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NEWS RELEASE
LONGMONT LIBRARY
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The Longmont Library has free resources for you to learn a new language! Grab your Library card and check out the following to gain skills, confidence and meet other language-learners at the Longmont Library:
Pronunciator
Offering more than 80 languages, with more being added each year, Pronunciator is your pathway to explore new languages and cultures. If you want to learn to speak it, chances are they've got it. Language-learners can access Pronunciator using the computer lab in the Library or at home on their own device.
Bluebird Language Learning App
Looking to learn a language while you're on the treadmill or running errands? The Bluebird app from Pronunciator is your ticket! Designed specifically for mobile devices, Bluebird offers 163 languages with 12.6 million interactive audio lessons, plus unlimited personalized courses. Download the app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store to get started.
English Language-Learning Bags
With the Library's new English Language-Learning Bags, language-learners can practice their grammar, learn through listening on a Playaway and more! Stop by the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Library to learn more and check one out for yourself.
The Great Courses
Partnering with prestigious organizations, the Great Courses series features engaging and understandable lectures by esteemed professors, professionals, and experts. The Great Courses offers several language-learning options including Spanish (I and II), French, Latin, Greek and English Grammar. Patrons can access The Great Courses online with their Library card or by checking out DVDs and CDs through the Library.
Borrow Language-Learning CDs, Books and Magazines
Don't discount the value of good, old-fashioned grammar books, language dictionaries, verb books, workbooks, language-learning magazines and CDs to assist you on your language-learning journey. Search the online catalog at longmont.marmot.org or browse the selection in the 400 section of Non-Fiction on the second floor of the Longmont Library.
Practice Your Spanish or English
The Longmont Library offers conversation programs for kids and adults to give a non-judgmental environment to practice Spanish or English.
- Hablemos! Let’s Talk Spanish-English Conversation Group: 1-2 pm on Thursdays in the Unquiet Study Area (upstairs in the Library). This meet-up is free and open to anyone wanting to practice their language skills. It is recommended that participants have at least an intermediate level of Spanish to effectively participate. We’ll choose themes and games that will be entertaining and interesting to all of us.
- Say Hello! English Conversation Group: 10:30-11:30 am on Saturdays in the Unquiet Study Area (upstairs in the Library) - starts Saturday, June 3. Practice English conversation with others in an informal, conversational setting. We recommend attendees have some previous English experience to effectively participate, but everyone is welcome!
- Mis pininos / My First Steps: 4-5 pm most Wednesdays at Collyer Park, 600 Collyer St. For kids 5-13 years old and their caretakers. Join us to learn and practice Spanish through games and songs with native Spanish speakers. Families are welcome to talk to facilitators Lili and Natalia about the free resources available at the Longmont Library at the end of each program.
See all the instructions and details at bit.ly/Lib4Language or stop by the second floor of the Library to ask our Librarians any questions you have!
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