Scarsdale, NY - The  Scarsdale  Public  Library  now  offers  three  online language learning tools for children and adults.

 

All are available at no cost to Scarsdale library patrons and can be easily accessed via the library’s website.

 

Whether users want to become multilingual, or just need to pick up a few key phrases for their next  trip  abroad,  the  Mango  Language  program  available  through  the  Library  is  perfect.  With more than 50 different languages for adults to choose from, and English as a Second Language courses, Mango is convenient, fun and easy to use.

Scarsdale  kids  can  join  the  millions  worldwide  who  have  learned  a  second  language  using MUZZY, the British Broadcasting Corporations’ Language Course for Children. At an age when it’s easiest for them to learn, MUZZY surrounds kids with visual, aural and contextual language, employing a natural immersion approach, modeled on the way we all learn our first language.

For those who want to learn  American Sign  Language (ASL), the Scarsdale Library offers the ultimate online learning assistant. Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high-resolution videos of ASL signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada. Users can view large sign videos, build their own word lists and share them with others, create virtual flash cards and quizzes, print signs, build sign phrases, and more.

“Promoting  lifelong  learning  is  part  of  our  mission,”  explains  Scarsdale  Library  Executive Director Elizabeth Bermel. “The opportunity to learn another language, or sign language, at no cost, utilizing the nation’s best software and technology, is a tremendous benefit to patronage of our library.”

Scarsdale  Library  cardholders  can  access  Mango,  MUZZY  and  Signing  Savvy  here: http://www.scarsdalelibrary.org/resources/languagetools.html.

The Scarsdale Public Library is located at 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY, 10583. Phone: (914) 722-1300. Website: www.scarsdalelibrary.org.