The best 5 language learning apps
Do you want to start learning a new language, or perhaps you just want to sharpen up your skills? Here are some of the best language learning apps to help you along the way! Duo Lingo Probably the...
View ArticleWhat are the hardest languages for English speakers to learn?
Learning any language is valuable for so many reasons, but if you want to feel like you’ve really battled the elements, you could master one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn. All...
View ArticleWhy learning the language should be part of your holiday preparations
With the summer holiday season in full swing, us Britons prepare to get away to the hot, sandy beaches we crave all year round. As we all know, the holiday preparations for a ‘getaway’ can be extremely...
View ArticleLanguage skills necessary ‘to succeed professionally’
A recent debate on language learning in the UK heard one attendee claim that, without a grasp of languages, people are unlikely to reach the highest point in their chosen profession. Language learning...
View ArticleEuropean Day of Languages celebrated around the world
Yesterday (September 26th) marked the European Day of Languages – a Council of Europe initiative created to celebrate the languages spoken across the continent’s 47 member states. The event encourages...
View ArticleMEP urges action against decline in language learning
A member of the European Parliament has called for action to be taken to turn around the decline in language learning currently being witnessed in the UK. Cambridge News reports that Richard Howitt...
View ArticleWhy study languages?
As young people around the UK anxiously learn how they did in their GCSEs today (August 22nd), Language Insight considers why language really is a subject worth choosing for further study. While it...
View ArticleWill decline in language learning harm UK’s standing?
It has been over a year since foreign secretary William Hague warned that the UK’s lack of language skills would ultimately damage not just its competitive corporate position, but also its diplomatic...
View ArticleDid early man talk like Yoda?
Last week, we published two articles focusing on the mystery of language and, in particular, the origins of human speech. While no one has cracked the code of where, when and how language evolved, we...
View ArticleTop 5 unsolved language mysteries
Human language remains a subject of intrigue, and its mysteries are manifold. It is the skill that most separates mankind from animals. While creatures like chimps have developed certain sounds and...
View ArticleWhy language learning isn’t extinct yet
From businesses to individuals, everyone knows the increasing importance of being able to communicate in more than one language. The internet together with cheap and easy travel means that...
View ArticleDemand for language degrees falls
Despite being among the most in-demand skills for job applicants to possess, the number of people applying to study for non-European language degrees has fallen. Research compiled by the Universities...
View ArticleCzech boy learns English to translate message in a bottle
A boy from Czechoslovakia spent two years learning English so he could translate and respond to a message in a bottle he found. Gabriel Fabian, 12, discovered the bottle just three months after it was...
View ArticleVisual prompts ‘influence language’
The language abilities of people from multicultural backgrounds who speak more than one language are affected by visual signals, new research has discovered. According to the study, which is published...
View ArticleSt Patrick’s Day: Celebrating Irish Gaelic
Sunday (March 17th) is St Patrick’s Day, and we can think of no better way to celebrate this important event than by bringing you a few facts about the Irish Gaelic language. Ancient roots Irish...
View ArticleGetting to grips with grammar
Monday was National Grammar Day, an occasion for us all to celebrate the rules that give form and structure to linguistics. It is a divisive subject, with firm supporters pitched against those who...
View ArticleInfants ‘learn mother tongue before birth’
We start talking around the time of our first birthday, but a new study has revealed that we begin learning language much earlier – before we have even been born. Christine Moon, a professor of...
View ArticleWhy study languages?
There are almost as many reasons to study languages as there are languages. The team of translators and interpreters at Transcription Global all have their own reasons for choosing languages as their...
View ArticleLancashire pupils have a talent for languages
Hundreds of schoolchildren took part in the biggest languages competition in the county, and this afternoon, they were awarded their prizes. The awards ceremony took place at UCLan’s Mitchell &...
View ArticleLancashire kids are showcasing Spanish
It was Sam’s turn yesterday to judge entries in the languages competiton for local school children. Here she sums up her thoughts after attending the meeting. Yesterday morning, I went along to the...
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