Monthly Archives: October 2011

Googling the ghosts of Montparnasse cemetery

With Halloween just round the corner what could be more appropriate than this fun piece from the BBC's Radio 4 From Our Correspondent on some of the illustrious graves of Paris's Montparnasse cemetery...

READ MORE | 28 Oct 2011
Speak to the Future: The Campaign for Languages

Speak to the Future is a new campaign sponsored by the British Academy and the Chartered Institute of Linguists among others with the purpose of highlighting the importance of languages, language lear...

READ MORE | 26 Oct 2011
The Talking Kitchen That Teaches You French

Wonderful video on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's YouTube Page of a new experiment at Newcastle University that gives lessons in cooking and French at the same time. Cou...

READ MORE | 25 Oct 2011
London Language Show 2011

If you don't know already, the London Language Show 2011 starts tomorrow at Olympia London and runs from 21st to the 23rd of October. If you've not been before, the London Language Show is ideal for l...

READ MORE | 20 Oct 2011
Slow Down! Why Some Languages Sound So Fast

A recent article in Time Magazine highlights a fascinating piece of research into whether some languages truly do sound faster than others. Researchers from the Université de Lyon recruited vol...

READ MORE | 4 Oct 2011