I’m pretty sure it was Bill Bryson who wrote in one of his books that if an extra-terrestrial landed on earth, they’d think we all speak the same language. After all, we all make sounds that come out of our mouths and go into our ears so, on the phonetic surface, we do all speak the same way.
The internet is full of fascinating information for language teachers, it’s also full of terrible information for teachers! So we've done the hard work for you by trawling the internet and curating a list of the best podcasts around, all about languages: teaching them, learning them, or just loving them!
There are over 7000 languages currently spoken around the world and some people are lucky enough, or should I say gifted, to master several of them! Such people are called polyglots.
Idioms – they are an undeniably fun and colourful part of language. Every language has them and they are mostly all as mad as each other! An idiom can tell you a lot about the sense of humour of a country and can really bring out some fascinating cultural perspectives. In this article, we select 10 of the very best from around the world, all for the sake of a little linguistic fun!
