Language Resources
- ListenAlaska- Foreign Language Study
- Audio and ebook resources that can be downloaded, burned to CD or transferred to a portable device. Take your language learning with you anywhere! Includes popular series like 'Dr. Blair's- In No Time', 'Immersionplus', 'Global Access' and 'Hear Say' (Kids Language Program).
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Mango Languages
- Learning a language should be fun! Each lesson incorporates interactive tools and rich imagery that eliminates boredom and keeps you engaged. Go as fast or as slow as you want, and customize your experience by using the tools that you find most helpful. You’ll see progress with every lesson and be encouraged to keep talking. Great for all ages.
- 37 Mango Basic Courses (22 Foreign Languages including Tagalog + 15 ESL Courses)
- 29 Mango Complete Courses (16 Foreign Languages and 13 ESL Courses)
- Unlimited download of the Mango Languages Mobile App.
- Requires enabled Javascript and free Adobe Flash Player.
- Mango Languages is available to all Alaska residents thanks to the Digital Pipeline: Alaska's conduit for information (sponsored by the Alaska State Library and the Alaska Library Network).
- If you encounter problems accessing Mango please contact Jonas Lamb, Electronic Services Librarian, 586-0442.
- Little Pim
(DVDs for check-out)
- Award-winning foreign language immersion DVD series for babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
- Three theme-based DVDs (Playtime, Waking Up Smiling, Eating and Drinking) use the unique Entertainment Immersion Method™, which combines animation and real kids, teaching simple words and phrases for everyday activities.
- Available in Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Hebrew.
- Young children respond enthusiastically to Little Pim’s format, a combination of animation and live action.
- Each 35-minute DVD is segmented into seven 5-minute episodes to accommodate a young child’s attention span and encourage pausing for parent interaction. Simple sentences are broken down into easy-to-understand parts, and reinforced through repetition.
- Tlingit Language Resources (select resources from SHI Language Resources)
- Clan Names, Curriculum, Games, interactive multi-media vocabulary tools and more.
- Anash Interactive: interactive Tlingit games, comics and videos on the adventures of the character Anash. Write your own stories, make your own comics and more...
- Latseen Basketball: Learn Tlingit words for basketball in an interactive environment. Requires Flash.
- Shanyaak'utlaax: (Salmon Boy) a Tlingit story written in Tlingit and produced by SHI. Includes bi-lingual text.
- Tlingit Noun Dictionary: Look up nouns by subject or use the English to Tlingit translation tool.
- Tlingit Verb Database: a searchable database of more than 575 Tlingit verbs
- Weekly Tlingit Language Lesson:
5-minute weekly lessons, audio (mp3) by Marsha Hotch. Produced by KHNS-FM (Haines).
