2016 Year-in-Review
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2016 Year-in-Review
It seems like most people are ready to say good riddance to 2016, but we’ve actually had a memorable year here at
Transparent Language!
Our engineers have been cranking out new features, our linguists continue to fill our products with new languages
and courses, and our sales folks have partnered with more organizations, schools, and libraries than ever.
Before we dive in to 2017, let’s look back on 2016.
New Features
Practice Activities
Practice exactly what you want.
Choose from 13 skill-building activities and any vocabulary list to practice in isolation—no need to step through an entire course to strengthen your weak spots!
Quiz Activities
Find out how you’re really doing.
Want to quiz yourself before taking an assessment? Found in the Practice tab, Quiz Activities function the same as Practice Activities, but
provide a score and feedback at the end.
Resume Learning
Jump right back in to learning, no clicks required.
Transparent Language Online will now remember where you left off in your last learning session, prompting you to pick up at the next unfinished activity
when you sign in, so you can get right back to learning.
Daily Email Reminders
Review, review, review!
You can now opt in to new daily email reminders for stale items. Our algorithm will
automatically determine which words and phrases you’re at
risk of forgetting—a quick click from the email will take you to
a refresher activity, ensuring you don’t lose what you’ve
worked so hard for!
Transparent Language iPad App
iPad users, rejoice!
Subscribers could previously access
Transparent Language Online from their iPad
using the Safari browser. The new Transparent
Language for iPad app refines the learning
experience with a full-screen fit and an easy-
access icon right on your home screen, so you can
learn even if you don’t have internet access.
New Language Content
Conversations in English
A realistic course for intermediate English speakers
With 27 units at your fingertips (50+ hours of learning), this new ESL course focuses on fun and practical spoken exchanges between characters about themed subjects. Each conversation is
supported with vocab and grammar lessons which simultaneously summarize the conversation and tie in with the grammar and vocab focus for the unit.
French Elementary Course
Things your child would actually say en francais.
Specifically designed for children between 6 and 11, the 68 lessons in the French Elementary series teach age-appropriate words and phrases that elementary
students actually say, covering topics like meeting friends, school supplies, and birthday parties.
Teen Voices: Spanish
Get your teen talking—in Spanish!
Intended for learners in grades 6+, the course follows the lives of the Garcia and Gómez families as they face typical situations like school days, chores and responsibilities, job
shadowing, and organizing events. Conversations amongst the family members tie together the 20 units, each of which also includes a challenging cultural reading passage.
Word of the Day Courses
Enjoy our Word of the Day emails? You’ll love these courses!
Do more than just read the email—in these courses you’ll go through a full suite of interactive activities including matching, fill in the blank, and flash-card style drills.
Currently available in Arabic, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Survival Spanish for Librarians
Better serve your Spanish-speaking patrons!
We released four conversation-based lessons to step librarians through common scenarios, including issuing library cards, checking out materials, providing computer
services, and answering phone calls.
Seasonal Lessons New lessons for every occasion!
Baseball Crash Course
Football Crash Course
Russian for Astronauts
Diwali Festival in Hindi
Admin Tools
List Authoring
Create assignments faster than your students can learn them!
List authoring has graduated from Flash to HTML5 and sports a new design for faster, easier list creation.
Support
Support Widget
Technology can be a pain in the…
That’s why we’ve added a support widget (for both users and instructors) so you can easily direct any problems, questions, or feedback to the team here
in our office. We’re here to help!
Company News
Edovo Partnership
Language learning opportunities for everyone.
We’ve partnered with Edovo to bring English and foreign language learning opportunities to incarcerated inmates throughout the United States. Edovo strives to reduce the recidivism rate (the number of inmates who return to
prison) through education and we’re proud to be on board with that mission.
7000 Languages
We support every language, regardless of commercial
value.
We are also very proud to see our very own 7000 Languages Project evolve into
a full-fledged 501(c)3 non-profit organization, 7000 Languages. Though
no longer under our wing, we will continue to donate our technology to their efforts to preserve and promote
endangered languages.
Modern Library Award
We’ve gone platinum!
Sometimes our partners surprise us, as was the case when we were
awarded the Platinum Award from the 2016 Modern Library Awards.
The MLAs were established to recognize the top products in the
library industry, an honor that means so much more because the
voting is done by librarians themselves!
Library Search
Find a library offering Transparent Language Online!
Speaking of libraries, we also made it easier than ever to find a library near you that offers Transparent Language Online to its patrons. Search your zip code and see
what’s available nearby!
If 2016 is any indicator, we have a lot to look forward to in 2017 here at Transparent Language.
We hope you’ll come along for the journey.
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