Turning Japanese with Justin Lee Collins – Episode 1

The first episode of ‘Turning Japanese’ on the UK’s Channel 5 screened on 27 January 2011 features Justin Lee Collins taking a ‘hilarious’ and somewhat alternative look at Japanese life and culture. Read more

Cuts to BBC World Service Language Programmes

The BBC World Service, which started broadcasting in 1932, is to close five of its language services.  The Albanian, Macedonian, Serbian, English for the Caribbean and Portuguese for Africa services will all be axed.

An end to radio programmes in another seven languages has also been announced Read more

Happy Vietnamese New Year!

Vietnamese people all over the world welcome in the Year of the Cat with the Tet Festival.  In 2011, the festival begins on 3 February and officially lasts three days, but festivities often begin a week beforehand and continue for up to two weeks afterwards, with plenty of eating, drinking and social activities.   Read more

Celebrate Welsh Valentine’s Day

St Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, which makes her the Welsh equivalent of St Valentine.  St Dwynwen’s Day is celebrated in Wales on 25 January.

The story of Dwynwen dates back to the 5^th century when she fell in love with a Prince called Maelon Dafodrill, but her father was determined that she would marry another man. Read more

Think French – A New Online Audio Language Magazine

We are pleased to announce that we have now added the Think Spanish & Think French online audio language magazines to our range of hand-picked innovative language learning courses.  The Think French online audio language magazine is more than a simple French language course - it is designed to help you to learn and improve your French while teaching you about the life and culture in French-speaking countries. Read more