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24/11/2014

Funny place names? Think yourself lucky you don't live in Bu****le lane….

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.

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….

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

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.

09/11/2014

New York, a graveyard for languages… http://buff.ly/1sru2IM

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

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

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

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:

http://www.actiris.be/emp/tabid/156/language/fr-BE/Le-cheque-langue.aspx

Actiris au coeur de l'emploi - Actiris de weg naar werk.

27/10/2014

Language learners, you are S*XY! It's official… http://buff.ly/1wpAbLP

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

Speaking like a horselord from the HBO series is tougher than it looks, it turns out