Music and Song Enhances the Language Learning Experience Posted by Gary Locke on Jan 28, 2020 in Archived Posts
Music is something everyone can relate to, but it can be hard to find songs you love in a new language. To this end, Transparent Language has created a Spotify account, on which we’ll share music lists in languages as diverse as Swedish, Arabic, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, and more. Will these playlists be useful even if you don’t speak the language? …
Transparent Language Online Wins Fifth Consecutive Platinum Award Posted by meaghan on Jan 14, 2020 in Company News, For Libraries
Good things come in fives: fingers, food groups, the Great Lakes, and LibraryWorks’ Modern Library Awards. We’re thrilled to receive our fifth consecutive Platinum Award in 2020 for Transparent Language Online. The Modern Library Awards (MLAs) are like the People’s Choice Awards, but better because the voters are librarians. The MLAs were established to recognize…
Transparent Language 2019 Year in Review Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 23, 2019 in Company News, For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries
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…
Expanding Our ESL Programs Posted by Transparent Language 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…
Non-profit Partnership Adds Four Native Alaskan Languages to Transparent Language Online Posted by Gary Locke on Jul 9, 2019 in Company News, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Material Updates
Sometimes, when you look at the world, it can be easy to despair at the passage of time and the things we lose along the way. Luckily, there are those who make an effort to change the course of what seems to be an inevitability. With dedication, resourcefulness, and teamwork comes success. And so it…
Why focus on vocabulary? Posted by Transparent Language on May 20, 2019 in For Learners, Learning + Usage Tips
“Why do you focus so much on vocabulary in your language platforms?” We get that question a lot, and it’s a more interesting question than you might think. We focus on language proficiency, which is largely made up of two things: vocabulary (declarative knowledge) and skills like pronunciation, grammar, structure, automaticity (procedural knowledge).[1] The CL-150…
New in Lesson Authoring: Lesson Unlocking, Excel Import, and More Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 30, 2019 in For Educators, Lesson Authoring Updates
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…