Are dying languages worth saving?

Posted By : Posted Time : 08/04/2014 Topic : Interpreting No Comment
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I was thinking about this over the weekend, when I listened to Any Questions on BBC Radio 4 (guaranteed to get my blood boiling for all sorts of reasons!) The last question was about whether it is necessary or desirable for the Welsh government to spend ...

Can you learn a language in three months?

Posted By : Posted Time : 24/03/2014 Topic : Interpreting No Comment
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I was listening to Midweek on Radio 4 last week and was fascinated by a guy called Benny Lewis, who says he couldn't speak any foreign languages when he left school but now speaks ten, including Mandarin, Arabic, Portuguese and Hungarian! I don't think he means he can ...

Running for a bath

Posted By : Posted Time : 06/03/2014 Topic : Corporate Responsibility No Comment
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For Christmas, I was given four books about running, including Mo Farah's autobiography, and a calendar with a peel-off witty or motivational aphorism for each day, such as 'pain is just weakness leaving your body' or 'running requires a strong body and a sick mind!'. And ...
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