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Learning a new language? Brushing up on your conversational skills? Check out the resources available to you as a Monterey Public Library cardholder. Our collection includes not only books and CD/cassette tape courses, but bilingual books with side-by-side text, magazines and classic works in their original language, and links to some of the best resources on the web.

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Web and Subscription Language-Learning Tools

These tools will help you search and discover languages online

Mango Languages Multimedia self-paced courses for 17 major world languages and 5 English-learning courses. You will need a Library Card and PIN to access this resource. Tell us what you think!	Harrison Memorial Library Language Resources More resources from our neighboring Library.
Annenberg Media Online video courses with offerings for French, Spanish, and English language-learning. The site also hosts free video on a variety of other educational topics.	I Love Languages Very detailed index to language-learning tools online. Search by the language you are learning, or browse dictionaries, translators, blogs, and more.
BBC Languages Audio and video courses for French, Spanish, Greek, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Mandarin. Also includes essential phrases in 36 languages.	Travlang Collection of language and travel tools. Includes currency converters, listings for foreign-language television available online, phrase guides, and much more.
Digital Dialects Free interactive games to help learn nearly 60 world languages.	Top Language Blogs and Podcasts Explore the best of the serial web's material for languages, as ranked by Lexiophiles.com
Defense Language Institute's Foreign Language Center Offers publicly available language resources used by military personnel stationed in around the world.