Language learning in UK schools: what does the future hold?
Recent news that the numbers of pupils taking a modern foreign language to A-level in the UK have fallen dramatically…
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Learning a new language will make you smarter
Today’s post was written by Tom, who’s just spent a year working at EuroTalk as part of his university degree…
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How the scripts hit the streets
I quite like the way that the iconography of foreign languages and exotic scripts happily manages to pervade our popular…
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Do you know who you’re talking to?
Our post today is by Izabella Klein, who’s been working with us to translate our maths apps into Brazilian Portuguese. Izabella’s…
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The benefits of exposing younger children to multiple languages
Today we have a guest post by Stephen Thomas, on behalf of Pearson PTE, on why it’s important to expose…
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A Year in the Life of EuroTalk
There’s no doubt 2012 has been a pretty special year for the UK and the world, but it’s also been…
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A feast of languages: Shakespeare as we’ve never seen it before
Last Monday, 23rd April, was the 448th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, and marked the launch of Globe…
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What’s the hardest language to learn?
I remember the first day of my Hispanic Studies degree, when our head of department brought us all down to…