Junior Language Challenge – 2016 here we come…
The Junior Language Challenge 2015 may be over, but we’re already thinking about next year’s competition. In 2016, we’d love to…
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How does a Greek person say ‘it’s all Greek to me’?
‘It’s all Greek to me’. This is what an English speaker might say when they don’t understand something at all. In…
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How do you say ‘I have lost my rabbit’ in German?
Blogger Erika Holt is a big fan of languages and learning. In today’s blog post, she tells us why, and explains…
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Can You Whistle a Phrase?
A few days ago, Gloria stopped by my desk with a burning question: had I ever heard of the whistling…
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English Idioms: Halloween special [video]
Happy Halloween! As is EuroTalk tradition, we celebrated the spookiest day of the year (a day early) with fancy dress,…
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Taking the Stress Test: how emphasis can change meaning
One of the hardest things to grasp when learning the English language is emphasis. Emphasising a different word in the…
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How learning a language earned me a free jar of seaweed
Hello, goodbye, yes, no, please, thank you – and ‘can I have a glass of wine, please?’ You may well…
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Junior Language Challenge: Aalaya’s story
Last week, we heard from Jackie Gliniecka, a teacher at The Hawthorns School in Surrey, about her experience of the…
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10 Years with the JLC – a Teacher’s story!
Here at EuroTalk we love hearing feedback from participants of the Junior Language Challenge! So when runner-up Aalaya Sanjeeva’s teacher Jackie…
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What languages mean to me
Interview with Alexandra Turner – translator, writer, editor Alex left her London life a few months ago to go and…