{"id":5812,"date":"2017-04-26T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utalk.com\/news\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2017-05-18T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T15:49:26","slug":"utalk-takes-language-learning-to-new-heights-with-emirates-the-worlds-largest-international-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/utalk-takes-language-learning-to-new-heights-with-emirates-the-worlds-largest-international-airline\/","title":{"rendered":"uTalk takes language learning to new heights with Emirates, the world\u2019s largest international airline"},"content":{"rendered":"

London-based language experts uTalk are helping passengers on Emirates Airline prepare for arrival with new inflight language videos. They\u2019ve produced a series of films, which can be seen on all Emirates flights, giving travellers an introduction to five languages, with beginner lessons covering first words, food and drink and getting around.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emirates\u2019 award-winning inflight entertainment, ice, offers over 2,500 channels of the latest movies, TV shows and live TV for news and sport. It also offers a learning zone for passengers who wish to use their journey to pick up new skills or knowledge. uTalk\u2019s lessons join courses ranging from photography to business networking, to provide practical learning that can be put into practice the moment the flight lands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brett Savidge, uTalk\u2019s VP Sales and Marketing, said, \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be working with the innovative team at Emirates, the world\u2019s biggest airline, helping to fulfil a crucial need for their passengers. At uTalk, we\u2019re great believers in the value of knowing just a few words in the local language; whether you\u2019re travelling for business or pleasure, inflight is a perfect time for passengers to brush up on some new words.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The videos were made by Sussex-based media production company beechtobeach in conjunction with uTalk\u2019s graphic designer Luke Henley and presented by Nikolay Suvandzhiev, a former children\u2019s TV presenter from Bulgaria. They cover Arabic, German, French, Spanish and Chinese Mandarin,\u00a0and will be inflight for at least six months.<\/span><\/p>\n

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London-based language experts uTalk are helping passengers on Emirates Airline prepare for arrival with new inflight language videos. They\u2019ve produced a series of films, which can be seen on all Emirates flights, giving travellers an introduction to five languages, with beginner lessons covering first words, food and drink and getting around. Emirates\u2019 award-winning inflight entertainment, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1632,18,794],"tags":[1634,118,1633,799,48,243,64,2,4,8,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}