Transparent Language Online

Transparent Language Online provides an effective and engaging experience for language learners looking to build their vocabulary, practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and maintain what they learn. With over 110 languages to choose from, including English for speakers of over 30 languages, there is something for every learner.

Best of all, with mobile apps for iOS and Android devices, you have the freedom to learn at home, in the library, or on the go. Note: You'll need to create your account login and password on the Transparent Language Online website first before you can log in to the app. 

Worried that you won’t be able to learn on your own?

A customizable Learning Path allows you to choose what you want to learn, while an integrated analytics system tracks your progress, periodically prompting you to review material that you haven’t seen in a while. It’s like having a built-in teacher there to keep you on track toward your language-learning goals.

Watch the Transparent Language tutorial

Login Instructions

You will need to create an account to save and retrieve ongoing lessons or to use the mobile app:

  1. When accessing this resource for the first time, click on "Sign Up"
  2. You will be asked to enter "Your Library Card Number, Student ID, or Other ID"
  3. Be sure to enter your library card number using lowercase letters.

Screenshot of Transparent Language Online website. The word sign up is highlighted.

Click here for additional instructions on how to download and use the Transparent Language Online apps. 

This extensive language-learning program works on virtually any computer or mobile device through a web browser or mobile app. If you have questions about logging in or if you're having issues with your library card account, please call the Library at 904-255-BOOK.

 


KidSpeak

Transparent Language also includes KidSpeak, a fun, easy-to-use language learning program for young learners. Designed for elementary-aged children (6 and up), KidSpeak offers courses in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The program teaches words and phrases suitable for learners’ age, needs, and interests. More than 40 activities, puzzles, and songs guide young learners through the basics, along with a cartoon “friend” who speaks the language. KidSpeak™ can be used through a web browser on computers.

 

Transparent Language Online


Available Languages

  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Altai
  • Amharic
  • Arabic, Iraqi
  • Arabic, Levantine
  • Arabic, Modern Standard
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Balinese
  • Baluchi
  • Bambara
  • Bashkir
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Breton
  • Bulgarian
  • Buriat
  • Cambodian, Khmer
  • Chechen
  • Chinese, Cantonese
  • Chinese, Mandarin
  • Cree
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Dakota
  • Dakotah, Sisseton
  • Danish
  • Dari
  • Denesuline
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Farsi
  • Finnish
  • French
  • French, Canadian
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Kalmyk
  • Kazakh
  • Kituba
  • Koasati
  • Korean
  • Koyukon
  • Kurdish-Behdini
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Maori
  • Mirandese
  • Mongolian
  • Nahuatl
  • Nepali
  • Nogai
  • Norwegian
  • Oji-Cree
  • Ojibwe
  • Ojibwe, Central
  • Ojibwe, Northwestern
  • Pashto
  • Polish
  • Portuguese, Brazilian
  • Portuguese, European
  • Punjabi, Shahmukhi
  • Quechua, Ecuadorian
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Somali
  • Spanish, Castilian
  • Spanish, Latin American
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tagalog
  • Tajiki
  • Tamil
  • Thai
  • Tohono O'odham
  • Turkish
  • Turkmen
  • Tuvan
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek - Cyrillic
  • Uzbek - Latin
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Wolof
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

For Non-English Speakers


English

  • English for Amharic Speakers
  • English for Arabic, Modern Standard Speakers
  • English for Chinese, Mandarin - Simplified Speakers
  • English for Czech Speakers
  • English for Farsi Speakers
  • English for French Speakers
  • English for German Speakers
  • English for Greek Speakers
  • English for Haitian Creole Speakers
  • English for Hindi Speakers
  • English for Hmong Speakers
  • English for Indonesian Speakers
  • English for Italian Speakers
  • English for Japanese Speakers
  • English for Korean Speakers
  • English for Malay Speakers
  • English for Norwegian Speakers
  • English for Polish Speakers
  • English for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • English for Romanian Speakers
  • English for Russian Speakers
  • English for Somali Speakers
  • English for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • English for Swahili Speakers
  • English for Tagalog Speakers
  • English for Thai Speakers
  • English for Turkish Speakers
  • English for Urdu Speakers
  • English for Vietnamese Speakers

Other Language Pairs

  • Arabic, Iraqi for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Arabic, Iraqi for Turkish Speakers
  • Arabic, Modern Standard for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Arabic, Modern Standard for Turkish speakers
  • Balinese for Indonesian Speakers
  • Bulgarian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Bulgarian for Turkish Speakers
  • Cambodian (Khmer) for Turkish Speakers
  • Chinese, Mandarin for Turkish Speakers
  • Chinese, Mandarin for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Croatian for Turkish Speakers
  • Czech for Turkish Speakers
  • Danish for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Danish for Turkish Speakers
  • Dari for Turkish Speakers
  • Dutch for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Dutch for Turkish Speakers
  • Farsi for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Farsi for Turkish Speakers
  • French for Arabic, Modern Standard Speakers
  • French for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • French for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • French for Turkish Speakers
  • German for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • German for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • German for Turkish Speakers
  • Greek for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Greek for Turkish Speakers
  • Hebrew for Turkish Speakers
  • Hindi for Turkish Speakers
  • Hungarian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Hungarian for Turkish Speakers
  • Indonesian for Turkish Speakers
  • Irish for Turkish Speakers
  • Italian for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • Italian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Italian for Turkish Speakers
  • Japanese for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Japanese for Turkish Speakers
  • Korean for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Korean for Turkish Speakers
  • Norwegian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Norwegian for Turkish Speakers
  • Polish for Turkish Speakers
  • Portuguese, Brazilian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Portuguese, Brazilian for Turkish Speakers
  • Portuguese, European for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Portuguese, European for Turkish Speakers
  • Romanian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Romanian for Turkish Speakers
  • Russian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Russian for Turkish Speakers
  • Somali for Turkish Speakers
  • Spanish, Latin American for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • Spanish, Latin American for Turkish Speakers
  • Swahili for Turkish Speakers
  • Swedish for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Swedish for Turkish Speakers
  • Tagalog for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Tagalog for Turkish Speakers
  • Tamil for Turkish Speakers
  • Thai for Turkish Speakers
  • Turkish for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Urdu for Turkish Speakers
  • Vietnamese for Turkish Speakers
  • Welsh for English, British Speakers

Unfortunately, Transparent Language does not offer courses in Ancient Greek or Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics so reading the Rosetta Stone will require further study.  For assistance on resources for those languages please consult a librarian.

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