Monday, June 25, 2012

Asian Language Resources at the Library

Hello! It's been a while since I've updated this blog. I have been busy attending the FREE Tagalog class at the Main Library, which runs until Filipino Pride Day in October. This is the first Tagalog class I've ever heard of in Jacksonville and classes are currently closed to new students, so if you would like to attend one in the future, please contact the Main Library at (904) 630-2665.

If you want to learn on your own, there are books in many different languages you can use to practice the language you are learning.


East Asian

Chinese
Reading materials
Children's books
Filipino / Tagalog
Reading materials
Children's books
Japanese / Nihongo or 日本語
Reading materials / 材料を読むこと
Children's books / 子供たちの本
Korean / 한국말; 韓國말
Reading materials
Children's books
Vietnamese / tiếng Việt
Reading materials
Children's books

South Asian

Bengali / বাংলা or baŋla
Reading materials
Gujarati / ગુજરાતી or Gujarātī
Reading materials
Children's books
Hindi / हिन्दी, हिंदी
Reading materials
Children's books
Khmer / Mon-Khmer
Reading materials
Children's books
Marathi /Marāthī
Reading materials
Tamil / தமிழ் or Thamizh
Reading materials
Children's books
Urdu / اُردو or Urdū
Reading materials

Middle East

Hebrew / עברית or 'Ivrit
Reading materials
Children's books
Arabic / العربية or al-‘arabiyyah
Reading materials
Children's books


Source: http://jpl.coj.net/coll/international_lang.html