When learning a language, we not only deal with our lessons, grammar exercises or lists of vocabulary. One of the things I tell my students is that they […]

Any journey will have its difficulties Language learning presents different types challenges at different points along the experience. This time round I wish to look at language learners […]

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 […]

We already wrote quite a bit about globalization, that the right language skills are essential in the globalized job market and can therefore give job seekers not only […]

Many language learners do put enough effort in the initial stages to get to a certain level of proficiency but can’t seem to get above that level, try […]

Language is not logical, and does not have to be: it is an art, not a science. An idiom, for example, is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from […]

What are the languages that will be most widely spoken by the middle of this century? According to so called engco model of language forecasting the top 5 […]

Have you ever stopped to consider that the world is full of natives? There are about 7000 million of them. And they are restless most of the time. […]

It’s an open secret that the best way to learn a language is immersion which means that you are surrounded by the language you want to learn for […]

For some time now I’ve been thinking about how to help more people.  The problem I’ve run into is that I want to reach those who have not […]

There are those that want to learn English, those that are fascinated by the French charm, and those who, instead, learn the language of the “dolce vita”. The […]

Forgetting: A common experience It is the beginning of the summer, you are sitting on your chair staring the questions on your exam sheet and you realise that […]