Learning a new language?

Are you learning a new language? Could you use some supplementary items to enhance your learning? This month the CTC iCommons library is featuring foreign language titles. Here is a sampling of what’s available.

Streetwise French Dictionary/Thesaurus: The User-Friendly Guide to French Slang and Idioms by Ian Pickup

This reference guide to French expressions and slang provides over 2000 terms and expressions. Topics are organized into subcategories where information can quickly be located.

 American Sign Language Dictionary by Martin L.A. Sternberg

This illustrated book has easy to understand instructions for each sign. There are more than 500 signs and 8000 illustrations.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning Spanish Third Edition by Gail Stein

This is a beginning-level Spanish book offering a Spanish/English dictionary, exercises and answers, expanded vocabulary plus phrases and illustrations.

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English/Russian by Norma Shapiro

This dictionary contains illustrations of over 3500 words. It includes  topics aiming to meet the language needs of beginning and intermediate young adult and adult learners of American English.

Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way Third Edition by Marcel Danesi

This edition instructs the basics of reading, writing, understanding and speaking using illustrations, games and puzzles.

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