Deak Kirkham, Teaching Fellow, Academic English for Business & Management and Linguistics Tutor at Leeds University Name some international languages (or ‘lingua francas’ as they’re sometimes called). English is likely to top most contemporary lists; other...
Language skills are ‘more vital than ever’ if the UK is to remain ‘outward looking’ and ‘open for business’ in the run up to Brexit, new British Council research has revealed. In a survey of over 2,000 UK adults, the majority saw the ability to speak foreign languages...
Both the UK and Russia have widely-spoken languages and rich literary traditions, with a deeply held respect for each other’s culture and literature. The UK-Russia Year of Language and Literature 2016 is a joint celebration of written and spoken culture which aims to...
Veronika Makarova, University of Saskatchewan and Eleonora Usenkova, University of Saskatchewan, Parkland College, Canada But Russian! Look at it! I’ll show you: ю ж щ ш ц я and, my least favourite … ы (‘ih’), a special vowel with a pronunciation that suspends all...
Veronika Makarova, University of Saskatchewan and Eleonora Usenkova, University of Saskatchewan, Parkland College, Canada IV. Discussion In this section, we provide a further discussion of the reasons for certain types of errors. IV. 1. The sources of letter...
