{"id":1457,"date":"2009-12-23T16:20:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2010-01-04T11:45:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T15:45:49","slug":"make-learning-a-language-your-new-years-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2009\/12\/make-learning-a-language-your-new-years-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Make learning a language your resolution for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Year's_resolution\" target=\"_self\">Wikipedia<\/a>, learning something new (such as a foreign language or music), is one of the popular New Year&#8217;s resolutions in the United States. But what if you don&#8217;t have the time to enroll in a class and cannot afford a learning kit from <em>Rosetta Stone<\/em>? The good news is that the University of Cincinnati Libraries have a wonderful collection of books, media, and other resources for you to learn a new language. Our collections primarily support the language courses offered through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.uc.edu\/swlc\/\">School of World Languages and Cultures<\/a>\u00a0and offer resources for learning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/languages\/arabic.html\" target=\"_self\">Arabic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/languages\/chinese.html\" target=\"_self\">Chinese<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/languages\/hebrew.html\" target=\"_self\">Hebrew<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/languages\/japanese.html\" target=\"_self\">Japanese<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-admin\/russian\/index.html\">Russian<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-admin\/swahili.html\">Swahili<\/a>. We also have vast collections in the areas of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/german_studies\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">German Studies <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/romance_languages\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Romance Languages and Literatures<\/a>. Find links to Internet and library resources and tips for finding videos and DVDs in foreign languages and\/or about countries or cultures at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/research\/subject_resources\/languages\/languages.html\" target=\"_self\">Language Resources page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are making a New Year&#8217;s resolution this year and you commit to learning a language and\/or facts about a country or culture, the University of Cinciinati Libraries will help you to achieve your goal! Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Cinciinati Libraries have a wealth of resources for language learners and those interested in learning about other cultures. <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2009\/12\/make-learning-a-language-your-new-years-resolution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[45,81,80,79],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uclibraries","tag-books-and-more","tag-cultures","tag-foreign-languages","tag-languages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}