With students from all over the world descending on Paris this week for the start of a new term, we take a look at the best ways to save money while living in the French capital on a … [Read More...] about How to survive Paris on a student budget
Blog
The Power of Language
According to the Languages for the Future report dated November 2013, Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish and Japanese are to become the languages most vital to the UK over the next 20 years. Another report, from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) found that the language skills deficit costs […]
How language skills can boost your career
Did you know that… Language skills can open you thousands of doors in the world of employment and boost your actual career!? In an interview with The Guardian, Paddy Ashdown – a British politician and former diplomat for Bosnia and Herzegovina – explains how learning languages has changed his life. He admits that he didn’t excel at languages […]
Myth: young people have abandoned language learning
A British award-winning student, Alex Rawlings, who speaks 15 languages says that he cannot imagine his life without them. Stunning, uh? But, apparently, Rawlings is a lone wolf in the field of modern languages learning, since his British peers are more prone to take degrees that they think will lead them to jobs right after graduation… […]
Google Translate error sees Spanish town advertise clitoris festival
Pretty embarrassing marketing campaign for the Rapini Food Festival in Pontes! In an attempt to translate the Galician word grelo (main vegetable of the area) into Castilian Spanish, the marketing team have wisely thought to resort to the good, old (and most importantly FREE) Google translator and the result… Well, they have just invited people to take part […]
Cornwall Council plan to promote the Cornish language
Hi All! In an Era of modernisation, international exchange and the spreading of social media acronyms in the everyday conversations, the Cornwall Council plans to re-promote its rich and distinctive Celtic historical traditions through the re-introduction of basic Cornish expressions in their everyday language. If this plan takes effect, you will soon hear answers in original Celtic language when interacting […]
We catch up with Wahida Mohamed the Director of Language Tuition Plus
https://www.bizcrowd.com/t5/Blog/Where-are-they-now-We-catch-up-with-Language-Tuition-Plus/ba-p/23040