The Political Dimension of Chinese Language Schools
Spreading their language and culture is part of the political and economic strategy for many countries that play a role in globalization. Germany has its Goethe Institut, France the Alliance...
View ArticleDo Japanese Cartoons hamper Children to Learn Bengali?
The Hindi translation of the popular Japanese manga series Doreamon is hampering children in Bangladesh to learn Bengali, their native language. At least that is the impression of concerned officials...
View ArticleFair Languages is Finalist at THE 2013 BLOGGIES
I am very excited to announce that Fair Languages is among the five finalists as Best Education Weblog at the 2013 BLOGGIES.read more
View ArticleMonty Python: Italian Lesson
The post Monty Python: Italian Lesson appeared first on Fair Languages.
View ArticleBurnistoun – Scots in an Elevator with Voice Recognition
Another Friday, another funny language related video. Today’s clip comes from a Scottish comedy show called Burnistoun which I recently came across in a short documentary about Scottish television.read...
View ArticleUK: Language Learning is in Decline because of Anti-European Sentiment
We already learned that in the UK language learning is in decline and that only 9% of 15-year-olds in the UK are competent in the first foreign language they learn in school after seven years, whereas...
View ArticleReasons to learn German #3 Doing Business with Germans
To make sure that we are all on the same page, let me say that certainly, most Germans speak decent or even good English and to a lesser degree other foreign languages. However, this doesn’t...
View ArticleGreat Free Resources for Learning British English
As you know, there are different dialects of English around the world like British English, American English, Australian and so on. In most cases it does not really matter which English dialect you...
View ArticleEurope needs more Language Champions like Eddie Izzard
Readers of British newspaper the Guardian were invited to nominate their public language champion of the year for the second annual award hosted by the Guardian and the British Academy. The judges...
View ArticleCambly merges two edtech trends: Instant Video Lessons and Mobile
First published on EDUKWEST | January 28, 2014Cambly is a new platform that connects English and Spanish learners through video chat. Sure, this sounds very familiar as startups like Colingo and...
View ArticleLanguage Trends for 2015 and 2115
To kick off the new year in language learning, here are two predictions: Language learning company Rosetta Stone gives us one for the year ahead while Dr. McWhorter shares his thoughts on the state of...
View ArticleLanguage Learning needs to be flipped
Editor’s Note: This article has first been published in EducationInvestor on April 3rd 2014. The recent launch of Duolingo for Schools and Rosetta Stone’s prediction for language trends underline the...
View ArticleFive Awesome German Courses for only $10 each
As many of you know I have been working in the field of language coaching for more than fifteen years now. And although I am mainly a content creator (as you know from my blogs and social media...
View ArticleSix Awesome Spanish, French and Italian Language Courses for $10 each
Yesterday, we featured five awesome German courses on Udemy, and today we got our Spanish, French and Italian learners covered. You can save up to 90% on the language courses listed below, as all of...
View ArticleNaboomboo – Language Exchange Community
Naboomboo is a language exchange community. Users can train and improve their foreign language skills by sharing and discussing their interests and favorite topics with others on the platform.read more
View ArticleLearn Arabic online with ArabiCollege
With more and more developing countries having high speed access to the internet and joining the mobile revolution, Arabic in particular has benefited from the trend and seen a sharp increase in use on...
View ArticleBook your English-speaking Uber driver in Latin America thanks to Duolingo
When you’re traveling Colombia or planning on visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Olympics this summer, organizing your commute just got one step easier.Last September, language learning app...
View ArticleWikispeech: How Wikipedia will learn to Talk to You
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, has partnered with the swedish KTH (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) Royal Institute of Technology to develop a crowdsourced speech engine for visually impaired...
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