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If you run a bakery, you want a delivery van going regularly to all your customers. You don\u2019t want an oil truck delivering your bread. And even a good bread van is useless if it goes someplace else.<\/p>\n
Language software sold to individual consumers in English-speaking markets typically offers a generic beginner course delivered by average software. That\u2019s fine for many casual language learners, but almost useless for professional language programs. Professional programs need both learning and instruction to be faster, more reliable, more reportable, and more flexible. And, most importantly, they need that best-of-breed technology to deliver their<\/em> chosen curriculum, not some vendor\u2019s general course.<\/p>\n Transparent Language\u2019s CL-150<\/a> does include our own beginner courses for about 100 languages. We call them \u201cEssentials\u201d courses, and they are a perfectly fine solution when the problem is, \u201cHey, I just need to learn a little Turkish.\u201d They offer a basic curriculum combined with the full range and sophistication of the CL-150\u2019s delivery and reporting capability.<\/p>\n However, the CL-150 is also designed with customization in mind. Organizations can commission curriculum-aligned courses, or they can use the CL-150\u2019s authoring capability themselves to create Rapid Rote vocabulary lists, LessonGin lessons, and other materials customized to their chosen curriculum in any of 100 or more languages.<\/p>\n All CL-150 materials, whether commissioned or customer-authored, can then be shared with all other CL-150 organizations, reducing duplication of effort in the government community, and increasing the choice of materials available to USG programs, instructors and individual learners.<\/p>\n US personnel battling Ebola need to say and understand more than \u201cHello\u201d and \u201cMy name is…\u201d. They need effective, targeted learning materials that help them do their jobs, and that work on the device they have. And they need them now<\/em>. If those materials are already on the CL-150 because some other organization made them first, all the better.<\/p>\n Once the best technology has been identified, it’s crucial to implement optimally. We’ll discuss how we do this in Part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Software that delivers just one course in a language is virtually useless for professional purposes. It\u2019s like a delivery van that can only go to one address. In Part 1, we talked about how combining technology with human instruction can transform the economics and logistics of professional language training and maintenance. But it needs to…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/02\/JLU-350x225.jpg\")