What’s so good about Eurovision?
This Saturday is the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark, with 125 million people expected to watch…
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Languages at primary school – what’s the point?
From September this year, it’s going to be compulsory for primary schools in the UK to teach a foreign language….
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Languages for the future: the top ten
A recent report by the British Council has laid out the ten most important languages for the UK’s future, in…
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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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Valentine’s – it’s not all flowers and chocolates…
Valentine’s Day is here again, and like a lot of people, I’m a bit fed up with it. I’ve lost…
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Is it OK to be Monolingual?
When England’s GCSE results came out at the end of August the British press were quick to report on the…