Monthly Archives: August 2010

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
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
New guide is putting Gaelic on the map

A new online guide that will provide a single, authoritative source of information on Gaelic place names in Scotland has been launched, according to the Scottish Herald. The site, The National Gazette...

READ MORE | 25 Aug 2010
A Split in Linguistic Personalities

Wonderful language-affirming article on the Canadian CBC News web site about the identity shifts of people living in two cultures. According to researcher David Luna at Baruch College at the City Univ...

READ MORE | 12 Aug 2010