24/11/2014
Funny place names? Think yourself lucky you don't live in Bu****le lane….
From Bottom Burn to Bonkle, new map shows Britain's rudest place names
We've always known Britain had some odd and often rude place names, but this is ridiculous.
21/11/2014
12 Rules for Learning Foreign Languages in Record Time — The Only Post You’ll Ever Need.
12 Rules for Learning Foreign Languages in Record Time — The Only Post You’ll Ever Need | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Preface by Tim Ferriss I've written about how I learned to speak, read, and write Japanese, Mandarin, and Spanish. I've also covered my experiments with German, Indonesian, Arabic, Norwegian, Turkish,...
18/11/2014
"Boo, boo!", went the pig….
Why do pigs oink in English, boo boo in Japanese, and nöff-nöff in Swedish?
It’s not just pigs, the onomatopoeia we apply to most animal sounds varies delightfully across different tongues. What does this reveal about our relationship with language?
11/11/2014
Remembering the dead of the World Wars in an amazing and poignant graphic. http://buff.ly/1Ept3yl
Poppy Field
The Great War did not 'end all wars' - Poppy Field visualises war fatalities from the beginning of the 20th Century. Credits: http://poppyfield.org by Valentina D'Efilippo and Nicolas Pigelet
11/11/2014
A useful mind map of English tenses.
ENGLISH TENSES
09/11/2014
New York, a graveyard for languages… http://buff.ly/1sru2IM
New York, a graveyard for languages
New York City is believed to be home to over 800 different languages but many are spoken in very small numbers and some by only a handful and are in real danger of dying out.
06/11/2014
3 Tips to Practise and Improve Your English - by a Learner of English
I am often asked by learners, including my clients, what is the best way to practise and consequently improve their English Language skills. My response often varies depending on who the learner is...
05/11/2014
As a language learner do you want to learn the slang of a language? Or the dialect? Meet the woman who thinks we should! http://buff.ly/10UejLI
The Colombian who teaches Colombian
A video blogger stands up for the way Colombians who live by the Caribbean coast speak.
03/11/2014
Age is just a number… and other top tips for language learning! http://buff.ly/1wW4wiL
Learning a language – 10 things you need to know
Thinking about learning a foreign language? From ignoring your age to avoiding the F-word, our multilingual experts share their tips
29/10/2014
*FREE language lessons!*
Are you looking for a job and registered so in Brussels? Then you may be eligible for FREE language lessons via 'chèques langues' from Actiris. Check out the website here:
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27/10/2014
Language learners, you are S*XY! It's official… http://buff.ly/1wpAbLP
Yes! Oui! Si! Learning new words activates same part of brain as S*X
Researchers from Barcelona's Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and Otto von Guericke University in Germany found people who learn new words trigger the brain's ventral striatum.
23/10/2014
Any Game of Thrones' fans out there? Ever wondered what it would be like to learn Dothraki? Wonder no more… http://buff.ly/1tNoYV2
How I tried (and failed) to learn the Dothraki language from Game of Thrones
Speaking like a horselord from the HBO series is tougher than it looks, it turns out