Self-study software for English learners

The resources that are listed below can help you to study English on your own. All the resources listed below are available as a mobile application and as a website. You can access these resources from your mobile phone, your tablet or from the internet browser on your computer.

Transparent Language 

This application teaches you English using your native language. Following languages are supported: Amharic,  Arabic (Modern Standard), Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), Czech, Dari, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

This application is free for people who have a library card at the Aurora Public Library. The library can help you to register a library card and install the application.

Mango Languages

This application teaches you English using your native language. Following languages are supported: Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Armenian, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin American), Haitian Creole, Egyptian, Greek, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Hmong, Arabic (Modern Standard), French, Italian, Polish, Somali, Vietnamese.

This application is free for people who have a library card at the Denver Public Library. The library can help you to register a library card and install the application. 

Duolingo 

This application teaches you English using your native language. Following languages are supported: Indonesian, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Turkish, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese.

This application is free for everyone, but it will show your advertisements from time to time. You can install this application by yourself from the website: duolingo.com

Rosetta Stone 

This application teaches you English with pictures and audio recordings in English. This app doesn’t use your native language to teach you English.

This application is free for people who have a library card at the Arapahoe Libraries. The library can help you to register a library card and install the application.