Archive for 'For Learners'
Close Your Rings, Learn a Language Posted by meaghan on Jul 10, 2024 in For Learners, Learning Feature Updates
What are you lookin’ at? Oh, the new learner portal design in Transparent Language Online!? Us too. ? Goodbye cloud background (IYKYK). Hello clean new dashboard. The new look reduces distractions. So learners can focus on what matters most. ⭕ Completing your next lesson. ⭕ Meeting your daily goal. ⭕ Reviewing regularly. It’s like closing the…
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…
Beef up your vocab ? Posted by meaghan on Jan 23, 2024 in For Learners, Learning + Usage Tips
If your 2024 goal is to improve your proficiency, vocab is the way. Proficiency levels have consistently been shown to increase in tandem with vocabulary size.1, 2, 3 And studies show that of all factors contributing to language proficiency, vocabulary size is by far the single most significant factor.4, 5, 6 In most cases, you’re looking…
Transparent Language Online Year in Review 2023 Posted by meaghan on Dec 12, 2023 in Company News, For Learners, Learning Material Updates
According to Oxford dictionary the word of the year is “rizz”… mkay. For us, the word of the year has been depth! Learners have always been able to choose from a lot of languages in Transparent Language Online. 120+ languages at this point. This year we focused on adding more courses and more levels to…
Real World Collection “Distinguished” Level (CEFR C2) Posted by meaghan on Aug 15, 2023 in For Learners
Say so long to the intermediate plateau with the most advanced lessons ever added to Transparent Language Online! The new “Distinguished” level in the Real World Collection is equivalent to CEFR C2/ACTFL Distinguished—that’s 36 hours of reading and listening practice at native-like proficiency. Analyze long, complex texts and learn to detect sarcasm, allusion, or bias…
Workforce English Essentials Course Posted by meaghan on Jul 25, 2023 in For Businesses, For Learners, Learning Material Updates
Don’t let language barriers come between you and your customers. Get your customer-facing employees conversation-ready ASAP with Workforce English Essentials. Unlike the typical Business English course, what employees learn is up to you (with help from our tutors if you’d like). No linear course with time wasted on things they already know or don’t need…
Push past the intermediate language plateau with the Real-World Collection Posted by meaghan on Jun 13, 2023 in For Learners, Learning Material Updates
Every language learner will get stuck on the dreaded intermediate plateau. It’s the point when traditional materials made for learners stop being engaging and effective. But authentic sources (news, podcasts, novels) are still really challenging. You feel like you’ll never improve. We’ve launched a new collection to fill that gap and get you unstuck. Push…