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Cultural Immersion in the Virtual Classroom: Teaching 5th Graders About Other Cultures Online Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 30, 2014 in For Educators
We’ve all heard of the 4 core language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. When it comes to learning a foreign language, a fifth skill must be considered—cultural competency. But how does an instructor go about teaching culture from a classroom, hundreds or thousands of miles away from the target country? Add on one more…
7 Tips for Hanging on to That Hard-Learned Second Language Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 23, 2014 in Archived Posts
Remember me? I’m the “old guy” who’s been learning French and who shared on this blog some of my not-so-secrets of how old guys – and maybe not-so-old guys – can pick up a second language. Well, now, sadly, I have transitioned to a new phase in language learning. I am now an old guy…
5 Reasons Why Safety Professionals Need Language and Cultural Skills Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 14, 2014 in Archived Posts
Guest Post by Ruben Olson Corrections officers and prison officials encounter a wide range of culture and language barriers on a daily basis. Incorporating training that addresses these challenges usually takes back seat to the more practical and tactical aspects of working in jails and prisons. However, having a better understanding of the benefits of…
3 New Languages in Transparent Language Online: Tamil, Khmer, and Somali Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 30, 2014 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates
We are very excited to announce that we have added three new languages to Transparent Language Online: Cambodian (Khmer), Somali, and Tamil! Cambodian, known commonly as Khmer, is spoken by more than 16 million people across Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. Differing from a traditional alphabet, Khmer uses an abugida, a segmental writing system in which combinations of…
Protecting Alaskan Languages: the Doyon Foundation 7000 Partnership Posted by Transparent Language on May 29, 2014 in Company News, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates
Remember last year when we launched the 7000 Languages Project to bring our world-class web and mobile technology to the world’s other 7000 languages? Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Doyon Foundation 7000 Partnership, the latest initiative of the 7000 Languages Project. Though we may be donating our technology for this project…
7 Ways Libraries Can Reach Patrons on Social Media (Free Guide) Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 16, 2014 in For Libraries
At Transparent Language, we know social media. We’ve grown our social following to over 3 million fans, and were among the top 1% viewed accounts on SlideShare for 2013. Growing our following has been easy, because we genuinely love and serve our language communities. There’s another institution that loves and serves its community: libraries. We…
2014 Multilingual Madness Bracket: And The Winner Is… Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 7, 2014 in Archived Posts
16 Languages, 15 Match-Ups, and 3,055 votes later, there can only be 1 winner! The votes have been tallied and the winner of the 2014 Multilingual Madness Bracket is Italian!