Think that 'gene pool', 'car pool' and 'pooling your resources' have something to do with water? Then you'll need to think again, thanks to Mark Forsyth's new book, Etymologicon, a circular tour through the origins of words. As the author explains in

Surely, this must be a first on British TV, a foreign language comedy show with sub-titles. Women! (Vous, les femmes), a sketch show in French and produced in France is

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. Could this task-based learning approach using digital

Thinking of cycling in France on your Easter or Summer break and would like to learn some key French vocabulary just in case your bike breaks down? Have no fear: Sheldon Brown's Read More

Fun piece on the BBC web site on the hilarious  Read More

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

Thoughtful homage by Andrew Whittaker on his Speak the Culture blog to the great French film director, Claude Chabrol, who died on Sunday. Chabrol

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 Read More

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 Read More

Moving article on the About the BBC's blog about the 70th