I mean the decline of taught, modern foreign languages, not sweary bad language (I’m sure that’s probably still learnt and applied with enthusiasm). This article in the Guardian, Who still wants to learn languages?, raises a few key points from recent studies, as well as interesting observations. In summary: Funding for languages has been cutContinue reading “The sad decline of languages in UK schools”
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Language learning: a great leveller
Learning a new language is one of those great activities that reduces the differences between people. It doesn’t matter what job you do, where you’re from or how much you earn; once you’re thrown together to grasp a new language, everyone’s in the same boat. This occurred to me while reading one of a seriesContinue reading “Language learning: a great leveller”
Learning languages online
As if I needed another distraction, this week I discovered Busuu.com. It calls itself a ‘language learning community’ and is basically another social network with a twist: you create a profile for yourself and add details of the languages you’re learning. Busuu.com offers courses in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian at the moment. AsContinue reading “Learning languages online”
Is bad English better than no English at all?
I’m really not sure. I wouldn’t be surprised if the end result is the same: nobody finds your website. I’m talking about the English content offered by many websites that have a different primary language. The internet’s great because it opens up your business to many more people, who speak many different languages. But itContinue reading “Is bad English better than no English at all?”
Learn a language, help your writing, improve your prospects
The Guardian recently reported that “there is increasing demand around the world for [website] translations into English…particularly inside businesses”. This is an interesting and exciting prospect for me, as a web copywriter living in Spain, learning Spanish and hoping to gain clients here. Increase credibility and improve search results As well as needing help translatingContinue reading “Learn a language, help your writing, improve your prospects”