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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When is a cake not a cake?
You might not believe it, but I regularly arbitrate fairly ferocious arguments about cake. And it’s not because my colleagues…
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Helping yourself to learn a language
Before launching into an ‘only teacher knows best’ tirade, which would sound incredibly biased as I am a language teacher myself,…
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Are you ever too old to learn a language?
As a small child, I was practically a real-life Harry Potter. Without the magic. Or the mean Aunt and Uncle….
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Are translation apps really the answer for travellers?
The first thing you need to do before embarking on a trip to a foreign land is to start learning…
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The uTalk language challenge – how did you do?
The uTalk language challenge for January comes to an end on Saturday, and we’ve loved hearing about everyone’s progress! Check…
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My uTalk Romanian journey so far
Having a look at the uTalk challenge scoreboard in the EuroTalk office, it looks like I’m some way behind with…
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Learning lots of Icelandic!
Góðan dag! As you may remember, I’ve been learning Icelandic for the January uTalk Challenge. It’s a totally new language…
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Learning German: a whole new world
So as you may remember, I recently decided to try and learn some German as part of the uTalk language…
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The uTalk language challenge 2015
We’ve had a great response to the uTalk challenge, with people all over the world getting on board and committing…