Junior Language Challenge 2015 – The Final!
On Friday 16th October, our 33 Junior Language Challenge finalists came to London to battle it out to win the trophy. The…
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The Language of Chocolate
Ah chocolate, that little sinful delight that you can pretty much find in every corner of the globe. Eat it,…
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Lost, drowned, in a shirt… how do you like your eggs?
Happy World Egg Day! English is quite a boring language when it comes to eggs. We boil them, scramble them, poach…
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Junior Language Challenge: A Mum’s Perspective
by Anna Fawcett My children, Ben, Josh and Saskia, have all taken part in EuroTalk’s Junior Language Challenge. Ben was…
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How idioms help you make a language your own
When learning a new language we are happy to pass every little milestone: the first time you address a native…
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Arabic: are you up for the challenge too?
After seeing how amazing our Junior Language Challenge semi-finalists were at learning Mandarin, we’ve set our 33 finalists the new challenge…
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EuroTalkers try… Chinese Mooncakes
Every year on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, millions of ethnic Chinese celebrate…
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Is it possible to forget your native language?
I recently came back from a week long vacation in my home country, Romania. While there, I noticed something very…
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How Do You Say Llanfairpwll…?
Everyone was blown away the other day when Liam Dutton managed to effortlessly pronounce the longest ever Welsh place name on…
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The Day I Met The Queen
On September 9th 2015 the Queen became Britain’s longest serving monarch – and I like to think she shares this reputation with…