Language learning resources

Search for our materials on the library's online catalogue and visit our Sharepoint pages for more information about the physical materials and online resources available to you.

We run a range of English speaking practice activities throughout the week. You can find our current schedule on the Language Zone Sharepoint pages.

If you need one-to-one support for learning academic skills, you can book an appointment through Skills@Library.

The Language Exchange is a way for language learners to make contact with fluent speakers, in order to improve their conversation skills and practise listening and speaking, as well as promoting intercultural understanding.

Find out more and sign up for the language exchange.

Language groups are weekly conversation groups, led by student volunteers who are fluent speakers of the language. They lead friendly, relaxed sessions on topics such as student life and cross-cultural experience. 

The groups are a great way to meet new people who share your passion for learning languages, and a chance to learn things about a language and culture you might not find in textbooks and formal language classes.

We currently running language groups for: English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. You can join the groups as a participant, or if you are a speaker of one of these languages, you can volunteer to lead a group. The groups run twice a year: November to December and February to March.

Find out more about how to join or lead a language group and the deadlines for each.