Support English Language Learners at Your Library (Free Guide) Posted by meaghan on Jun 24, 2024 in For Libraries
Public libraries are on the front lines of helping the tens of millions of immigrants and refugees survive and thrive in their new homes. The foreign-born population accounts for 14%, 17%, and 23% of the populations of the US, UK, and Canada respectively. And they all share the same struggle: learning English. In the last…
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…
New: Review your vocab using all 4 skills Posted by meaghan on Mar 7, 2024 in Uncategorized
3,000-4,000. That’s how many words you’ve mastered by CEFR B1-B2ish. That’s a lot of vocab to keep up with! Learned Vocab makes it easy. It stores every word/phrase you learn. And prompts you to review at the right time. Until now you could only refresh your vocab with a simple yes/no flashcard-style activity. But with…
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…
9x Platinum at the Modern Library Awards Posted by meaghan on Jan 12, 2024 in Company News, For Libraries
The word of the day is nonuple. You know double, triple, quadruple. But when you 9x something, it’s nonuple. We’re so excited to announce Transparent Language Online is now a NONUPLE Modern Library Awards Platinum Award winner! The Modern Library Awards (MLAs) are like the Oscars, but better because the voters are librarians evaluating the products they…
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…