Archive for 'For Libraries'
New ESL Materials Available in Transparent Language Programs Posted by Transparent Language on May 6, 2015 in For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates
We’re thrilled to offer more than 100 languages to the libraries, schools, organizations, and individuals who use Transparent Language Online and the CL-150. But we’re not stopping there! New languages and content are always being added to our flagship programs thanks to the feedback we receive from the communities we serve. In response to the…
Transparent Language Library Spotlight: Jacksonville Public Library Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 25, 2015 in For Libraries, Library Success Stories
In 2011, things got a little brighter for the Jacksonville Public Library system in sunny Jacksonville, Florida: they subscribed to Transparent Language Online, providing their customers free language-learning resources in more than 80 languages. Inspired by his friends’ New Year’s Resolutions to learn a new language, Eric Soriano, a member of the library’s e-services team…
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…
Grammar Instruction in Transparent Language Online Posted by Transparent Language on Feb 17, 2014 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates
Got grammar? Transparent Language Online does! At Transparent Language we talk a lot about the declarative: words, phrases, and other “chunks” of language that we believe are best delivered to learners via technology. While we believe the procedural aspects of language (skills such as properly applying a grammar rule) are best reinforced with the guidance…
Make It Easy to Type in a Foreign Language? Challenge Accepted! Posted by Transparent Language on Feb 10, 2014 in For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Feature Updates
One of the advantages of using software to learn a foreign language is the ability to interact with the language in many ways. One of those ways is writing, or in this case, typing. When learning a foreign language, learning how to type matters… a lot. Learning to write and type in a foreign language…