Transparent Language Online Year in Review 2020 Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 30, 2020 in For Businesses, For Educators, For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Feature Updates, Learning Material Updates
What a year. Despite all of the challenges of 2020, you logged more hours than ever in Transparent Language Online. Thank you for learning with us! Whether you’re learning to have fun at home, to land a new job, or to connect with family from afar, let’s keep that momentum going. You won’t want to…
Learning the “Essentials” in 80+ languages Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 21, 2020 in For Learners, Learning + Usage Tips
Whether you’re learning a language for fun, for travel, or even for professional reasons, you’ll want to start with the essentials. After all, if you don’t know the basics like question words and numbers, you can’t order a meal, let alone negotiate a deal! No matter your language goals, the Essentials Course is the right…
Learn on the go with Hands-free Autoplay Lessons Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 15, 2020 in For Learners, For Libraries, Learning Feature Updates
Feel like you need more hours in the day or a few extra hands to get everything done? We can’t give you more time, but we can free up your hands! Allow us to introduce Hands-free Autoplay mode in the Transparent Language (Online) mobile apps. Any lesson in the app can be opened and automatically…
Learning Grammar with Transparent Language Online Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 7, 2020 in For Learners, Learning + Usage Tips
Whether you love or hate learning grammar, you’re going to need it when communicating in a language beyond very basic levels. Transparent Language Online incorporates grammar two different ways, so there’s something helpful for every learner. For those who dread the thought, grammar concepts are seamlessly integrated into vocabulary courses for implicit practice. For grammar…
Using social media actively to learn a foreign language Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 2, 2020 in For Learners, Learning + Usage Tips
Maintaining a language over time involves more than holding on to what you already know. Languages are constantly changing, and you need to keep up to stay current and use the language with others. In German, for example, Hamsterkauf (literally “hamster buying”) showed up recently to describe pandemic-induced panic buying, as did “Coronaspeck” as a…
“Practice” the language skills you need most with Transparent Language Online Posted by Transparent Language on Oct 19, 2020 in For Learners, For Libraries, Learning + Usage Tips
If you want to improve a specific skill, you shouldn’t have to sit through an entire language course to practice the parts you need most. Make custom listening, speaking, reading, or writing lessons in seconds with the Practice activities in Transparent Language Online. It’s as easy as this: Pick a learning activity. There are 28…
Only have 10 minutes to spend on language learning today? Refresh your Learned Vocab. Posted by Transparent Language on Oct 6, 2020 in For Learners, Learning + Usage Tips
As you probably know, language learning takes time and effort. Some days you’ll only have 10 minutes to spare, but you can make those 10 minutes count with Learned Vocab refresh. Refresh your learned vocab. Research consistently shows that proficiency levels increase in tandem with vocabulary size.1,2,3 In fact, of all factors contributing to language…