New Chinese Fundamentals Courses: Tones & Radicals Posted by meaghan on Apr 13, 2022 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, New Learning Materials
Mandarin Chinese can be intimidating to learn from scratch—and maintain throughout your career. Get started on the right foot and keep your fundamentals sharp with our two new courses: Chinese Tones & Chinese Radicals Familiarization. Developed by a veteran Mandarin Chinese teacher, these courses apply her lessons learned from more than 10 years of teaching…
Lesson Authoring Updates: New Assessments, Assessment-Only Lessons, and More Posted by meaghan on Mar 16, 2022 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
There’s no such thing as too much customization. That was our guiding principle during the latest batch of Lesson Authoring updates! You now have more control than ever over your custom lessons, including: New assessment activities Lesson authors can now choose from seven new graded assessment activities. These activities can be included in end-of-lesson assessments…
Get more from CL-150 lessons with a tutor. Posted by meaghan on Mar 3, 2022 in For Learners, For Program Managers
CL-150 lessons are designed to use on your own and with an instructor. Our tutors are trained to turn each learning activity into an opportunity to expand your knowledge and practice communicating in the language. Here are a few of their favorite activities to build upon. 📝 Text Presentation On your own, you can read…
A More Streamlined CL-150 Platform Posted by meaghan on Feb 22, 2022 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers
Next time you log in to the CL-150 Platform, you’ll notice a more streamlined experience. The Resources page, more lovingly known as “that page with all the tiles”, is no more. Learners will log in directly in the learning portal. Program managers are brought straight to the program manager portal. And so on. You can…
5 Ways to Make the Most of Tutoring Time Posted by meaghan on Jan 26, 2022 in For Learners
Making time for tutoring can be a big ask for a busy professional. By blending CL-150 self-study with your tutoring, you can achieve better outcomes (with more flexibility!) than either tech or tutor could deliver alone. Once you’ve made time for tutoring, here are 5 ways our tutors make sure you’re getting the most from…
Introducing CL-150 Cohort Weekly Lessons in French ILR 2 Posted by meaghan on Dec 7, 2021 in For Learners, New in CL-150 Cohorts
French learners, say bonjour to the new ILR 2 French CL-150 Cohort weekly lesson stream! Starting December 6th, a new ILR 2 French lesson will be published every week, based on authentic sources from the French-speaking world. What’s new other than the language? The French Cohort lessons have all the things you love most about…
Introducing Chinese ILR 3+ Cohort Lessons Posted by meaghan on Oct 25, 2021 in For Learners, New in CL-150 Cohorts
When you enroll in a CL-150 Cohort, you receive a new sustainment lesson every week at your ILR level. But what makes those lessons “at level”? Let’s take a look at the new Mandarin Chinese ILR 3+ lesson stream to see the choices made to ensure lessons are sufficiently challenging for your specific proficiency level…