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