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Transparent Language Online wins 6th consecutive Platinum Award! Posted by on Jan 13, 2021 in Company News, For Libraries

transparent language online Modern Library Award

Fun things that come in sixes: strings on a guitar, washboard abs, sides on a die, senses (if you’re Haley Joel Osment), and our LibraryWorks’ Modern Library Awards! We’re thrilled to receive our sixth consecutive Platinum Award in 2021 for Transparent Language Online. The Modern Library Awards (MLAs) are like the People’s Choice Awards, but…

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New: Advanced English Listening and Reading Lessons Posted by on Jun 9, 2020 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates

Highly proficient English learners, you can now sharpen your listening and reading comprehension with the new Advanced Listening and Advanced Reading lessons in Transparent Language Online. The new advanced English lessons—ten listening-focused and ten reading-focused—are intended for learners near or at the CEFR C2/ACTFL Superior level. All lessons are based on authentic materials created by…

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New Image-Based Learning Activities Posted by on May 5, 2020 in For Educators, Lesson Authoring Updates

Transparent Language Online image explorer activity

Let’s get visual! Two new image-based activities are now available in the lesson authoring tool in Transparent Language Online for Education. We remember more of what we see than what we hear[1]—a fact that should be exploited particularly in language teaching. Images of objects bring vocabulary items to life and street scenes from far off…

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Online Language Lessons to Address COVID-19 Posted by on Apr 10, 2020 in For Learners, Learning Material Updates

COVID-19 News Lesson Spanish

Looking for a meaningful way to address COVID-19 in your language classes, or incorporate it into your personal language studies? The COVID-19 lessons from Transparent Language Online are now freely available for anyone to use. You might not want to talk about COVID-19 with your language students, or you might be using language learning as…

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There’s a lesson for that. Posted by on Mar 31, 2020 in For Educators, Lesson Authoring Updates

online language lesson authoring

Or there could be in just a couple hours. A quick Amazon search for “advanced Spanish lessons” brings up 500+ results. But how many of those advanced Spanish lessons cover terminology relating to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela? Probably none. And what about materials for less common languages? A search for “Advanced Yoruba lessons”: zero…

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Want to learn a language? We’ll be your accountability partner. Posted by on Mar 24, 2020 in For Learners, Learning Feature Updates

If you have a language learning goal but you don’t hold yourself accountable, does the goal even exist? If you’ve logged into Transparent Language Online this month, you’ve probably noticed there’s a new Goals panel on your dashboard (or in the hamburger menu on mobile). And if you haven’t logged in yet this month… this…

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6 Free Language and Culture Resources You Can Access at Home Posted by on Mar 18, 2020 in Archived Posts

TED Talks with subtitles

Explore the world, practice your pronunciation, and more from the comfort of your couch! Hi, language teachers, librarians, parents of kids stuck at home, and all language lovers. Below we’ve compiled a list of FREE language and culture resources that you, your students, and your kids can access from home in the coming weeks. The…

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