Football Breaks Down Language Barriers

Football and pasta are being used to lure boys into learning Italian and other languages. Boys tend not to study languages as much as girls, which researchers have put down to attitude. However boys from a Warwickshire school attending a language  day at Warwick university were told they knew more Italian than they think.

Dr Rob Powell, who runs the course, will use football players names such as Zola, Ravenelli and Vialli to help teach boys about Italian pronunciation.

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