Welcome to the Europe Direct learning area!
Europe Direct Leeds runs an adult language exchange which aims to help adult language learners to practice their new language skills. This can be between two native speakers or as part of a group that brings together native speakers and learners.
To be part of the Language Exchange at Leeds Central Library, you will have to register with Europe Direct who are based in the Information Centre on the second floor. For more details, see the documents below, or contact us at europedirect@leeds.gov.uk.
Library Resource Guides For Leeds Libraries
Library Resource Guide: Arabic
Library Resource Guide: Chinese
Library Resource Guide: English
Library Resource Guide: French
Library Resource Guide: German
Library Resource Guide: Italian
Library Resource Guide: Japanese
Library Resource Guide: Polish
Library Resource Guide: Russian
Library Resource Guide: Spanish
Language dictionaries online
To help you with your language learning we have various dictionaries and resources in the Information Centre. The list below includes further resources.
English: Oxford Reference Online
French: Oxford Reference Online
German: Oxford Reference Online
Italian: Oxford Reference Online
Irish: Oxford Reference Online
Spanish: Oxford Reference Online
Welsh: Oxford Reference Online
Find more resources at http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages and http://www.alphadictionary.com/langdir.html
To access Oxford Reference Online you need a library card. Contact Leeds Libraries for more information.
Unfortunately we cannot always judge how good a resource is as we don’t speak all these languages. We can also not take responsibility for anything that is located outside our website. If you have any suggestions about improving our list or adding to it please let us know.
Not sure what you level is, how to get started, why to learn a language? Have a look at Lingu@net Europa, the multilingual centre for language learning.
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Europe Direct Leeds are the first Europe Direct relay mentioned on the EC External Relations’ list of “EU institutions on twitter”: http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/twitter/index_en.htm Another fact in relation with twitter we are proud of is that we were one of the first to tweet about the Czech President signing the Lisbon treaty.
We have been tweeting since April 2009 and are actively involved in the Web 2.0 project group of our host institution, Leeds Library and Information Service. This means that we get to work with knowledgeable and enthusiastic colleagues from the city council as well as libraries and museums, being able to share our experiences, difficulties, ideas and solutions. After attending the recent AGM in Rotterdam, we have shared our experiences with colleagues from the Netherlands, who are exploring the benefits of twitter and Facebook for their own organisations.
We have made some very useful and interesting connections on twitter, and feel very involved in and informed about the activites going on in the European institutions and other partner institutions, in a way that we probably could not have achieved via traditional channels.
Twitter is a very useful tool, easy to use and helps promote your services, share information with colleagues and customers, as well as keep you informed about the latest news and developments. As you can choose who to follow and whose updates to ignore you can tailor the service to your individual needs and interests and build useful and meaningful relationships. I have recently opened a LinkedIn profile and am now connected to various colleagues I had first met on twitter.
Twitter doesn’t take long to update (there’s only space for 140 characters per tweet), so Europe Direct Leeds would like to encourage everyone to get themselves on twitter and start connecting!
If you need any help or have further questions, you can have a look at the worksheets on http://europedirectleeds.org.uk/?page_id=1277, email us at europedirect@leeds.gov.uk or tweet us, @europedirect, of course!
We are also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/europedirectleeds
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As part of our partnership work Europe Direct Leeds and Leeds Libraries have attended ”Extreme Makeover: Transforming the face of your Library Service” (JISC RSC Yorkshire and Humber). Please find any relevant worksheets below:
Phil Bradley’s twitter Cheat Sheet
follow him on http://twitter.com/philbradley
We also recommend following Liz Cable, Social Media Trainer & strategist: http://twitter.com/lizcable
Follow Leeds Libraries here: http://twitter.com/leedslibraries
Follow Europe Direct Leeds here: http://twitter.com/europedirect
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Below you can access brief introductory guides to all kinds of online resources to help with your Europe needs.
Guides
We recommend that you view these guides in Full Screen View. For most browsers, the easiest way to do this is to press F11 (and F11 again to exit).
Note: you will need Adobe Flash to view these guides. If you don’t already have it, you can download it for free HERE.
Guide to EURES, the European Job Portal
If you would like any further information about any of the websites covered in the guides, please contact Carolin at the Information Centre in Leeds Central Library (2nd floor). The email address is europedirect@leeds.gov.uk.
Websites
Other resources
