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The teenager who's taught himself 23 languages
Apr 10th, 2013
As 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, 2012
A 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, 2012
A 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, 2011
It 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, 2011
A 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, 2011
A 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, 2011
Gwyneth 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, 2010
A 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, 2009
Regular ParentDish readers might remember this recent article on music CDs aimed at entertaining ...
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