Learn a New Language and Connect with Your Library, too!
Language learning from Mango is fun, easy, interactive, and FREE through your local library
We are really excited about our new partnership with Mango Languages that gives everyone the chance to start learning a new language for free through their local library. You don’t even need a library card today to get started. Mango will even help you get one.
EveryLibrary is excited to work with Mango Languages to help every person in the United States who wants to start learning a new language have free personal access to over 70+ languages through their public library through June 30th, 2020.
Through the end of June 2020, Mango Languages is partnering with public libraries across America to offer their courses to folks with or without a library card anywhere in the country. You can get started right away by registering on the Mango Languages site with just your zip code. This gives you immediate access to the whole Mango catalog and connects you with your local library for all that it has to offer digitally and online.
Brush up on a new language for fun, to expand your ability to communicate across the world, or to give yourself a competitive edge professionally. Mango has interactive lessons that emphasize conversational skills and cultural education, as well as a collection of foreign films in a variety of languages with a breakdown of the dialogue especially created for language instruction. For those who are learning English, Mango offers English instruction in over 20 different languages as well.
Let’s face it — most of us aren’t venturing too far outside of our neighborhoods at the moment, let alone the country. By learning a new language you have an opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture and customs of another nation, leading to increased cultural awareness and appreciation. Foreign language learning has been shown to make people more open to the new and unknown and more tolerant of diversity. Nelson Mandela once famously said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
Sign up now to get started learning a new language or improving your skills through the library.
Learning a new language is good for your brain. Research has shown that people who speak more than one language have improved cognitive abilities. Language learning can boost your memory, enhance your problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, focus your concentration and ability to multitask, and help you develop better listening skills. Learning another language is like giving your whole brain a workout.
Learning a new language helps you connect with your roots. With the popularity of home DNA-testing kits such as 23andMe genealogy has become the new American pastime, with millions of people eager to learn more about where they came from. But your genes can only tell you so much. Exploring one of the languages of your ancestry allows you to make a deeper connection with your heritage and even discover new personal connections with your parents and grandparents, or even long-lost relatives in other countries.
Learning a new language helps you with school. Did you know that students who know Latin score higher on average in the verbal portion of their SATs, and that learning a foreign language is correlated with higher standardized testing scores overall? High school students who learn a foreign language independently can take the AP Exam for college credit or test out of undergraduate language requirements, and demonstrated knowledge of foreign languages helps students stand out in the college admissions process.
Learning a new language is a great way to get ahead in your job. How many job applications have you seen recently which say “Ability to speak Spanish preferred?” As business becomes more global the demand for professionals who are bilingual or multilingual is growing. Knowing a foreign language can increase your chances of getting hired, receiving a higher salary, and opening up future career growth opportunities. Mango also has specialized lessons in select languages (such as Spanish and Mandarian Chinese) covering a variety of business, legal, and medical topics. Learn how to run meetings, and conduct negotiations in another language, or brush up on your conversational skills in order to network and socialize with business partners or clients from around the world.
Learning a new language makes you a better reader and writer. Understanding how a foreign language works gives you a unique insight into your native language and better appreciation for precision and clarity of thought. Author, world traveler, and English as a Foreign Language instructor Anne Merritt says, “Learning a foreign language draws your focus to the mechanics of language: grammar, conjugations, and sentence structure. This makes you more aware of language, and the ways it can be structured and manipulated.”
One of the best things about language instruction is that it almost always starts from scratch, which means people of all ages can easily learn a new language together. Whether it’s preparing your family for a future trip abroad or simply to have a change of pace from playing the same board games or binging the same programs on Netflix during quarantine, language learning can be a fun activity for the whole family. Want to take your mind off worrying for an afternoon? Use Mango to learn how to speak Pirate with your kids!
As you can see, there are many good reasons to learn a new language, and right now Mango Languages is making it easier than ever to get started. With their intuitive interface, support for multiple devices, and a learning process that adapts to your progress and fits your unique learning style, Mango gives you everything you need to explore the exciting and wonderfully enriching world of foreign languages.
