Slough Borough Council

Speakers of other languages

If your first language is not English, the library has a range of resources and activities which you may find useful.

Whether you want to learn English, read books in your own language, attend events, or find out more about your ancestors, the library has something for you. The links below can get you started.

Books

• Learning English

• Learning other languages

• Reading in other languages 

• Of course, if you enjoy reading in English get inspired about what to read next from our books and reading pages.

• Baby names – you can borrow books with listings of baby names from all our libraries, including Muslim and African names. The biggest selection is at Slough Library based in the family history section on the 2nd floor (More about our information books).

• Tracing ancestors – Slough Library has books giving advice on how to track down your ancestors from around the world, including the West Indies and mainland Europe. (See Family History section for more details.)

• Talking books - we stock some Asian talking books.

Newspapers and magazines

Slough Library keeps magazines and newspapers in Arabic, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

Courses for improving your English

You can pick up listings of courses from colleges and other training and educational organisations in the local area from 2nd floor of Slough Library. Some courses are also held at Slough Library.

You can find useful websites for finding courses from our Education, jobs and careers weblinks. (Go to the section for sixth form and adult education.)

DVDs and videos

Check the DVDs and videos page for details of our wide range of Bollywood and other foreign language films.

Music

Slough Library stocks Asian music on CD and has a range of world music CDs. More about our music CDs.

Weblinks

You may find these selected websites useful from our weblinks:

• Family history weblinks
• Immigration and citizenship advice weblinks
• Marriage/marriage guidance