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Language Learning offered by Seattle Public Library at Central Library

Learn English or another language with our free classes, conversation circles and online resources. We offer free classes for practicing English skills for daily life, work, and citizenship in our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. Join one of our free English Circle conversation groups to practice with others learning English. Mango Languages is an interactive tool offers more than 70 languages, including English, for children and adults.

Physical Address

1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

Hours

M-Th, 10am-8pm F Sa, 10am-6pm Su, noon-6pm.

Application process

Visit in person or call for information about programs offered at library locations throughout the city of Seattle. For direct assistance in Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Oromo or Amharic, call (206) 684-0849.

Fee

None.

Eligibility

Any English language learners, as well as any immigrants preparing for U. S. citizenship.

Languages

Mandarin

Multi-lingual materials

Spanish

Russian

Vietnamese

Cantonese

Agency info

Seattle Public Library

Loans library materials, including books, videos, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs, books on tape, audio tapes and other materials. Provides public access to a variety of computer resources, age-specific programs, computer classes, literacy and ESL resources, world language collections and general reference information.