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How I let one rude comment run my life for 22 years

How I let one rude comment run my life for 22 years

“I’d rather not hear you speak and ruin our beautiful language.” These are essentially the words that a very rude French woman said to me on the streets of Paris 22 years ago. I was a young, 20 year-old college student experiencing life for the first time in a foreign...
Dogs and Foreign Languages

Dogs and Foreign Languages

Lando, our office dog, is really fond of our Manager, Laura ! Everyone loves him, the most gentle and affectionate of creatures. I’ve always had dogs, and Lando has been in my life for nearly 3 years now. Dogs are good for the soul, but they’re also a big commitment...
All it takes is a leap of faith

All it takes is a leap of faith

This week I did an interview with one of my lovely ex-students, Zara.  As we were liaising about the interview preparation, I discovered an entertaining fun fact (though it made me feel a little old!) Zara is 24 – the age that I was when I first started teaching...
10 life-changing benefits of language learning

10 life-changing benefits of language learning

We all know the obvious – and much publicised – advantages of being able to speak a second language, like the future employment opportunities it brings.  But there are also more subtle and less commonly discussed benefits that parents might not consider when thinking...
Time flies when you’re having fun

Time flies when you’re having fun

2002… When it all began! 2020… 20 year anniversary! I arrived in the UK in September 2000 with a failed degree from a French law school, with just a suitcase and a little money in my pocket, but with big ambitions to make the most of my bilingualism. Two...