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An online language learning program, Mango teaches practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. Each lesson incorporates interactive tools and rich imagery to keep users engaged.

Learn to speak 63 languages!

For native English speakers, Mango offers interactive instruction to learn 63 languages:

Arabic (Egyptian, Iraqi, Levantine, MSA), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Finnish, French, French (Canadian), German, Greek (Ancient & Koine), Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Malay, Malayalam, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin America & Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Yiddish.

Learn to speak English!

For those whose first language is not English, Mango offers interactive instruction to learn English in 17 languages:

Arabic (Egyptian & MSA), Armenian, Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Specialty Courses

Mango also offers a number of specialty courses; of particular academic interest are those in religious and scholarly languages, including Greek (Ancient), Greek (Koine), Latin, and Biblical Hebrew.

Highlights

• Bite-sized, integrated learning of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation in an intuitive and contextual way
• Cultural insights to communicate appropriately in different contexts
• Ease-of-use and convenience: available anywhere at any time
• Personalized learning at your own pace
• User account keeps track of your progress

Features

• Animated, interactive learning: Learn through conversations
• Goal-based learning: Chapters align with conversational and grammatical goals
• Relevant learning materials: Learn words and phrases used in everyday conversation
• Cultural insights: Relevant culture notes help you connect with a new way of life
• Grammar insights: Specific grammatical issues are clarified
• Memory-building exercises: tips, tests, and quizzes
• Pronunciation helpers: Phonetic spelling helps your pronunciation
• Voice comparison tool: Record your speech to compare with native speakers to tune your accent!
• Semantic colour mapping: See the relationships between your native language and target language
• Explanation of understood and literal meanings
• Online Mango: Online access from any computer, anywhere, at any time. No CDs, DVDs, downloads, or installations required.
• Mobile Mango: Full apps for iOS and Android mobile devices–over 60 language courses in the palm of your hand!
• Support offered by online FAQs, by telephone (9am-6pm) and by email (support@mangolanguage.com)

If you would like more information about Mango, please watch this instructional video or contact Linda Roulston, Electronic Licensing Librarian at UNB Fredericton, (506-451-6879).

For additional help with using UNB Libraries’ resources, contact the help desk of any library at UNB or consult our online Research Help pages.

You can also Ask Us for help by email, by Instant Message, or by Text (506.800.9044).

The Harriet Irving Library will be open the following hours:

Saturday, January 3rd, 1-5pm

Sunday, January 4th, 1-8pm

Beginning Monday, January 5th, 2015, the HIL will be opening at 7:30am, Monday to Friday.

See a complete listing of operating hours.

UNB Libraries’ staff wish you a peaceful, joyful, and restorative holiday season.

Holiday Hours

Closed: 24 December 2014 until 1 January 2015
Reopen: 2 January 2015

Please note that hours will vary across the libraries. See full details about holiday hours.

As always, however, UNB Libraries’ e-resources will remain accessible over the course of the holidays.

Stay safe, keep warm, and we’ll see you next year!

UNB Libraries’ staff wish you “good luck” on your exams!

Just a reminder that computers and quiet study space are in high demand in all our libraries at the moment.

We ask that you please respect everyone’s academic needs.

If you are studying in the Harriet Irving Library, keep in mind that the Milham Room (Room 100) on the first floor, the Seminar Room on the fourth floor, and the study carrels located along the periphery of the building on the fourth floor are the quietest areas in the building.

Need assistance finding a quiet space? Ask at the help desk of any library at UNB.

You can also Ask Us for help by email, by Instant Message, or by Text (506.800.9044).

How well do you know your library? You can help University of New Brunswick Libraries improve our communications strategy!

Our Libraries are committed to supporting students, faculty, and staff in their learning, research and teaching. To ensure that the university community is well informed of our resources, services, and events, we are undertaking a full communications evaluation.

We want to continue to build on our strengths. We are always looking for ways to improve and develop. During this process an external firm, MediaStyle, will assess all aspects of our communications. This process will result in strategic information that will allow us to improve our communications.

As a user of the UNB Libraries, we are soliciting your valuable opinion. We hope that you will take the time to provide us with feedback. This information will feed into a series of recommendations for how we can improve our communications even further.

Please follow this link to our survey: //www.surveymonkey.com/s/UNBLibraries

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions; you can contact our Librarian Intern at Laura.Corscadden@unb.ca. We are hoping to wrap up the survey process by December 15, 2014.

Thank you for helping us to improve library services to our UNB and STU communities on the Fredericton Campus.

Sincerely,

Lesley Balcom

Interim Director of Libraries

University of New Brunswick (Fredericton)

Please be advised that UNB Libraries (HIL, Science & Forestry, Engineering & Computer Science, & South Gym) will be closing at 3:00pm on Thursday, December 18th for a holiday staff party. The Law  Library is not affected.

Regular hours will resume on Dec 19^th.

We apologize for any inconvenience.