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International Language Resources


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International Language Collection Literacy Collection
Foreign Language Films  

International Language Book Collection

The International Language Book Collection consists of adult fiction and some non-fiction titles in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. These books may be checked out for 3 weeks. They are not available for interloan. To see a list of foreign language holdings at other libraries click click on the following link.

 

International Language Periodical Collection

The Novi Public Library currently subscribes to the following foreign language periodicals and newspapers:

Cheng Ming (Chinese)

Pakeeza (Urdu)

Chitralekha (Gujarati)

Paris Match (French)

Ekata (Marathi)

People en Espanol (Spanish)

India Abroad (English)

Sarita (Hindi)

India Today (English)

Shukan Asahi (Japanese)

Korean Quarterly (Korean)

Der Spiegel (German)

Kumudam (Tamil)

Taiwan Panorama (Chinese)

Ogonek (Russian)

World Journal (Chinese)

 

 

International Language Films 

The Novi Public Library offers international language films, unless otherwise noted the films are in DVD format:

 International Movie List

Recent International Movies - Winter 2012

 

Rosetta Stone Software

Check out a headset and microphone from the Information Desk to use this interactive software in the Library.  Choose from:  Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English (UK), English (US), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (BR), Russian, Spanish (Latin American), and Spanish (Spain) languages.  Only available in the Library.

 

Powerspeak Online Database

Powerspeak:  On-line language learning in the library or remote with your Novi Library Card.  Languages offered include French, German, Mandarin, Spanish and an ESL component for Spanish speakers.  Watch for new languages.  

 

Literacy and English as a Second Language Collections

The Literacy and ESL collections serve our patrons with an interest in Adult Basic Literacy (ABL) and English as a Second Language (ESL). We have a wide variety of workbooks, newspapers, grammar books, dictionaries and adult new reader books to be used by ESL and ABL students and tutors.  We have test preparation materials for the TOEFL exam and U.S. Citizenship test.  The Library offers an English Conversation Group that meets regularly.  See the Events Calendar for dates and times.

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