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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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501 Latin Verbs
by Joseph Wohlberg, Richard E. Prior
from Barron's
for 7th-Adult
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
A Veces Las Cosas Cambian
Mis Primeros Libros
by Patricia Eastman
for Preschool-1st grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Alphabet of Animal Signs
Beginning Sign Language
by S. Harold Collins
from Garlic Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
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)
American Sign Language Phrase Book
by Lou Fant & Barbara Bernstein Fant, illustrated by Betty G. Miller
from McGraw-Hill
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Amo, Amas, Amat and More
by Eugene Ehrlich
from HarperCollins
for 9th-12th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Athenaze Book I
by Maurice Balme, Gilbert Lawall, and revised by James Morwood
Third Edition from Oxford University
for 9th-Adult
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$30.00 (1 in stock)
Baby word book - Chinese and English
for Nursery-3rd grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Barron's Spanish Vocabulary
by Julianne Dueber
from Barron's
for 3rd-12th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Basic Course in Sign Language
by Carol Padden, Terrence J. O'Rourke, Tom Humphries
from TJ Publishers
for 5th-9th grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
5th edition from Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
for Adult
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$40.00 (1 in stock)
Cambridge Latin Course - Unit 1 (old)
by North American Cambridge Classics Project
4th edition from Cambridge University
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Edition Foreign Language (Location: OFL-MIX)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Cambridge Latin Course - Unit 1 (old)
by North American Cambridge Classics Project
4th edition from Cambridge University
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Edition Foreign Language (Location: OFL-MIX)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Caring for Young Children
Beginning Sign Language Series
by S. Harold Collins
from Garlic Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
by Selected and Edited by Robert Wyndham, Illustrated by Ed Young
from Philomel Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes (Location: PIC-MG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Chinese through Tone & Color w/2 CDs
from Hippocrene Books
for 6th-Adult
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
Coat of Many Colors/El Abrigo de Muchos Colores
by Dolly Parton, illustrated by Brooke Boynton-Hughes
Imagination Library Edition from Grosset & Dunlap
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Collins French Concise Dictionary Plus Grammar
3rd Edition from HarperCollins
for 7th-Adult
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Cuckoo / Cucu
by Lois Ehlert
from Harcourt, Brace & Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Essential Arabic
Com/Pap Bl from Living Language
for 10th grade-adult
in Arabic (Location: FL-GEN)
$22.99 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Essentials of New Testament Greek
by Ray Summers
from Broadman & Holman
for 10th-Adult
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Everything Learning Latin Book
by Richard E. Prior Ph.D.
from Adams Media Corp.
for 8th-12th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia
by Carmen Lomas Garza
from Lee & Low Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
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 (2 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)
$21.15 $12.00 (2 in stock)
First Start French Level I - Teacher Edition
by Danielle L. Schultz
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$21.15 $12.00 (2 in stock)
First Thousand Words in English
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
$6.50 (1 in stock)
First Thousand Words in English
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
$7.50 (1 in stock)
First Thousand Words in Latin
by Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
First Thousand Words in Spanish
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
French 1 - Activities Manual
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$9.00 (5 in stock)
French 1 - Activities Manual Teacher Edition
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th-9th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$4.00 (4 in stock)
French 1 - Student Worktext
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$14.00 (4 in stock)
French-Ruled Notebook
from Unknown Publisher
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
GCSE Greek Bundle
by John Taylor, Judith Affleck, Clive Letchford
from Bloomsbury Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$60.00 (1 in stock)
Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament
for Adult
in Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
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 New Testament According to the Majority Text
by Zane C. Hodges, Arthur L. Farstad, editors
2nd Ed from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for Adult
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$40.00 (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)
Gullywasher (bilingual)
by Joyce Rossi
from Luna Rising
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.61 $4.00 (1 in stock)
It's Not Greek to Me DVD
by Todd Friel
from Master Books
for 10th-12th grade
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Joy of Signing Puzzle Book 2
Reprint from Logion Press
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Kitten Named Birthday
by Janet Heatwole
from Christian Light Education
for 2nd-4th grade
in Christian Light Reading (Location: REA-CLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Language of Angels
by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Karla Gudeon
from Charlesbridge
for Preschool-2nd grade
in History of Books & Language (Location: HISV-BOOK)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Latin 1 - Student Textbook
from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in BJU Foreign Language (older editions) (Location: OBJU-FL)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language
by Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller
from The Teaching Company
for 9th-Adult
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$30.00 (1 in stock)
Latin I - Activities Manual Teacher's Edition
by Edith E. Smith
from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in BJU Foreign Language (older editions) (Location: OBJU-FL)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Latin I - Teacher's Edition
by Edith E. Smith
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in BJU Foreign Language (older editions) (Location: OBJU-FL)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Latin I - Test Answer Key
by Edith E. Smith
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in BJU Foreign Language (older editions) (Location: OBJU-FL)
$3.00 (2 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)
Latin Workspace 1
by Leigh Bortins
from Classical Conversations
for 7th-9th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$17.80 $9.50 (2 in stock)
Latin Workspace B
by Leigh Bortins
from Classical Conversations
for 7th-9th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$17.80 $12.00 (2 in stock)
Latin-American Spanish Dictionary
2nd edition from Random House
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Learn Chinese with Me Book 1 - Set
from People's Education Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Les Ravageurs
by Jean-Henri Fabre
from Benj. H. Sandbourn & Co.
for 9th-Adult
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Lingua Latina - Teacher's Manual
by Hans H. Orberg
from Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
for 9th-12th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Lingua Latina: A Companion to Familia Romana
by Jeanne Marie Neumann
2nd edition from Hackett Publishing Company
for 10th-12th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$28.00 (1 in stock)
Lingua Latina: Pars I: Exercitia Latina I
by Hans H. Orberg
from Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
for 9th-12th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana
by Hans H. Orberg
Revised from Hackett Publishing Company
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$22.00 (1 in stock)
Living With Deafness
by Emma Haughton
from Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishing
for 2nd-5th grade
in Special Needs / Learning Disabilities (Location: HSR-SPEC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Merriam-Webster's Spanish - English Dictionary
from Merriam-Webster
for 5th-Adult
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Minimus
by Barbara Bell
from Cambridge University
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: Foreign Language (Location: ZCLE-FL)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Minimus Secundus
by Barbara Bell
from Cambridge University
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: Foreign Language (Location: ZCLE-FL)
$10.00 (8 in stock)
My First Spanish ABC Picture - Coloring Book
from Dover Publications
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.99 $2.50 (2 in stock)
N'Heures Souris Rames: The Coucy Castle Manuscript
from St. Martin's Press
for Adult
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
National Latin Exam - Introduction
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Form Latin Series (Location: FL-LATFORM)
$8.00 (3 in stock)
National Latin Exam - Level 1
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Form Latin Series (Location: FL-LATFORM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Norte, sur, este y oeste
by Allan Fowler
from Children's Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Orbis Pictus
by Timothy Griffith
from Canon Press
for 5th-10th grade
in Canon Press Latin (Location: FL-LATCAN)
$20.00 $14.00 (3 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary
by James Morwood & John Taylor (editors)
from Oxford University
for 10th-Adult
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Que animal es?
by Sofia Balzola, illustrated by Pablo Barrena
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$1.60 (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)
$10.40 (1 in stock)
Seeing Fingers
by Etta DeGering, illustrated by Emil Weiss
from David McKay Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament
by F. Wilbur Gingrich, Revised by Frederick W. Danker
2nd edition from University of Chicago
for Adult
in Bible Concordances & Word Study (Location: XBI-CONC)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Signing at School
Beginning Sign Language
by S. Harold Collins, Dahna Solar
from Garlic Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Snowy Day / Un Dia De Nieve
by Ezra Jack Keats
from Penguin Young Readers
Poetry for Kindergarten-2nd grade
1963 Caldecott Medal winner
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Song of the Cid
by Anonymous
Dual Language from Penguin Classics
for 10th-Adult
in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$16.15 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Spanish Picture Word Book - Coloring Book
from Dover Publications
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
Spanish Search-a-Word Picture Puzzles
by Deb T. Bunnell, Kathy Casey
from Dover Publications
for 1st-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$5.99 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Stephanie and the Coyote in Navajo and English
by Jack L. Crowder, translated by William Morgan, Sr.
from Jack L. Crowder
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Foreign Language (Location: FL-GEN)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Tour Guide: Latin
from Classical Conversations
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Traditional Chinese Early Word Book
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Traditional Chinese Rhymes
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Trivium Tables: Latin
from Classical Conversations
for 7th-12th grade
in Classical Conversations (Location: CUR-CC)
$14.40 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Veni, Vidi, Vici
by Eugene Ehrlich
from Harper Perennial
for 5th-Adult
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$8.00 (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 (2 in stock)
Visual Latin 1 - Teacher's Guide
by Dwane Thomas
from Compass Classroom
for 3rd-8th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
$17.50 (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)
Zondervan Parallel New Testament in Greek and English
by Alfred Marshall
from Zondervan
for 11th-Adult
in Bibles (Location: X-BIBLES)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
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