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International Student Guide: Boston Public Library Language Resources

Resources to help international students navigate American college libraries, understand plagiarism, and find materials in multiple languages.

ESL Classes

Visit the Boston Public Library's Learning English page to learn about ESL conversation groups, tutoring, software, books, and audiovisual materials provided free of charge at the Copley Branch.

World Languages Collection

The Boston Public Library collects materials in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Haitian-Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish-Gaelic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.