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Secret Military Test, Coming Soon to Your Spanish Class
In a recent article titled ‘Secret Military Test, Coming Soon to Your Spanish Class’ in the science magazine Nautilus, Michael Erard summarizes the research behind a new test devel...
READ MORE | 25 Jun 2014
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Are musicians better language learners?
Fascinating piece in yesterday's Guardian that discusses the latest academic research that shows music training plays a key role in the development of a foreign language in its grammar, colloquialisms...
READ MORE | 28 Feb 2014
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Free courses – now that's a language students understand
The uptake of language degrees at British universities is falling but as this recent article in the Guardian demonstrates the news is not all bad. The University of the East of London is one...
READ MORE | 17 Dec 2012
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Should British pupils give up studying French?
The aftermath of the decline of languages at GCSE continues with a story on the BBC News Magazine web site which explores some of the key reasons for this. Language learning expert Paul Noble, who tea...
READ MORE | 21 Sep 2010
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Michael Gove wants baccalaureate qualification for England
The new baccalaureate qualification proposed by the UK Education Secretary, Michael Gove, could be a positive initiative for foreign languages. According to the Guardian, The "English bac" would not r...
READ MORE | 9 Sep 2010
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GCSE results: Why we should mind our languages
Further to yesterday's article about the decline of languages as a subject at GCSE and A Level in the UK, another one in today's Telegraph which looks at the rationale for why languages are important...
READ MORE | 26 Aug 2010
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GCSE results: French 'no longer a popular subject'
The number of children leaving school with a decent grasp of foreign languages has plummeted to a record low in the UK, according to an article in today's Telegraph. For the first time, French no long...
READ MORE | 25 Aug 2010
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Why a second language is crucial in business
Good to see an article in Exec Digital about the business need for languages that pulls no punches. The article points out that the old adage, 'You can buy in your own language but you must sell in th...
READ MORE | 9 Jul 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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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
