{"id":6225,"date":"2018-02-28T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utalk.com\/news\/?p=6225"},"modified":"2020-03-04T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:11:17","slug":"utalks-great-language-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/utalks-great-language-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"uTalk&#8217;s Great Language Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Try out 40 languages free as part of uTalk\u2019s Great Language Adventure<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We\u2019re\u00a0off on\u00a0a 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Our mascot has\u00a0started his tour in Norway where the language of the week is Saami. Take a look at uTalk\u2019s Facebook page or @utalk on Twitter and Instagram to see his postcards with funny snippets of information\u00a0along the way but you can do more than that too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Each week he will give you a special code to unlock the language for where he is so you can discover\u00a0some new words too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The idea was dreamt up by our language producer Nat Dinham who is adding new languages to the app every month and our designer Luke Henley who loves to bring different cultures alive graphically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6226 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GreatAdventure_max_MAIN.png\" alt=\"GreatAdventure_max_MAIN\" width=\"810\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GreatAdventure_max_MAIN.png 640w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GreatAdventure_max_MAIN-250x173.png 250w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GreatAdventure_max_MAIN-120x83.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cLanguage learning is a great adventure and we want to excite people about all the languages they could learn as well as giving them a chance to learn a few words with us along the way.\u201d, said Nat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">uTalk\u2019s chairman Dick Howeson says adventure is at the heart of the company\u2019s story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cuTalk has always dared to go where most others don\u2019t which is how we&#8217;re still leaders after 25 years in business. Speaking just a few word in someone else\u2019s language can make you friends and open you up to new experiences. I can\u2019t wait to see what Max gets up to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Lineto Circular', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">uTalk&#8217;s Great language Adventure will cover most continents of the world over 40 weeks<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Lineto Circular', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">. The itinerary for each leg will be revealed in social media each week along with the code for that week\u2019s language. You\u2019ll able to keep track of the adventure on a special map being built on our office wall. T<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Lineto Circular', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">o take part go to <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/adventure\">utalk.com\/adventure<\/a>. And\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0forget to\u00a0share your stories about\u00a0the places we visit too!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try out 40 languages free as part of uTalk\u2019s Great Language Adventure We\u2019re\u00a0off on\u00a0a 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\u00a0started his tour in &#8230; <a title=\"uTalk&#8217;s Great Language Adventure\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/utalks-great-language-adventure\/\" aria-label=\"More on uTalk&#8217;s Great Language Adventure\">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":[3,51,1591,54,1647],"tags":[2,333,482,28,265],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6225"}],"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=6225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}