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Grammar
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681 articles across 9 languages, each explained by the linguists who build the course.
Japanese
93 articles · 112 practice & study resources
Particles, politeness levels, and everything past the subtitles.
Russian
80 articles · 29 practice & study resources
Grammar Goals GuideSix cases, two aspects, and the language of Tolstoy.
English
80 articles · 116 practice & study resources
Grammar Goals GuideGlossaryThe lingua franca, explained for the people learning it.
German
79 articles · 129 practice & study resources
Grammar Goals GuideGlossaryThe most widely spoken native language in the EU.
Spanish
78 articles
Grammar Goals GuideGlossaryHundreds of millions of speakers, from Mexico City to Buenos Aires.
French
71 articles
Grammar Goals GuideGlossarySpoken on five continents, from Montreal to Dakar to Paris.
Brazilian Portuguese
71 articles · 159 practice & study resources
Grammar Goals GuideThe Portuguese of Brazil, from the workplace to the music.
Italian
69 articles
This widely spoken Romance language opens up culture and connection.
Mandarin Chinese
60 articles
Grammar Goals GuideMeasure words, tones, and one of the world's most spoken languages.
Beyond grammar
Culture, method, and how learning works
220 articles that are not about any single language.
Language & culture
92 articles
Festivals, food, gestures and idioms, from the people who grew up with them.
How to learn a language
56 articles
What the research says about getting fluent, and the habits that actually stick.
Libraries & workplaces
48 articles
Language learning inside an institution, for the people running the programme.
For educators
14 articles
Teaching tips from instructors who use Mango in a real classroom.
Linguistics 101
9 articles
Phonetics, morphology, syntax and semantics, explained without the jargon.
How Mango teaches
1 article
Why the courses are built the way they are.
Tools
Reference, not reading
Three things the library carries that are not articles.
Grammar glossary
Every grammatical term the articles use, defined once and cross-linked from wherever it appears.
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The article library mapped onto the Mango course, unit by unit, so you can read the grammar behind the lesson you are on.
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Exercises that go with the grammar articles, for the languages that have them.
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