US Army FAO Program Chooses CL-150 from Transparent Language
US Army Foreign Area Officer program licenses Transparent Language's CL-150 foreign language learning software suite for use by all FAO's
Nashua, N.H., October 29, 2009 - Transparent Language, Inc. announced today that the United States Army has licensed Transparent's CL-150 Platform for use by all its Foreign Area Officers. The CL-150 is an extensive suite of software applications and content for language learning.
"Transparent Language focuses on using technology to get the greatest result from the time someone spends learning a language," said Mike Quinlan, CEO of Transparent Language. "In the consumer space, it's often about selling the dream, but in the government sector it's about real-world proficiency. That's a good fit for us, and we are very excited about this opportunity to be of service."
The CL-150 Platform is licensed enterprise-wide by a growing number of US government organizations that consider language and culture proficiency critical to their mission. In addition to the US Army FAO program, federal organizations which currently license the CL-150 for use by all their personnel include US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Special Operations Command, Defense Language Institute and many others.
About Army FAO
United States Army Foreign Area Officers are Soldiers with regional expertise, requisite language skills, cultural and regional knowledge, and diplomatic skills to effectively operate in any part of the world. As an attaché, security assistance officer, political-military advisor, staff officer, or instructor, FAOs can be deployed anywhere in the world and are often the only US military presence in their country of assignment.
About the CL-150
The CL-150 Platform, or "the CL-150," is research-based, experience-driven, multi-language, multi-platform software that economically and effectively supports both general language learning and language learning for specialized government purposes. The CL-150 is used by dozens of US Government organizations. For more information please visit USG.Transparent.com.
About Transparent Language, Inc.
At Transparent Language, we leverage our expertise in technology and in the research and practice of language learning and teaching to build unique capabilities for use by US Government agencies and organizations, as well as hundreds of public libraries, thousands of schools, and millions of individuals. We care about all languages, regardless of commercial value. We believe that language technology needs to work for all courses and curricula, not just a few courses. It needs to benefit not only individuals, but entire programs. We believe that great language technology not only changes the user experience; it transforms the economics, logistics, and reliability of language learning.