Foreign Language

Most European Languages Face 'Digital Extinction'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Tech

A staggering 21 European languages are facing 'digital extinction', according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Manchester’s Nat...

Mange Tout! Two In Three Brits Can't Speak A Single Foreign Word

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 18.11.2011 | UK

It’s not just Del Boy who has trouble with speaking French it seems, as two in three Brits have admitted they can't speak a single world of a foreig...

Parlez vous, er, English?

Walter Ellis | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Walter Ellis

Education and class have nothing to do with fluency. There are waiters across Europe who speak English infinitely better than most British university professors speak French, German or Italian.