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Create a Communicative Language Classroom eBook Posted by on May 25, 2016 in For Educators

The communicative classroom, as you may have guessed, revolves around communication. Why focus on a communicative classroom? Teachers using this approach strive to simulate real-life situations that motivate and prepare students to communicate meaningfully in a new language. But it takes time and creativity to create a successful communicative classroom, particularly to design a variety…

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Practice Activities in Transparent Language Online Posted by on May 11, 2016 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Feature Updates

There are four parts to the language puzzle: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. All of the courses and vocabulary lists in Transparent Language Online include a mix of activities to build all four skills. But what if you’ve mastered writing (or typing) a set of words and phrases, but you want to practice saying them?…

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Introducing Teen Voices: Spanish Course Posted by on Mar 2, 2016 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates

Each year during the second week of March, the Young Adult Library Services Association sponsors Teen Tech Week. The national initiative focuses on building teens’ digital literacy, particularly by encouraging them to take advantage of educational and recreation technology at their local libraries. To celebrate the impending Teen Tech Week, we’re launching our Teen Voices Spanish…

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Go Back to School en Español with New Spanish Elementary Lessons Posted by on Aug 31, 2015 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates

Spanish teachers and home schoolers, this course is for you! Online technology has opened up a world of opportunities for teachers and homeschooling parents, but there’s a lot out there in that world that you can’t control. Even in educational technology, it’s sometimes hard to know what you’re going to get. If you’re teaching grade-school…

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The ABCs of Language Learning: Transparent Language Online Alphabet Courses Posted by on May 18, 2015 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates

japanese alphabet course

Learning the alphabet of an unfamiliar language can be as easy as A, B, C… literally! In the completely redesigned Transparent Language Online, you can dive right in to a new language, regardless of its writing system, with the help of our alphabet courses. Letters are quite literally the building blocks of a language, so…

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How to Teach Grammar Through Technology [Webinar] Posted by on Feb 25, 2015 in For Educators

At Transparent Language, we don’t just support learners of a foreign language, we support teachers, too!  That’s why we started our Education Webinar series earlier this year. We’ve received so much positive feedback from attendees—and requests from educators unable to attend—that we’re repeating the series in early 2015! Up next: how to teach grammar through…

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How to Create ACTFL-Aligned, Authentic Language Lessons [Webinar] Posted by on Jan 19, 2015 in For Educators

At Transparent Language, we don’t just support learners of a foreign language, we support teachers, too!  That’s why we started our Education Webinar series earlier this year. We’ve received so much positive feedback from attendees—and requests from educators unable to attend—that we’re repeating the series in early 2015! Up next: advice for creating ACTFL-aligned lessons…

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