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Back in April we posted a blog concerning the importance of language and cultural training for foreign footballers playing in the Premier League. This was after Uruguayan Luis Suarez was given a 9 match ban for racist comments made to black footballer, Patrice Evra. Suarez claimed his use of the word ‘negro’ had no racist connotations in his home country and several high profile countrymen were quick to support him. Well it appears that the Football Association read this blog read more

If you’re in the London area and have a professional interest in language studies abroad, how about calling in this week at the StudyWorld London 2012 exhibition and saying hello to Bob Robertson, who’s representing Robertson Languages? To quote from the StudyWorld website:

Established in 1969, StudyWorld has an unmatched reputation in the study-abroad market. The UK-based event is a focal point for the industry, bringing together the best education providers, agents, consultants and related service providers. Uniquely, places are only read more

The rumours that I’m joining the Sun as a headline writer are (mercifully) untrue.

Thanks to my boss Liz, who made our first fascinating discovery of the New Year, courtesy of BBC Radio 2, while piloting the Robertson Languages bloggernaut into work the other day: you need a long tongue to speak Korean. No, really! Just ask Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones, who was born with ankyloglossia (it’s OK, I didn’t know what that was either until I asked Google – it’s also known read more

What better place to finish our series of Christmas blogs than in Finland, and specifically in the city of Rovaniemi? Not only can it boast the northernmost McDonald’s in the world, but as the capital of Lapland, it also qualifies as the ‘official’ home of Father Christmas himself.

About 5 miles northeast of Rovaniemi is Santa Claus Village, built at precisely 66°32′ north because that’s precisely where the Arctic Circle is. Well, OK, it isn’t really. The Arctic Circle is technically defined as read more