Black Panther: Shining a Spotlight on Xhosa
November 13, 2019 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIf you went to see Black Panther at the cinema last year, then you were far from the only one—Marvel’s... View Article
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Yes, the Whole World Really Does Drink ‘Coffee’—Except Ethiopians and Armenians!
November 8, 2019 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsHappy Cappuccino Day! In today’s post, uTalk’s guest blogger Brian investigates the many different ways of saying ‘coffee’—and where the... View Article
‘Wang Wang’: The Siren Call of the Philippines
November 6, 2019 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe sign saying ‘this is a no wang wang zone’ can be puzzling for foreign visitors to Manila International Airport... View Article
All-Singing, All-Dancing: Bollywood, the Gem of Indian Cinema
November 1, 2019 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIndia boasts the largest film industry in the world, with nearly two thousand films released in 2017. Despite the recent... View Article
The Spooky Season Around the World
October 30, 2019 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsChildren everywhere look forward to Halloween with glee. And why wouldn’t they? They get to dress up in fun costumes,... View Article
uTalk Junior Language Challenge: How Many Points Have You Got?
October 25, 2019 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsWe’re halfway through Round One of the 2019/20 uTalk Junior Language Challenge and so thought it would be a good... View Article
German Cuisine: Is It Really the Wurst?
October 23, 2019 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsGermany is famous for a lot of things—but its cuisine doesn’t really top that list. Most stereotypes around German food... View Article
My Week Learning Scottish Gaelic with uTalk
October 18, 2019 4:21 pm 2 CommentsWith over 2,500 basic words and phrases in more than 140 languages, there’s plenty the uTalk app offers for you... View Article
Dracula: The Fang-tastic Story of a Romanian Prince
October 16, 2019 11:00 am Leave your thoughtsRomania is famous for plenty of things: the Carpathian Mountains, medieval fortresses, Sebastian Stan… But when most people think of... View Article
Language Learning Myths #2: Adults Can’t Learn a New Language
October 11, 2019 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the second part of our blog series on myths surrounding language learning, we’re exploring the myth that you have... View Article