Arabic Chinese, Mandarin Dari Dutch English, American English, British Farsi (Persian) French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latin Pashto Polish Portuguese, Brazil Russian Spanish, Latin America Spanish, Spain Swahili Swedish Tagalog Turkish Urdu Vietnamese Web Resources –Language Learning 101 Languages Free Language http://www.101languages.net/ https://freelanguage.org/ Babbel Internet Polyglot http://www.babbel.com/ http://www.internetpolyglot.com/ Busuu Learn a Language http://www.busuu.com/enc/ http://www.learnalanguage.com/ Duolingo Lingualia https://www.duolingo.com/ https://www.lingualia.com/ Fluent in 3 Months Memrise http://www.fluentin3months.com/free-links/ http://www.memrise.com/ Foreign Service Institute Word 2 Word http://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/ http://www.word2word.com/course.html Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library 606 Delsea Drive ∙ Sewell, NJ ∙ 08080 856-589-3334 ∙ www.hegganlibrary.org .