The Language Learning Specialists
uTalk Malaysian steamed buns – what a passer-by might offer you in a rural village. Brian, who grew up in Malaysia, is embarrassed at any suggestion that he’s a high-achiever. The 37-year-old, who works as a language translator, educator and blogger, is more interested in helping others learn languages than bigging himself up. “Where … Read more
New languages and a faster app are waiting for you when you update to uTalk 2.08. Languages added in 2018 are Ancient Greek, Southern Saami, Manx, Kinyarwanda, Dzongkha, Lingala, and Xhosa. Tech improvements – in FULL – are: *Sound effects now muted when your phone is in silent mode – we’ve listened … Read more
Check out this quick guide to tennis terminology and where it comes from. (Answer: mostly French!) According to some experts, love in tennis may come from the French word for egg, l’oeuf, because an egg looks like a zero. Others insist it’s so named because the game is being played for love ie without any … Read more
This week we’re really lucky to have a guest post by the team at TakeLessons. Approximately one language dies every two weeks. Most of the 7,000 languages spoken worldwide are dialects, however that doesn’t make them any less important. Languages are tied to the culture of those that speak them and should be regarded as … Read more
The Junior Language Challenge is uTalk’s annual competition for primary school children across the UK. We’ve been running the JLC now for 15 years, and hope to make this year our biggest yet! Children taking part in the competition will first learn Spanish* using our app, and top scorers will progress to round 2 – and a … Read more
Try out 40 languages free as part of uTalk’s Great Language Adventure We’re off on a round the world trip by (virtual) planes, trains, boats and automobiles to meet and talk to people in 40 different countries celebrating the fact that uTalk goes to more places than any other languages company. Our mascot has started his tour in … Read more
Valentine’s day – a day for declaring your love in any way you can. But love can often be more tortured than a simple declaration. As Alfred de Musset said in his book “On ne badine pas avec l’amour”: “We are often deceived in love, often wounded and often miserable; but we love, and when … Read more
Language learning company uTalk has launched an app to help save the threatened Southern Saami language spoken by reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden. The herders are nicknamed the people of eight seasons because their culture divides the calendar year into eight or more seasons to tie in with the life cycle of the reindeer. … Read more
Emirates Airline has launched an extended series of 45 videos to help passengers on all its flights grow confidence in learning languages. The specially commissioned and exclusive language learning films are now available in 15 languages and allow passengers to learn the basics needed for when they land in a new country and want to … Read more
uTalk has been chosen to be part of the roll-out of +Air Time; a pioneering new in-flight entertainment system that allows passengers to interact and play with games. Passengers can broaden their horizons and learn to speak a few words and phrases in 150+ languages before they touch down on selected routes thanks to the unique collaboration between uTalk … Read more