{"id":2021,"date":"2014-04-02T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:26:28","slug":"what-are-2-million-language-lovers-watching-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2014\/04\/02\/what-are-2-million-language-lovers-watching-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are 2 Million Language Lovers Watching on YouTube?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Apparently, they\u2019re watching<em> us!<\/em><\/strong> In March, our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/language-resources\/#a-youtube\">language-learning YouTube channels<\/a> reached a combined <em>two million views<\/em>! To celebrate this landmark, let\u2019s take a look back at some our (and your) favorite videos!<\/p>\n<p>First up, let us take a moment to introduce ourselves, as CEO Michael Quinlan talks a little bit about who we are and what we do here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/transparentlanguage\">Transparent Language<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Transparent Language\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yl460-p02rU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And now, on to the language-y goodness. For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/transparentchinese\">Mandarin<\/a> fans among us, meet our vlogger Sasha, an American expat living in Beijing. He bounces from one corner of China to the next, taking videos and teaching you some new vocabulary along the way, like in this adventurous video about public transit in Beijing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s So Stupendous, Riding the Beijing Tube (\u5317\u4eac\u5730\u94c1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGyraXXVncI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of adventures, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/transparentgerman\">German<\/a> vlogger Mickey likes to take the language to the next level. If you\u2019re a fan of music, check out his German renditions of popular American songs, like this take on The Beatles\u2019 \u201cBlackbird\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00dcbersetzgesungen: Episode 3 - &quot;Amsel&quot; - German language Beatles cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24pUapMx6LE?list=UU-uXu7jWz8ma3L8ITq1uKmw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not all about fun and games with our YouTube videos. We also have a number of dedicated native speakers who post regular language lessons. If you\u2019re learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TLSpanish\">Spanish<\/a>, check in with Laura as she posts a new video lesson each week ranging from beginner to advanced:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanish Lesson Advanced 1 Formas de enfatizar - Ways to add emphasis\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PWWlLPQj36E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re more interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TransparentSwedish\">Swedish<\/a>, you\u2019re in for a treat with our always popular Swedish with Steve series:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swedish with Steve! Episode 16: Vowels, Part 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mO0tZuppeI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tlportuguese\">Portuguese <\/a>is more your flavor. If so, Leandro and Adir publish videos all the way from Brazil to teach you Portuguese slang, vocabulary, and more!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pick-up Lines in Portuguese (Part 1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1sWRcxs0oM?list=UUeO-MgABJ5EdzIR1RO-8EKA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/language-resources\/#a-youtube\">30 different channels<\/a>, there\u2019s a little something for every language learner on YouTube. <strong>So here&#8217;s a big <em>thank you<\/em> to everyone who has tuned in over the years, and to those of you who are missing out, here\u2019s your chance to get on board!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/04\/2mil-350x263.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/04\/2mil-350x263.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/04\/2mil-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/04\/2mil.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Apparently, they\u2019re watching us! In March, our language-learning YouTube channels reached a combined two million views! To celebrate this landmark, let\u2019s take a look back at some our (and your) favorite videos! First up, let us take a moment to introduce ourselves, as CEO Michael Quinlan talks a little bit about who we are and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2014\/04\/02\/what-are-2-million-language-lovers-watching-on-youtube\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[542801],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6307,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/6307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}