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For some travellers, a phrasebook is the first item in their suitcase when they prepare for a trip to a foreign country, while, for others, learning to say ‘excuse me’ and ‘thank you’ in the target language is deemed a waste of time. Undoubtedly, the view one adopts will depend…

France's linguistic leaders are refusing to adopt the word 'hashtag', but what does the country have against online anglicisms?   Hashtag, LOL? It's safe to say that the majority of us know what these three phrases mean and even use them - or at least have used them - every…

The year is 2002, the Labour Party is in power with Tony Blair at the helm and a decision is made that continues to have a ripple effect, which could ultimately leave the English a society of monoglots.   For the first time, modern languages went from being core GSCE…

Whilst language companies such as Rosetta work to revive fading languages and keep live ones active certain governing authorities, like the French First Republic have gone to the extent of banning languages in order to promote national unity and pride. This autocratic campaign has left lasting damage. I hadn’t come…

The Practical Importance of Stuying Phonetics   As a French native speaker, it became obvious to me very early on that I would need to learn at least one, and ideally two foreign languages, in order to optimise my chances of getting a good job in the future. How does…