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Language Resources
Books, Audiobooks, and DVDs
Dictionaries, grammar guides, audio lessons, and phrasebooks are available in the 400s section of our nonfiction collection. Languages include: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
World Language Collection
Fiction and Nonfiction books are now available in our growing World Language Collection. Current languages include French, Gujarati, Hindi, Korean, Spanish, and Tamil. More languages are coming soon.
Help build the collection by suggesting new titles and languages here.
Library Databases
The library offers the following databases freely available through the library's website:
Transparent Languages
Online language learning with lessons in over 110 languages including English.
Rocket Languages
Online language learning courses that practice pronunciation. A proven way for successful learning. Choose from Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Sign Language.
Online Resources
These free online resources are also good ways to learn a new language:
The Immigrant Learning Center
The ILC Public Education Institute has compiled resources for immigrants, refugees, parents and educators.
Boston Public Library Language Learning
Access Mango Languages and Transparent Language with a Boston Public Library eCard.
MIT Global Languages
Free college level courses with interactive content from MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx courses.
Classes
Burlington Public Library
(781) 270-1691
A 12-week free Basic English course taught by Sue MacDonald, a long time teacher of English as a Second Language. Register on our event calendar.
YMCA International Learning Center - Woburn
(781) 935-6499
Beginner and advanced ESL classes.
Boston Public Library
(617) 859-2446
The Boston Public Library offers English Language instruction in person and online