A Better Way Learn a Language?

As a whole, languages are complex systems. Technology has allowed us to make learning them easier than ever. Mango Languages, on the Databases A-Z page, is unique tool that quickly teaches languages with real conversations, while the learner has control over the pace of learning.

Traditional language courses build a base of vocabulary and grammar over the course of months (or even years) before teaching you how to have real and meaningful conversations.  But every lesson in Mango’s system integrates vocabulary and grammar into real-life sentences. With Mango, you won’t have to wait months or years before you can apply what you’ve learned to a real-life situation. Mango isn’t about teaching words without purpose; it’s about turning you into a functional communicator in the real world.

Each course in Mango Languages consists of 100 main lessons with vocabulary and phrasebook reviews. There are courses in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, German, Greek, Mandarin, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian. There are also English courses for speakers of Spanish, Polish or Brazilian Portuguese.

The Mango Language program is truly a system. It’s not like learning from a book where you have to construct your own methods of assimilating the information. With Mango, all you have to do is run through the program, step by step, and let the power of our system take care of the rest.

The Mango Language Program offers one more great feature: there is a link to a translator at the top of the page. In addition to all of the listed program languages, it will translate up to 500 words to or from Arabic, Dutch and Korean. Try it out soon!

A Better Way Learn a Language

As a whole, languages are complex systems. Technology has allowed us to make learning them easier than ever. Mango Languages, on the Databases A-Z page, is unique tool that quickly teaches languages with real conversations, while the learner has control over the pace of learning.

Traditional language courses build a base of vocabulary and grammar over the course of months (or even years) before teaching you how to have real and meaningful conversations.  But every lesson in Mango’s system integrates vocabulary and grammar into real-life sentences. With Mango, you won’t have to wait months or years before you can apply what you’ve learned to a real-life situation. Mango isn’t about teaching words without purpose; it’s about turning you into a functional communicator in the real world.

Each course in Mango Languages consists of 100 main lessons with vocabulary and phrasebook reviews. There are courses in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, German, Greek, Mandarin, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian. There are also English courses for speakers of Spanish, Polish or Brazilian Portuguese.

The Mango Language program is truly a system. It’s not like learning from a book where you have to construct your own methods of assimilating the information. With Mango, all you have to do is run through the program, step by step, and let the power of our system take care of the rest.

The Mango Language Program offers one more great feature: there is a link to a translator at the top of the page. In addition to all of the listed program languages, it will translate up to 500 words to or from Arabic, Dutch and Korean. Try it out soon!

Online Language Instruction

When folks are looking to online language instruction, the first things that come to mind may be the resources on our Databases A-Z page: Auralog Language Learning and Mango Languages. But there is another place to look: Overdrive eMedia. There are over 20 titles available as audiobooks. Eight of them are MP3 format – so they can be played on iPods and other MP3 players. The languages included in the collection are Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish. There is also a video called Easy Sign language. In this interactive video, professional sign language interpreter Renee Moore will shows a simple and fun way to learn American Sign Language. The video covers such useful topics as Greetings, Emergency Situations, Family and more. The intuitive video interface lets you easily find and review lessons.

EBSCOhost 2.0

EBSCOhost is an online collection of databases, with a user-friendly, customizable features for searching and retrieving information. EBSCOhost offers basic and advanced searching by Boolean logic, enhanced subject indexing and journal searching. The interface has links from the full record display to related articles by subject, source or author. In addition, EBSCOhost users can print, e-mail or download multiple articles.

EBSCOhost offers a range of advanced searching features. Results can be limited by subject, author, journal, date, peer-reviewed status and full text availability. In addition, users can build upon their search terms by using EBSCOhost’s search history and search builder capabilities. EBSCOhost also offers links to title lists, expanded publisher information, and help with citing electronic resources.

Below are the files to help you learn more about searching and using EBSCOhost databases; these links will open in a new window:

• EBSCOhost User Guide (WORD document) *large (56p)*
• EBSCOhost Basic Help (WORD document)

If you need the Macromedia FLASH plug-in for the tutorials, go here. You can right-click the WORD documents, select “Save Target As..” and have a local copy of the documents.