{"id":13474,"date":"2019-08-20T10:41:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13474"},"modified":"2019-08-20T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:41:25","slug":"free-online-language-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/free-online-language-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Online Language Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever wish you had the time to learn Chinese? Or brush up your high school French?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Libraries\u2019 subscription to Mango Languages, you can take free, self-paced online language courses in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mangolanguages.com\/available-languages\/\">more than 70 languages<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/46\/files\/2019\/08\/Start-the-conversation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13485\" src=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/46\/files\/2019\/08\/Start-the-conversation-1024x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or take advantage of courses on medical terminology in Spanish or business idioms in Mandarin Chinese.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Create an account for your personal use:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">First-time Mango users must create a user profile. When creating <br \/>your account, go through <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.mangolanguages.com\/login?gymToken=YTZhZDNkZTkyZDAwMmQzOTg6dXVpZD0tMSxleHA9MTU3Njc2NzA1NyxpcD0xLHVybD0wLGE9NTMwOCxjbGllbnRfaXA9MTYwLjM2LjE5NS4xNQ==\">the UTK link<\/a> on our A-Z databases page. <br \/>After account set-up, you can log-in from anywhere. <br \/>Each registered user can add <strong>five extra accounts <br \/>to share with family and friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Courses are accessible from a <strong>web browser or an app<\/strong>. Learning is based on realistic conversations among native speakers but includes vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar lessons as well as cultural cues.<\/p>\n<p>Mango even offers a selection of <strong>movies<\/strong> in various languages that can be slowed down for scene-by-scene or even line-by-line viewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wish you had the time to learn Chinese? Or brush up your high school French? 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