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  • Strange Pronunciations Helped Language Evolve

    by Steven Blum I sometimes mispronounce words on purpose just for my own amusement. I often wish I was funny enough to rack up millions of hits on YouTube just by pronouncing things in a ridiculous fashion. But according to a very serious report the Daily Mail, it is a very shameful thing to not […]


  • Language of the month: English

    English, the third most widely spoken language in the world, is originally a West Germanic language, with many cultural influences contributing to what it is today. From the French introducing ‘upper class’ words, to William Shakespeare inventing around 2.000 new words and phrases on his own – ‘eyeball’, ‘gossip’ and ‘breaking the ice’, for example […]


  • British Council Explores Shakespeare’s Enduring Legacy

    How does Shakespeare continue to shape the conventions of theatre? And what has been lost in the modernisation of his work? The British Council sought to answer these and more questions with their Shakespeare Literature Series held at Bertelsmann in the heart of Berlin in March. The series brought together UK authors Naomi Alderman, A […]


  • Student experience Yemen: Immersion Without Immersion

    by Bilal Ahmed It can be very difficult to learn a foreign language when you’re not surrounded by it. That is why many students go abroad for immersion programmes. The objective is to live with a language long enough that it becomes second nature. It is a temporary form of immigration: you assimilate in a […]


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