Monday, May 5, 2008

Summer Reading for Language Students

The semester is almost over and the summer is a great time to catch up on some leisurely reading. Have you thought about reading a short story or novel written by your favorite author in their native language? This can help you improve your language skills. Check our catalog to see if we have the original version. Here are a few examples:

Spanish
Como agau para chocolate: novela de Entregas Mensaules con Recetas, Amores y Remedios Caseros by Laura Esquivel.
PQ 7298.15 S638 C66 1992

French
Contes et Nouvelles by Guy de Maupassant
PQ 2349 A2 1974b

German
Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa...Erzahlungen by Heinrich Boll
PT 2603 O394 W3 1967

Arabic
Sadder than Water: new and selected poems by Samih Al-Qasim (poems written in both Arabic and English)
PJ 7858 A78 A2 2006

Japanese
One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets by H.H. Honda (poems written in both Japanese and English)
PL 884 O333

Russian
6 Soviet One-Act Plays: a dramatic portrait of modern Russia
PG 3242 .P3 1989

Dutch
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank
D 810 J4 F72x 1974

Are you just beginning to learn a new language? Check our catalog for language cd's, dictionaries, and phrase books.

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