Here are all the language courses, both basic and complete, that you can take online for free through the library’s Mango Database. All you need is a library card. To find out more, visit Mango or our Language Learning InfoGuide.
Arabic (Levantine), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Pashto, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin America), Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.
Wow! That’s a lot of languages!
I have been trying Mandarin on Mango, and I like it so far. I especially like that you can take each lesson at your own pace, and play back recordings as many times as you like to get your pronunciation right. Anyone interested in learning a foreign language should at least check it out.