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Do you want to learn English? ¿Trata de aprender Ingles?

Submitted by Barbara M on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:52pm

Do you want to learn English? The library offers a free English as a Second Language discussion group every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the second floor conference room. You are welcome!

¿Trata de aprender Ingles? Quiza usted conoce a alguien que quiere aprender Ingles. La Biblioteca de Tomball actualmente ofrece una clase de discusión de Ingles como ségunda lengua y nosotros planemos comenzar los grupos adicionales en las próximas semanas.

Estos grupos gratis de discusión ayudan a las personas a alcanzar sus metas. El propósito es para que usted pueda aprender a leer y hablar el idioma Ingles. Cualquier persona interesada puede venir a la biblioteca en el segundo piso el miércoles a las 10:30 AM en el cuarto de conferencias.

La biblioteca tambien tiene cursos como Rosetta Stone, seleccíon de libros de Ingles como segunda lengua, CDs y DVDs que pueden ser prestados por un period prolongado de tiempo.

English Victorian Novels: Four Golden Oldies

Submitted by Bruce Farrar on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 4:33pm

We tend to think of the life of the English population a century and a half ago as quaint, cluttered, and repressed. However they saw themselves on the frontier of a great social change. The aristocracy saw their social position and role in society challenged by a new and wealthy class of merchants and manufacturers. Reform Bills were hotly debated and then passed by the parliament increasing the size of the electorate. At the same time traditional gender roles were beginning to be questioned and challenged. It was an exciting time and it produced a feast for fiction fans, especially fans of the weighty tome stuffed with intriguing characters and spiced with surprising, and often ironic, twists of plot and phrase. 


 Dickens, Brontë, Thackeray, Eliot

 

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