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Technology, Speech and Language
A recent article ‘Natural language processing: is this the end of the written word?’ on TechRadar trumpets the latest developments in the ability of smartphones to process search queries t...
READ MORE | 5 Aug 2014
Brain Scanning and Language Learning
It’s often assumed that there is a ‘window’ for being able to learn a language to native-like fluency that closes after childhood and early adolescence. However, an increasing amount...
READ MORE | 24 Jul 2014
Is Lack of Ability in Second Languages Holding Back the England Soccer Team?
Yet again, England have made an early exit from the World Cup, this time not even getting past the group stage. This has sparked another round of soul-searching amongst English football fans, players...
READ MORE | 27 Jun 2014
Secret Military Test, Coming Soon to Your Spanish Class
In a recent article titled ‘Secret Military Test, Coming Soon to Your Spanish Class’ in the science magazine Nautilus, Michael Erard summarizes the research behind a new test devel...
READ MORE | 25 Jun 2014
The Subjunctive mood is often a tricky area of grammar for language students to grasp when learning a foreign language. Part of the problem is that its role in our own language, English, is ill u...
READ MORE | 4 Apr 2014
Are musicians better language learners?
Fascinating piece in yesterday's Guardian that discusses the latest academic research that shows music training plays a key role in the development of a foreign language in its grammar, colloquialisms...
READ MORE | 28 Feb 2014
V.me by Visa added to payment methods
We've just added V.me by Visa as a new payment method to our online shop. The V.me service allows users to enter all their personal details and card information, then just use a single username and pa...
READ MORE | 29 Nov 2013
Learn 1,000 words in a new language urges campaign
The BBC website highlights a new, commendable initiative from the British Council and the group Speak to the Future to encourage everyone in the UK to learn at least 1,000 words in another language. T...
READ MORE | 25 Sep 2013
Tour de France: The French terms you need to know
To coincide with the 100th edition of the Tour de France, the BBC Magazine has a nicely-researched feature on the key cycling vocabulary that every self-respecting connoisseur of the sport should know...
READ MORE | 18 Jul 2013
Seeing Pictures of Home Can Make It Harder To Speak a Foreign Language
The recent article on the Smithsonian web site on new research that demonstrates that being exposed to faces or images that you associate with your home country primes you to think in your native tong...
READ MORE | 30 Jun 2013