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If you're learning a foreign language, you can't spend too much time familiarizing yourself with it. One's native tongue takes no effort, at least on a purely communicative level; acquiring a knowledge of French or Mandarin or Swahili requires not only that you learn an unfamiliar vocabulary and grammar, but that you think like native speakers. A language is a reflection of values and culture as much as words and sentences.

Many foreign language courses employ an immersion method, simply drowning students in the language until they begin to absorb it on their own. This is generally a good idea, but even the most comprehensive immersion program will leave gaps, and those are often best filled with supplemental resources and books designed for just that purpose.

For young kids, a lot of these are primarily introductory: picture books that identify familiar images (cars, apples, etc.) with foreign phrases (the Usborne First Thousand Words books come to mind), audio to guide pronunciation, workbooks, and the like. The highly visual nature of most of these resources draws kids in immediately, and starts them on the path to foreign language acquisition painlessly and almost without their knowledge.

As students get older, they'll need more grammar- and communication-oriented material. The 501.....Verbs series is a great place to learn conjugations and usage. Flippers offer quick reference both to basic vocabulary and common grammar issues. There are a plethora of books for Greek and Latin students, many of them worktexts designed for reinforcement.

At every stage, learners need to put their knowledge to practical use. Finding native speakers to converse with is always an excellent choice, but if none are available, reading stories or books in the new language is both challenging and highly rewarding. Many English-language classics are available in translation, or you can read foreign works in the original language.

It's important to remember that learning a new language isn't like riding a bicycle: if you don't practice frequently, you're likely to forget the skills and knowledge you've obtained. Many of the books you'll find in this section can help keep you sharp and in practice. A lot of resources are also available online, and often the level of interaction these provide is exactly what students need.

We'd also encourage you to browse our geography and history sections to find books, maps and other materials that provide deeper understanding of the culture and customs of the nations where the language you're studying is spoken. Language codifies many of the attitudes and beliefs of those who speak it, and understanding what those are can only deepen your understanding of the language itself.

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American Sign Language for Kids
by Rochelle Barlow
from Rockridge Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Arabic in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
2nd edition from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Arabic (Location: FL-GEN)
Avion My Uncle Flew
by Cyrus Fisher, illustrated by Richard Floethe
from Purple House Press
for 5th-7th grade
1947 Newbery Honor Book
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$13.95
Biblical Hebrew - Set
by Kim McKay
from Alef Press
for 4th-12th grade
in Biblical Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
$101.50
Biblical Hebrew: A Homeschool Primer
by Kim McKay
from Alef Press
for 4th-12th grade
in Biblical Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
Biblical Hebrew: Annotations and Answers
by Kim McKay
from Alef Press
for 4th-12th grade
in Biblical Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
Biblical Hebrew: Show and Tell DVD
by Kim McKay
from Alef Press
for 4th-12th grade
in Biblical Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
Chinese in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
7th edition from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
Chinese through Tone & Color w/2 CDs
from Hippocrene Books
for 6th-Adult
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
by Donald Borror
1st edition from Mayfield Publishing Co.
for 4th-Adult
in Vocabulary Resources (Location: REF-VOC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
1st edition from Amulet Books
for 3rd-7th grade
2015 Newbery Honor Book
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
$14.99
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
2020 Living Book Press Edition from Amulet Books
for 3rd-7th grade
2015 Newbery Honor Book
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
El Espanol Facil
from Great Commission Languages
for 4th-Adult
in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
Feathers
by Jacqueline Woodson
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 4th-7th grade
2008 Newbery Honor Book
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$8.99
First Start French Level I - Kit
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
First Start French Level I - Pronunciation CD
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$10.00 $6.00 (1 in stock)
First Start French Level I - Student Edition
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$20.50
First Start French Level I - Teacher Edition
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$20.50 $12.00 (1 in stock)
First Start French Level II - Kit
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
First Start French Level II - Pronunciation CDs
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$10.00
First Start French Level II - Student Edition
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$20.50
First Start French Level II - Teacher Edition
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$20.50
French 1 - Activities Manual Teacher Edition
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th-9th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$12.00 (4 in stock)
French for Children Primer A - Set
from Classical Academic Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$126.53
French for Children Primer B - Set
from Classical Academic Press
for 4th-6th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$126.53
French for Children Primer B - Student Text
by Joshua Kraut & David Spieser, PhD
from Classical Academic Press
for 5th-7th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$26.95
French in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
7th edition from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
French Picture Word Book
from Dover Publications
for 3rd-6th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$4.99
French-Ruled Notebook
from Unknown Publisher
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Gallaudet: Friend of the Deaf
by Etta DeGering, illustrated by Emil Weiss
from David McKay Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
German in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in German (Location: FL-GEN)
German Picture Word Book
by Barbara Steadman, Hayward Cirker
from Dover Publications
for 3rd-6th
in German (Location: FL-GEN)
$3.99
Getting Started with Latin
by William E. Linney
from Armfield Academic Press
for 3rd-12th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$13.00 (3 in stock)
Greek Alphabetarion
by Harvey Bluedorn
from Trivium Pursuit
for 5th-8th grade
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$28.00 $19.50 (1 in stock)
Guide to Italy
by Brian Williams
from Highlights for Children
for 1st-6th grade
in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
Hebrew Alphabet - Coloring Book
by Chaya Burstein
from Dover Publications
for 1st-6th grade
in Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
$3.99
Hebrew in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
Hebrew the Audio-Lingual Way
for 4th-10th grade
in Clearance: Foreign Language (Location: ZCLE-FL)
$2.50 (2 in stock)
Hebrew Word Pictures
from Hebrew Heart Media
for 4th-Adult
in Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
$34.95
Italian in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Italian (Location: FL-ITA)
Italian Picture Word Book - Coloring Book
from Dover Publications
for 3rd-6th grade
in Italian (Location: FL-ITA)
Japanese in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Japanese (Location: FL-GEN)
Jonah Copybook
by Kim McKay
from Alef Press
for 4th-12th grade
in Biblical Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
Larousse Picture Dictionary English-Spanish w/CD
by Natacha Diaz, illustrated by Peter Brophy
from Larousse
for 1st-6th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Latin II - Student Textbook
by Edith E. Smith
from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th-9th grade
in BJU Foreign Language (older editions) (Location: OBJU-FL)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Latin II - Test Answer Key
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th-9th grade
in BJU Foreign Language (older editions) (Location: OBJU-FL)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Learn to Sign the Fun Way
by Penny Warner
from Three Rivers Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$16.00
Minimus Secundus
by Barbara Bell
from Cambridge University
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: Foreign Language (Location: ZCLE-FL)
$10.00 (9 in stock)
Orbis Pictus
by Timothy Griffith
from Canon Press
for 5th-10th grade
in Canon Press Latin (Location: FL-LATCAN)
$20.00
Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing
by Rod R. Butterworth and Mickey Flodin
3rd edition from Perigee Books
for 3rd-Adult
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit
by Dr. Seuss
from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Christmas Stories (in Latin) for 3rd-6th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
Russian in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Russian (Location: FL-GEN)
Ruth Translation Workbook
by Kim McKay
from Alef Press
for 4th-12th grade
in Biblical Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
$14.95
Signing for Kids
by Mickey Flodin
from Penguin Putnam
for 3rd-6th grade
Parent's Choice
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$17.00
Spanish Verbs: Ser and Estar
from Hippocrene Books
for 6th-12th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Spanish/English Grammar (ESL) Flipper
from Christopher Lee Publications
for 6th-12th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$7.96 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Speaking Spanish: An Introductory Course
by Ruth R. Ginsburg, Robert J. Nassi
from Allyn and Bacon
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Tintin Au Congo (French)
Adventures of Tintin
by Herge
from Casterman Editions
Comic Book for 4th-10th grade
in Adventures of Tintin (Location: COM-TIN)
Tintin in the Congo
Adventures of Tintin
by Herge
2016 Printing from Casterman Editions
Comic Book for 4th-10th grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$35.00
University of Chicago Spanish-English Dictionary
6th edition
for 5th-12th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Visual Latin 1
by Dwane Thomas
from Compass Classroom
for 3rd-8th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$65.00 (1 in stock)
Visual Latin 2
from Compass Classroom
for 3rd-8th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$85.00 $65.00 (2 in stock)
We Can Sign!
by Tara Adams, illustrated by Natalia Sanabria
from Rockridge Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
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