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Transparent Language 2019 Year in Review Posted by on Dec 23, 2019 in Company News, For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries

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Any serious language learner will know the importance of reviewing what you’ve learned. So, it’s only logical that we apply that practice ourselves and look back on what we’ve learned and accomplished in 2019. What have we been working on? The Transparent Language team spent a good chunk of 2019 improving and expanding our language…

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Expanding Our ESL Programs Posted by on Dec 11, 2019 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates

You probably know that English is the most widely spoken language in the world. Of the world’s approximately 1.5 billion English speakers, an overwhelming majority speak it as a second language. Yet, here in the United States, we are facing something of a crisis in teaching, and learning, English as a second language (ESL) In…

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New in Lesson Authoring: Lesson Unlocking, Excel Import, and More Posted by on Apr 30, 2019 in For Educators, Lesson Authoring Updates

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Instructors using the CL-150 Platform and Transparent Language Online can create custom lessons using LessonGin, our lesson authoring technology for quickly building compelling, multi-activity language lessons that work on almost all common smartphones, tablets and laptops. We recently added a new batch of features and updates to LessonGin that give instructors more flexibility and control…

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2018 Transparent Language Year in Review Posted by on Dec 31, 2018 in Company News, For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries

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Practice what you preach, right? For professional linguists and casual language learners, we preach reviewing early and reviewing often, so we’re taking our advice and looking back on our year. What have we been working on? CL-150 Updates CL-150 Cohorts: To help professional linguists sustain and strengthen their language skills, we’ve expanded the CL-150 Cohorts…

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Designing Language Technology That is “Worth It” for Educators Posted by on Jul 2, 2018 in Class Management Updates, For Educators, Lesson Authoring Updates

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Educators’ confidence in digital tools is increasing, but legitimate concerns remain. Not all ed tech is designed or implemented equally, so how can language teachers find the right tools to meet their needs—and the needs of their students? A 2015 report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found a shift in the perception of…

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Valdosta State University Leverages Transparent Language Online On Campus and Online Posted by on Feb 12, 2018 in For Educators

Nestled in the heart of South Georgia, Valdosta State University (VSU) is one of four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia. Valdosta’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages offers foreign language and language teaching degrees both on campus and online. Transparent Language Online is incorporated both on campus and in online degree programs. Valdosta State…

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Sorry STEM, Google just made the case for more foreign language education Posted by on Jan 1, 2018 in For Educators

Science, technology, engineering, and math are not the only (or perhaps even the most) valuable 21st century skills. Even Google says so. In the last decade, American education has been increasingly concerned with promoting STEM subjects. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of students enrolled in STEM degree programs increased 36%. Then-President Obama asked Congress…

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