Ever tried to communicate with a waiter or a taxi driver in a foreign country and don’t know the magic words to say to get what you wanted? Knowing the language makes your trip much more rewarding and it also enhances your understanding of the culture.
So come on down and check out our selection of easy-to-use phrase books to bring with you. Our language materials circulate for three weeks and can be renewed for your convenience.
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As summer rolls around and people start traveling, we’ve seen a gradual increase in traffic in the Language Center area. These are people who inquire about our ESL programs & services or asking for a simple immigration form to become a US citizen.
On our Language Center website, we try to provide answers to the information most often asked for and arrange them in a logical fasion for easy access. For example, click on the “Learn English” box above to get information on ESL programs available in the library and around Danbury. Click on “Citizenship” to get to the US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) website to download the immigration forms you need. For those of you who would like to learn a new language, click on “Learn Another Language” on left to go to either the Tell Me More program–an online language-learning program–or other related resources.
Please let us know if you have any questions by emailing us or make a comment on this blog. We thank you for your patronage and hope you find this information helpful. Don’t forget to check out the library’s new summer hours and the new lab hours before visiting us at the library.
Thank you and enjoy your summer!
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The Language Center has become an inviting place to sit and read on a rainy day when work is scarce. Pick up a copy of free Spanish- or Portuguese-language newspapers or browse through a selection of magazines in your native language. Here’s a list of the magazines we carry:
| Title | Language | Subject |
| Buen Vida | Spanish | General Interest |
| Hispanic | Spanish | General Interest |
| Hispanic Business | Spanish | Business |
| Hola | Spanish | General Interest |
| Latina | Spanish | Women’s Interest |
| People en español | Spanish | General Interest |
| Selecciones del Reader’s Digest | Spanish | General Interest |
| TV y Novelas | Spanish | General Interest |
| Urban Latino | Spanish | General Interest |
| Vanidades | Spanish | Women’s Interest |
| Veja | Portuguese | General Interest |
| Yazhou Zhoukan | Chinese | General Interest |
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One of the biggest complaints to learning a language is that you’d either have to have a CD or tape player or be tied to a computer. Danbury Library carries a selection of popular languages in playaways for you to choose from. You can now learn French or Spanish while jogging or cooking.
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If you like using Rosetta Stone to learn another language, you’ll probably like Tell Me More. It offers popular language choices such as Spanish, French, German, and Italian. Tell Me More is a comprehensive program which covers all of the essential areas of language acquisition: reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary, and culture. You may also choose from 14 different languages to personalize your menu. You will need a Danbury Library card to access the program.
(Click on the logo to access Tell Me More.)
