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Mango Languages
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Mango offers access to over 70 foreign language courses and 20 ESL courses. Mango can be accessed at the library, remotely, or even on-the-go with apps for iPhone® and Android™.
Merriam-Webster Unabridged
Use at Home? Yes
Description: The largest, most comprehensive American dictionary currently available in print or online, built on the solid foundation of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged and containing new and revised entries while staff are actively engaged in creating an entirely new edition of the Unabaridged.
Oxford Dictionaries Online
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Includes reference works on English grammar and usage as well as translation dictionaries for languages such as Italian, Chinese, and Russian.
Oxford English Dictionary
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Search the authority on the English language. An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words, both present and past.
Pronunciator
Use at Home? Yes
Description: You can learn 163 languages, including the largest ESL curriculum on the planet. Simply use your library card number to create an account and start learning through a variety of vocabulary exercises, quizzes, culture and business notes, and grammar review. Also includes lessons for 3 to 6 and 7 to 12 year-olds.
Language Learning Websites
- Babbel
- Basic ESL
- BBC Languages
- DW (Deutsche Welle) – news available in 30 langauges
- English as a Second Langauge – from ECC
- Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley
- Live Lingua – FSI, DLI, & Peace Corps Language Courses