According to several commentators, we stand in a much more isolated Britain this week than last. The
Read Article
German
Children Can Practise Language Skills Through Social Network
SECONDARY SCHOOL teacher Anne Burke has come up with a novel way to get school children practising
Read Article
How Good Is Your German, Kirsten? Fraulein Dunst Becomes German Citizen
She may be proud to be an American, but now Kirsten Dunst can also happily reveal her pride at being
Read Article
The Influence of English on German and Italian
We could pick almost any modern language to illustrate what could be called the linguistic
Read Article
Language Learning In England Is 'Deplorable'
Language teaching and learning in England is "deplorable" and declining drastically, a senior Church
Read Article
How Does Language Speed Affect Efficient Communication?
A new study has found that there is considerable variation in the speed at which languages are
Read Article
How Does Language Influence Likes On Facebook?
How do you like this: Some languages might be more conducive to Facebook likes than others. Cultural
Read Article
The Most Useful Business Language After English Is..?
Mandarin, China's official tongue, is also the top language worldwide for business other than
Read Article
All You Need Is Liebe: The Beatles' German Translator
The eccentric Berlin singer Klaus Beyer has made it his life's work to re-record the collected works
Read Article
Top 10 Languages Spoken by Internet Users
As more and more people around the world use the Internet, it’s no surprise that the diversity of
Read Article
The Influences on the Spanish Language
Spanish is based on Latin but since Roman times many other cultures have left their mark on the
Read Article
GCSE French and German in Terminal Decline
The number of pupils studying foreign languages at school plummeted to a record low this year,
Read Article
Fewer Pupils Taking Up Foreign Languages
The number of pupils studying modern foreign languages continued to slump this year, the latest
Read Article
Which Language Should You Learn: French, German or Mandarin?
As the financial world goes into freefall the question that every internationally-minded individual
Read Article
Why It's Smart to be Bilingual
On a sweltering August morning, in a classroom overlooking New York’s Hudson River, a group of
Read Article
Cowboys and Aliens Star Claims to Speak Swiss!
Cowboys and Aliens star Olivia Wilde's linguistic blunder at Switzerland premiere
There was clearly
Read Article
Siblings' Rivalry Leads to Speaking Different Languages
Sibling rivalry runs deep with brother and sister Joseph and Ellen Hoffman.
This summer, the duo
Read Article
The Holy Qu'ran's French & German Translator
Muhammad Hamidullah, the world famed scholar who knew 24 languages and wrote 170 books in 22
Read Article
