Languages
latest languages news and features
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The teenager who's taught himself 23 languages
Apr 10th, 2013As a parent who despairs that his son can barely speak one language – the mother tongue – this...
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The primary school where 31 languages are spoken (and they're brilliant at English!)
Jun 8th, 2012A primary school has been praised for improving its results – despite the challenge of its pupils...
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Bradford school where 26 out of 700 pupils speak English as first language
Feb 28th, 2012A primary school in Bradford has fewer than one in 20 pupils speaking English as their first...
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Achtung Baby: Celebrate Bilingual Child Month? Not yet!
Oct 23rd, 2011It appears that the beer-quaffing, Lederhosen-slapping, Sauerkraut-gorging, heaving-cleavage which...
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10-year-old girl speaks 10 languages - and learned Ugandan in weeks!
Oct 19th, 2011A little girl of ten has beaten 5000 other entrants to be crowned one of the UK's top linguists...
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Surrey school holds record for number of languages spoken by pupils
Jul 21st, 2011A Surrey primary school is thought to hold the record for the number of languages spoken by its...
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Gwyneth Paltrow slammed for giving in to Apple's ear piercing demands
Jun 22nd, 2011Gwyneth Paltrow has been slated by a leading Hollywood child psychotherapist for giving into her...
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The school where teachers talk to pupils through a computer translator
Jul 7th, 2010A school in Aston, Birmingham, has had to invest in electronic translators for every child, as only ...
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Babyboomboom: teach your baby a foreign language
Jul 29th, 2009Regular ParentDish readers might remember this recent article on music CDs aimed at entertaining ...
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