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Cohort Tips: Enrolling in the Appropriate Level Posted by meaghan on Jul 23, 2019 in For Learners, For Program Managers, New in CL-150 Cohorts
Enhancing or even just maintaining language proficiency can be challenging, but it should never be boring. CL-150 Cohorts provide subscribers with a weekly two-hour language “workout” based on current events in the target language, at target proficiency level. But what level Cohort is right for you? How do Cohort lessons differ by level? Before you can choose…
New in Reporting: Schedule Recurring Reports Posted by meaghan on Jun 5, 2019 in For Instructors, For Program Managers, New in Admin Reporting, New in Class Reporting
Administrators, program managers, and instructors can now schedule recurring reports in the CL-150 Platform. All admin reports can now be scheduled to run automatically, and you can choose to receive them by email daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. You can access your scheduled reports any time from the Manage Recurring dashboard, where you can also…
Why focus on vocabulary? Posted by meaghan on May 29, 2019 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, Pedagogy
“Why do you focus so much on vocabulary in your language platforms?” We get that question a lot, and it’s a more interesting question than you might think. We focus on language proficiency, which is largely made up of two things: vocabulary (declarative knowledge) and skills like pronunciation, grammar, structure, automaticity (procedural knowledge).[1] The CL-150 Platform and Transparent…
New in Lesson Authoring: Lesson Unlocking, Excel Import, and More Posted by meaghan on May 2, 2019 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
We recently added another batch of features and updates to CL-150 Lesson Authoring, the lesson creation technology for quickly building compelling, multi-activity language lessons that work on almost all common smartphones, tablets and laptops. Lesson Unlocking We listened to your feedback about lesson unlocking—we know how painful it was to lose progress when editing the…
New in the CL-150: Add and Edit Learned Vocab Posted by meaghan on Apr 3, 2019 in For Learners, New in Learned Vocab
You can now add new words and phrases—or edit existing words and phrases—in the Learned Vocab Management dashboard. The CL-150 Platform provides full-stack support for language programs: instructors create lessons, linguists learn and review material, and program managers track and report on that learning—all from directly within the CL-150. But language is everywhere—you come across…
New in the CL-150: Phrase of the Day for Cyber, Professional Linguist, and SOF Domains Posted by meaghan on Dec 19, 2018 in For Learners
We have just launched CL-150 Phrase of the Day for professional government linguists in three domains—Cyber, SOF and Professional Linguist—and three languages—Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Russian. The Phrase of the Day is created for professional government linguists by professional linguists. High-level, domain-specific phrases, collocations, and idioms are sourced from agency and interagency publications, policy journals…