A report from the British Academy has warned that a lack of foreign language skills could undermine the UK’s future security and capacity for global influence.

 

The report warns of an apathy towards language learning in some parts of government. But the “radically different landscape of int...

Recently, Johnson took a look at some of the advantages of bilingualism. These include better performance at tasks involving "executive function" (which involve the brain's ability to plan and prioritise), better defence against dementia in old age and—the obvious—the ability to speak a second language. One purported advantage was not mentioned, though. Many multilinguals report different person...

As Johannesburg, South Africa hosts a huge memorial servicecelebrating the life of Nelson Mandela, I want to share with you 10 quotes from this wonderful, inspirational and most humble of men.

I first heard of Nelson Mandela, I’m ashamed to say, when I first arrived in the UK in 1985 through this catchy song p...

Hong Kong's English language skills branded 'pathetic' as Chinese has 'negative influence'

 

The English-language skills of Hong Kong's adult population have slumped to the level of South Korea, Indonesia and Japan, according to new rankings of 60 countries and territories.

Despite r...

"THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A NON-NATIVE TEACHER OF ENGLISH" 

Dear readers from the World over, here you will find another piece of the Academic paper published by Professor Dr Barbara Seidlhofer on the issue. Please feel free to comment..

 

Informant and instructor roles

 

The Economist explains

 

EVERYONE has the intuition that some languages are more difficult than others. For the native English-speaker, professional agencies that teach foreign languages have made it quite clear. America’s state department reckons that Spanish, Swedish or French can be learned in 575-600 class hours (...

My dear readers from over the World, here I present you a video with my old tutor at Birkbeck College at the University of London, Professor Dr Itesh Sachdev, now at SOAS (School for Oriental and African Studies). He directed my thesis writing on Social Psychology of Languages. He speaks about what the social and health benefits of learning languages are and how can speaking several languages make life more interesting. Itesh Sa...

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7-Razones-7 para hacer inglés en Skype con English Tutors

1. optimización del tiempo (30 minutos, mínimo dos veces por semana),