How does language influence culture and identity? One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the ~7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear. But what is lost when a language falls silent? People and nature blur in the...
Languages for all – why should everyone learn a language? Learning a language boosts self esteem, improves communication, and opens doors. According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: Research shows that language learning has a...
The many ways in which languages boost brain power – who’s saying what: How morality changes in a foreign language: “Moral judgments made in a foreign language are less laden with the emotional reactions that surface when we use a language learned in...
News from the British Academy Born Global is a British Academy project on languages and employability, which set out to develop a deeper understanding of language needs for employment, employer attitudes to languages and how languages are used in the workplace for...
Language as a medium in education Does it work? Case Study: The Bilingual Stream – preparing the children for the world of tomorrow: The positive impact this approach is having on children and how learning another language is enhancing and enriching the...
How Great Britain benefits from its diverse culture and languages Saturdays for success: How supplementary education can support pupils from all backgrounds to flourish: Published in September 2015 this IPPR report makes recommendations for how more pupils,...
