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Songs in the classroom
Having written previously of the benefit of songs when learning a language, I was interested to come across this blog post about why songs should be used more in the classroom for young learners. The...
View ArticleLearning by rote
Learning by rote seems an old-fashioned idea, something that was done in the Victorian era, when canes were used liberally. But it is still used in schools today, if in a different way. Part of the...
View ArticleHow to use an apostrophe
Quite some time ago on this blog, I admitted to not being completely au fait with apostrophes. Nothing much has changed in the intervening time, mostly because I don’t have the time to sit down and...
View ArticleEmbarrassing mistakes
We’ve all made mistakes in our target languages, some of them embarrassing. The Johnson blog at The Economist asked readers to share their most depressing moments on the path to fluency – here are a...
View ArticleTwitter adds right-to-left languages
Twitter is now available in languages written right-to-left, including Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu. Work began earlier this year via their Translation Center, which crowd-sources translations to...
View ArticleSecurity guard helpful in 49 languages
A security guard in Henley can greet people in 49 languages, according to the Henley Standard. John Bowman works for a security company in Maidenhead and calls himself a “walking phrase book”. Despite...
View ArticlePinterest for language learning
An interesting post and discussion over at the Guardian’s Teacher Network blog is on using social media for language learning. The blog post is aimed at school teachers, but language learners can pick...
View ArticleFrench – the official Olympic language
The London 2012 Olympic Games draw to a close tomorrow, with Team GB having won a record medal haul. The Olympics have been a great success for their host country, with one minor exception: people have...
View ArticleAssiduous, Perfidious and Querulous
I came across a fun word game on Word Dynamo that is intended for American students studying for their SATs. As I read English at university I fancied my chances of attaining a perfect score but a few...
View ArticleTips To Help You Learn
When learning a new language there are a variety of supplementary ways to help you on your way. The teaching network section of The Guardian posted an article (which can be found here) that reveals...
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