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New Resource: Mango Languages

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Research Center now offers Mango Languages for free, easy and fun foreign language learning.

We’ve added Mango Languages to our growing list of electronic resources.  Mango is the easiest and most effective way to learn to speak a foreign language.  Mango is available in two versions:

Mango Basic:

Perfect for a foreign language beginner, Mango Basic teaches everyday greetings, gratitudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period of time.  The courses, which require only two to five hours of time to complete, are currently available in 34 foreign languages and 15 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.

Mango Complete:

Mango Complete offers a 100-lesson course that digs much deeper and is designed to provide a more complete understanding of the entire language and culture. It is available in 31 foreign language and 14 ESL courses. Foreign language courses include Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.  ESL courses include Polish, Spanish and Portuguese.

It’s easy to get started, you can access Mango on and off campus – by using the following link: Mango Languages

If you have any questions – let us know!

New Resource: Research Alert

We now subscribe to Research Alert. If you’d like to check out the latest issue, please come to the Research Center, and ask for the latest issue, which is located behind the Service Desk.

What is Research Alert? From their website, “Research Alert is your inside track to what Americans are buying, watching, eating, wearing, insuring, recycling, driving. What they’re listening to, afraid of, looking forward to. How they’re relaxing, staying fit, saving. Their hobbies. Their dreams. And more. Research Alert also incorporates a special Focus On Emerging Majorities, reporting the latest statistics about Hispanic, Black and Asian American consumer behavior. The easy-to-read format includes critical highlights from more than 20 reports, surveys and studies in every issue.”