Online Library Spotlight: LingoPie!
Have you ever wanted to learn a foreign language, but you weren't sure how to start, or looking at all those books and worksheets made you feel like your head was spinning? How about wishing you could learn organically as you go, while having fun at the same time? Introducing... LingoPie!
LingoPie is an amazing online service that lets you learn a foreign language while you watch movies and television shows from anywhere with an internet connection! Simply create a free account with your library card, log in, and choose what to watch - it's that easy!
Each LingoPie show not only gives you subtitles in your home language to follow along with, but also provides vocabulary, grammar tips, and explanations right alongside them, allowing you to learn more about what you're learning and how the language itself works. Pause to find out more about a word or phrase you're just learning, or immerse yourself by letting the show wash over you for as long as you wish.
LingoPie partners with Netflix to provide access to popular and blockbuster titles, and they offer ten different languages to date - English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, with more planned for the future! And it's easy to take with you anywhere you go - once you've signed up for LingoPie, you can use it from any internet browser or by installing their app on your phone.
So how do you sign up? Follow these simple steps!
- Visit the North Miami Beach Public Library's Language Learning or Tutoring & Study page and click on LingoPie. (Don't go straight to lingopie.com yet - you'll need to come from the Library website the first time to get your free account!)
- You'll see a sign-up page where you'll need to enter your name, an email address, your library card number (the one on the back above the barcode), and create a password. Once you've done that, your email and password be your LingoPie login information from now on!
- Choose which language you'd like to learn in and click Next, then what kind of learning you're hoping to do.
- Congraulations, you have a LingoPie account - free through your library! You can now download and sign in on the app on your devices, or log in at lingopie.com from anywhere you like.
LingoPie is completely free with your library card, so you won't need to put in any payment information - just make sure to come in to the library now and then to renew your card!
If you have any trouble with LingoPie or have questions about how it works, feel free to come in and ask our friendly Library staff for help. We're excited to see you start learning!