Learning a new foreign language is never easy – but it's a lot harder if you fall into these five common traps, says Anne Merritt. Anne Merritt 19 December 2012 • 7:00am Language learning: learning a ...

Suppose you decided to start learning a new language—let’s say Italian. In the beginning stages of your language-learning journey, the Italian speech you’ll hear will likely sound like a stream of ...

Survey showed just 32% of young Britons can read or write in more than one language Learning a new language should be compulsory for pupils up to the age of 16, according to a new report highlighting ...

Learning a foreign language can give your career a boost – but that doesn't mean it has to cost you. Anne Merritt outlines the five best ways to pick up a language for free. Anne Merritt 20 February ...

Nilam Prajapati, 19, was in the last year group at her school to take a compulsory language. Most of her friends in the year below jumped at the opportunity to drop languages. 'As soon as they had the ...

When it comes to learning a foreign language, we tend to think that children are the most adept. But that may not be the case – and there are added benefits to starting as an adult. It’s a busy autumn ...

English may be the global language, but mastering a foreign tongue can benefit business and employees. But how should staff be encouraged to do this? Foreign language skills are, increasingly, a ...

My roots read like a World Cup draw. My half-Welsh father was born and spent his boyhood in Argentina and thus speaks Spanish almost as naturally as English. My mother’s family are Norwegian. Because ...