Archive for June, 2024
Support English Language Learners at Your Library (Free Guide) Posted by meaghan on Jun 24, 2024 in For Libraries
Public libraries are on the front lines of helping the tens of millions of immigrants and refugees survive and thrive in their new homes. The foreign-born population accounts for 14%, 17%, and 23% of the populations of the US, UK, and Canada respectively. And they all share the same struggle: learning English. In the last…
Learn a language offline with the Transparent Language Online app Posted by meaghan on Jun 17, 2024 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries
It’s 2024. Surely everyone learning a language with us has home internet, right? Unfortunately, no. Tens of millions of US households don’t have internet. And potentially more soon. Congressional funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program ran out on May 31. The program provided a home internet subsidy to more than 23 million low-income households. If…