by admin | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Something borrowed….. The English language has a very rich vocabulary. Many of these are ‘loan words’ This means that a word is adopted from one language and incorporated into another language without translation. This is in contrast to ‘cognates’ which are words in...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are so many ways to learn a language. The most extreme way is to go and live in the country of the language you want to learn. I did this when I was 24. I went to Barcelona, following in the footsteps of a good friend who seemed to be having such a good time out...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
What connects the 3? Easter! As you may already know, at Languagesrachel I teach French, Spanish and English as a foreign language. So I thought I’d blog today about Easter traditions in France, Spain and the UK. Easter is celebrated by many people in all three...
by admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the love of Spanish Did you know just how useful a language Spanish is to know? Here are 3 facts about the language for you: 1. It’s the second most spoken language in the world with almost 500 million speakers 2. It’s the official language of 20 countries in...
by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Physiological studies have found that speaking 2 or more languages is a great asset to the cognitive process. The brains of bilingual people operate differently to monolingual people. These differences offer many benefits. Now, you might be thinking that’s all very...
by admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
St Valentine’s Day or the Feast of St Valentine is celebrated annually on 14th February. It is a celebration of love and affection. But who was St Valentine? Unsurprisingly he is the patron saint of lovers but did you know that he is also the patron saint of...
