{"id":3378,"date":"2015-06-01T08:24:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T12:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2021-10-11T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T20:36:18","slug":"learn-english-in-context-with-free-online-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/06\/01\/learn-english-in-context-with-free-online-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn English in Context with Free Online Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Are you (or your students) tired of your English textbook, but a short novel still feels like a stretch?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/language-resources\/english-in-context.html\">English in Context<\/a> is your happy medium!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this monthly series, English learners and students will pick up new words, phrases, and grammar rules in context while exploring everyday topics, ranging from current events and culture to science and technology. So far we\u2019ve investigated the hottest job in Antarctica and explored to beautiful city of Boston. In the coming months, subscribers will improve their English while learning about new research on sun exposure (just in time for summer!) and visiting the astonishing Redwood National Park, among other exciting topics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/language-resources\/english-in-context.html\" aria-label=\"EIC Boston\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3379\"  alt=\"english in context lesson\" width=\"561\" height=\"418\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston.jpg 770w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each intermediate-level lesson focuses on a short text, which learners can read and listen along to a native speaker. A suite of learning activities, including comprehension questions and sentence reconstruction, prompts learners to demonstrate understanding of the text and the language used within it. Use the lessons as a resource for your students, or work through them on your own!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/language-resources\/english-in-context.html\">Sign up for English in Context<\/a> via email and receive a free new lesson in your inbox every other week, or access the archives, as well as more English courses, supplemental vocabulary, and beyond in Transparent Language Online.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/libraries\/find-transparent-language-online.html\">a library near you<\/a> who offers Transparent Language Online.<!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/h5>\n<p><em>None close by? Print this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/home\/docs\/transparent-language-online-libraries-datasheet.pdf\">info card<\/a>\u00a0and bring it to your local librarians to let them know you\u2019re interested!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston-350x261.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"english in context lesson\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/05\/EIC_Boston.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Are you (or your students) tired of your English textbook, but a short novel still feels like a stretch?\u00a0English in Context is your happy medium! In this monthly series, English learners and students will pick up new words, phrases, and grammar rules in context while exploring everyday topics, ranging from current events and culture to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/06\/01\/learn-english-in-context-with-free-online-lessons\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[520016,542993],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3378","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-learners","category-learning-material-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378","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=3378"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8742,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions\/8742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}