Learn to read, write, and speak over 140 languages.
Transparent Language is an online language learning platform with over 140 languages, including American Sign Language (ASL) and a few Indigenous languages. New languages are added regularly. Here, you’ll also get access to KidsSpeak, which are language learning courses designed for children.
Take quizzes to assess your level, work through lessons with video and audio clips, and practice your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Good to know
English is available as a course for speakers of 47 different languages.
Transparent Language is available as a trial to GVPL users until December 31, 2026.
Get started
Log in with your library card to start learning. Don’t forget to create an account to save your progress.
Your privacy
This Digital Collection is a third-party service hosted in the U.S. or in another location outside Canada. Creation of a user account may store limited Personal Information (email address, password, library barcode and password, and the date of your last login) on a server stored outside Canada. Upon account creation, you are consenting and become subject to the privacy policy of the service provider. GVPL encourages patrons to review all third-party privacy policies and statements to protect their personal information.
Where other (third-party) organizations require personal information in order to provide services on behalf of the Library, the Library makes reasonable efforts to obtain commitments from such organizations that they treat the personal information in compliance with FIPPA and this policy. However, once information is in the hands of other organizations, it is beyond the Library’s control, and the Library cannot be accountable for the use, or further disclosure, of that information.
What you need
Phone, tablet, or computer
Internet connection
