Transparent Language Review – Not Exciting, But Language Offering Is So Vast That You May Need It
Last Updated on December 13, 2023.
Transparent Language
Summary
Transparent Language markets itself as “the most complete language-learning system for independent learners.” While there are lots of different exercises for you to work through in their Essentials Course, I thought that the material wasn’t all that helpful and that it got very repetitive. Although the courses might not be all that useful or in-depth, with over a hundred languages on offer it might be worth checking out if you want to learn the very basics of a more obscure language such as Buriat, Kazakh or Turkmen.
While the exercises are for the most part well-designed, diverse and easy to use, it is the core material itself that I found lacking.
I hardly came across any explanations at all; practice was almost exclusively memorizing words and phrases.
I would only consider using if I was studying a very rare language.
I Like
- I really like the fact that they offer up courses in languages that are usually overlooked.
- It’s pretty well-designed, easy to use and has lots of different activities to work through.
I Don’t Like
- The core material is severely lacking in my opinion; it’s hard for me to imagine you’ll learn much grammar or how to form even a basic sentence yourself.
- It gets very repetitive and so I didn’t find it that fun to work through.
- You learn virtually nothing about the different cultural contexts of the languages you’re learning.
- Their teaching methodology was the biggest issue for me, leaving you memorizing lots of words and phrases in isolation.
Price
There is a free two-week trial period for you to try it out. Otherwise, it is $24.95 per month or $149.95 for a whole year if you just select one language. If you want access to all of the languages it is then $49.95 per month and $249.95 a year.
