Des Plaines Public Library Offers Language-Learning Resources During Quarantine

Press release from the Des Plaines Public Library:

April 20, 2020

You can learn to speak to others in another language while practicing social distancing. Sounds weird but it's true

Ideally you'd be flying to France to learn French or Rome to learn Italian, but that's hard for most of us to do in normal times, and impossible right now.

You can learn a lot through the library's website, however, without even leaving your couch. Or spending any money.

Interactive, language learning databases. Check out:

Mango Languages & Pronunciator
Find a beginning or intermediate program for learning dozens of languages, with games, music, movies and more

We've got courses for learning another language. Check out:
Gale Courses
These classes have start dates but once you sign up you can learn at your own pace.

We've got ebooks & audiobooks for language instruction. Check out:
Digital Library of Illinois

We've got movies for practicing your listening skills. Check out:
Hoopla & Kanopy

And last of all, we’ve got magazines & newspapers from all over the world. Check out:
PressReader

So think about it: if you've always thought you were too busy to tackle a foreign language, now might be the time!

This press release was produced by the Des Plaines Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.