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Materials in our Collection

Magazines & Newspapers

Arlington Public Library Spanish Resources

Taiwan panorama (Central, Southeast)

Van nghe tien phong (Central, Southeast)

Community Resources

Arlington Reads

English as a Second Language resources.

Fort Worth/Arlington French Meetup Group

Websites

Ethnologue

"An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages."

Foreign Languages for Travellers

Information resources regarding travel and foreign language materials.

Google Language Tools

Use Google to search in different languages and translate a web page.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online

Free online dictionary, thesaurus, spanish-english and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games and more!

Openculture

Free foreign language lessons

Word2Word

Language Dictionaries and Translators