Reading Resources

MANGO Languages is a self-paced, web-based program that "provides a quick introduction to a language and culture through the acquisition of conversational skills.” MC and the Global Humanities Institute are happy to make this resource available to all students, faculty, staff and administrators thanks to funding from a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We invite you to discover and utilize MANGO to brush up on your travel languages, for personal enrichment, or for professional opportunities. The best part is that it is user-friendly and can be accessed from any place at any time. Enjoy!

Some features of MANGO:

• Over 40 foreign languages to explore (including Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, Vietnamese and Russian)
• Over 15 English as a Second Language courses taught in the patron’s native language
• Religious and Scholarly: Language Collection courses feature passages from ancient texts
• 24/7 access, including remote access FREE mobile apps for IOS and Android devices and smart phones
• Free webinars availablenew window

Have You Had MANGO today? (PDF, )

"This is great! I want to brush up my Italian before this summer, when I’m travelling to a meeting there, as well as my Japanese before I head there!"

"I’ve been using Mango to learn Japanese. I will be visiting Japan this summer and this program is just what I needed. It’s easy to use, informative (gives cultural information), and is quite extensive in its language offerings. I plan to learn other languages in the future. Thanks for making this software available."

• “Internationalizing the United States Survey Course: American History for a Global Age“

Applied Humanities

• “The Engaged Humanities:  Principles and Practices for Public Scholarship and Teaching“ 
• “Reimagining the Meanings of Service on the Streets of Detroit”new window
• “Applied Humanities: Bridging the Gap between Building Theory and Fostering Citizenship”  (PDF, )

• “Dimensions of Culture According to Brown and Lundrum-Brownnew window,” pages 69-71 in Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services
  Fourth Edition.  Jerry V. Diller.  Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011.
• “Internationalizing the Curriculum in Canadian Universities: Considering the Influence of Power, Politics and Ethics (PDF, ) ” by Rosetta Khalideen

• “Reading School Textbooks as a Cultural and Political Text: Representations of Asia in Geography Textbooks Used innew window the United States”new window 

• “Capitalizing on Student Diversity to Promote Deeper Learning and Greater Appreciation of Individual Differences: Research-based Teaching Strategies for College Faculty”   

• “Got Global Competencies?”new window 
• “Handbook for Advancing Comprehensive Internationalization” 

• “Bloom's Taxonomy and the Three Domains of Learningnew window“

• “Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student Centered Instruction” 
• “Academic Controversy: Enriching College Instruction through Intellectual Conflict” (PDF, )  
• “Jigsaws”new window  
• “Simulation in the Humanities Classroom”new window  

• Adams, William D, NEH Chairman. Video. “The Common Good: The NEH at 50.” University of Delaware, September 7, 2016.  
• Association of American Colleges and Universities, “Global Learning.”  
• Cisneros, Sandra. House on Mango Street. Vintage, 1991. [chapter will be made available]  
• Paul, Richard and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools.   Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2009. 
• Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez. [1983] Dial Press, 2004.
• Said, Edward. Orientalism. Vintage Books, 1979.
• Steger, Manfred. Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2003.
• “What Are the Humanities? (PDF, ) ”
• “What Is Globalization?”

• Presentation by Carol Schneidernew window, President, Association of American Colleges and Universities
• “Why globalize the Humanities? Why at Montgomery College?” Onlinenew window.  
• Philip Gruppuso, Life, Learning and a Liberal Medical Education TEDx Brown Universitynew window.

Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures: Deals with cultural universals and differences, extinction of traditional cultures and diversity, language loss and corresponding world view. 

East vs. West—the myths that mystify: Using mythology to understand the world views of Eastern and Western cultures.

Liz Coleman's call to reinvent liberal arts education: Bennington president on the goals of a multidisciplinary, ethical, and action-based liberal arts curriculum

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Library Guides (PDF, )