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Monthly Archives: May 2010
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Many European countries complain that English is used in mass marketing to sell products but what is perhaps not so well appreciated is that the reverse is also true. As a post on Language on th...
READ MORE | 25 May 2010
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Does foreign language learning promote child development? According to a blog post on Babble, new studies suggests that kids who grow up with two languages are better at certain tests of "executive fu...
READ MORE | 20 May 2010
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The Beauty of Typography: Writing Systems and the Calligraphy of the World
Wonderfully written and illustrated article from Smashing Magazine on the typography of Asian and Arabic languages. As well as discussing how to differentiate diacriticals from radicals, the article h...
READ MORE | 19 May 2010
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Something très ludique for Friday. If you're learning French and you enjoy audio cut-ups and sound collages then you'll love this video of Etienne Charry's Lettre Anonyme, a mischievous, twiste...
READ MORE | 14 May 2010
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Fancy learning French from a footballer?
Imaginative school trips could be the secret weapon to increased take-up of languages at secondary school level. According to The Guardian a growing number of links between sporting organisations and...
READ MORE | 13 May 2010
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'Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live
The world wide web took an historic step forward today as the first non-Latin web addresses went live, according to the BBC. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to...
READ MORE | 6 May 2010
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Dreams 'can help with learning'
Having problems learning the subjunctive, irregular verbs, gerunds and false cognates in your chosen language? According to an article from the BBC dreaming in your sleep about the task helps with the...
READ MORE | 6 May 2010
