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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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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
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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
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Ancient Greek taught in Oxford schools
The Olympic Games may be just about sporting prowess for most of us but for Oxford school children it will be so much more come September. Telegraph.co.uk reports that The Iris Project, a charity orga...
READ MORE | 30 Jul 2010
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Does every cloud really have a silver lining? Well it would seem so as Language Networks for Excellence reports that language experts and the City and Guilds exam board are taking another look a...
READ MORE | 29 Jul 2010
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It's encouraging to see that Welsh are taking language learning seriously and if we take a leaf out of their book we could all be bringing up bi-lingual and multi-lingual children. The on-line paper t...
READ MORE | 28 Jul 2010
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In response to requests from fans of our Facebook page, we added Like buttons to the products and categories on our Languages Direct Web site. Like buttons are a handy way to create a wish list or aid...
READ MORE | 24 Jul 2010
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Smiley's Secret: He Wants Us to Love Germany
Wonderful article by John le Carré in the Sunday Times about how Germany and German are an abiding influence on his life and writing. He mentions that while at school his teacher told him that...
READ MORE | 13 Jul 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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The Thrills and Spills of the Tour de France
The Tour de France, the greatest cycling race of them all, gets properly underway today with live coverage from Sky and ITV in the UK and Versus in the U.S. For sports buffs and French language learne...
READ MORE | 3 Jul 2010
