by cristahazell | Aug 2, 2021 | News, Spanish Zone
Watching TV shows and films in a different language is the most effective and practical way of learning that language. RM from BTS confirmed this by talking about how he managed to learn English by just watching the highly popular show Friends. If you are a native...
by cristahazell | Aug 2, 2021 | News
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed to tackle Latin’s “reputation as an elitist subject” with a new scheme to boost take-up of the subject among disadvantaged pupils. He unveiled the £4 million “Latin excellence programme” over the weekend, in a move...
by cristahazell | Aug 2, 2021 | News
Thinking of taking a language in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know. This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. Some students elect to study languages in their senior...
by cristahazell | Jul 28, 2021 | News
Music Planet brings the WOMAD experience into the studio with live sets by some of the artists who would have been playing at the festival this weekend, including Italian collective Amaraterra with pizzica music from the country’s south-eastern region, Welsh...
by cristahazell | Jul 28, 2021 | News
English-speaking audiences rarely come across dubbed films and television programmes. This probably explains why they tend to find dubbing so, well, weird. Dubbed voices usually sound a bit flat and never quite sync up with the mouths we see onscreen. This can be...
by cristahazell | Jul 19, 2021 | News
A young Palestinian refugee on the Greek island of Leros, who arrived on a rickety boat from Turkey in December 2018, has set up a page called “Learn Greek” on social media to teach the language to children worldwide. The amazing story of Sabri Madi, who was just 13...
by cristahazell | Jul 19, 2021 | News
Language is one of the critical components pertaining to the identity of a nation; and learning another language can help enrich the experience of someone who is visiting a country — but teaching yourself to speak a foreign language can introduce you to the culture of...
by cristahazell | Jul 13, 2021 | Arabic News, Arabic Zone, Language News, News
In our daily lives, we spend a lot more time tapping at a screen and typing on a keyboard than writing with pencil and pen, so does handwriting tuition still offer anything useful? Absolutely, according to a new study. Researchers tasked 42 adult volunteers with...
by cristahazell | Jul 13, 2021 | Language News, News
Most primary school children and 40% in secondaries missed out during first lockdown, says British Council. Millions of children did not receive any language tuition during lockdowns in England, the British Council has said. The council’s annual survey of English...
by cristahazell | Jul 13, 2021 | News
The government has set out draft plans for GCSEs and A-level exams next year, including a choice of topics for some GCSE subjects and advance information about the focus of exams in others. But schools will have to wait until the autumn to hear the government’s final...
by cristahazell | Jul 13, 2021 | News
Pupils who are due to sit GCSEs and A-levels next summer will be given advance notice of the focus of some examinations to try to mitigate for learning lost as a result of the pandemic, according to plans unveiled by the government. Ministers have already stated their...
by cristahazell | Jun 28, 2021 | News
Study shows second-language learning can happen quickly In a finding that runs contrary to one of the most-cited studies in the field, a new research paper from University of Kansas linguists shows that even as beginners, adults can quickly begin mentally processing...
