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Spelling Bee
I’m a stickler for correct spellings, so I’m pleased to see that in the UK, one of the major newspapers is running a spelling bee. Although I’m still recovering from losing a spelling contest at school...
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Inquire/Enquire
It’s easy to get confused with inquire and enquire. They both mean the same thing: to seek information about something or to conduct a formal investigation. But which is which? The difference between...
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British Spelling Winners
The first big spelling contest in the UK has been decided. A talented trio from St Martin’s School in Middlesex beat teams from all over the country to take the title of The Times Spelling Bee...
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Signs of (mis)spelling
The Epsom Guardian has become the latest illustrious newspaper to highlight the inadequacy of the Great British Public’s spelling abilities. In the story, some locals are not amused by mistakes made on...
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I think it’s a given that this blog loves languages. And being a lover of languages, I love reading blogs about languages. Over at the Mental Floss blog, Miss Cellania has complied a list of some great...
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Back to School (Part 1)
It´s not just pupils who have to study hard, revise and do homework. Teachers are having to go back to school too! The government has set the wheels in motion for a new school curriculum to be put in...
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Back to School (Part 2)
Critics of the new national curriculum scheduled to begin in primary and some secondary schools in September 2014 say that it is too soon, that no one is prepared enough yet, and that it will cause...
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Reading Into It
When we think of learning languages, we tend to mean speaking them, getting to know the basics first so that we can ‘get by’ with the little that we know, then gradually increasing our knowledge until...
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