"I want to speak Spanish: Quiero hablar español. In the past I have attempted to teach myself, attended evening classes. Neither was...

Happy New Year in German: "Gutes neues Jahr" is the proper way to say it. What people actually say, however, is “Guten Rutsch”...

When reading for gist, we do not need to understand every word of the text. Skipping past adjectives/adverbs is a good short-cut

Bonne année is Happy New Year in French. This highlights the relationship between certain pairs of words. Bonjour/Bonne journée, par exemple

This is the last one in the series of Matching Pairs/Patching Mares - for the moment...

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks?

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks? ©SameSky Languages This game is also...

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks? ©SameSky Languages Another clue: there...

Dear Edward I’m not sure how to start this letter. I have just taken delivery of six geese, all of which are laying a lot of eggs. I...

...more heartfelt thanks this time. In English we pull someone's leg; in Spanish it's the hair. Can you work out what is going on in the...

Continuing the series of thank you letters, around the familiar theme. Today: Italian Carissimo Edoardo, Quattro uccelli cantanti! Questi...

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks? ©SameSky Languages Another clue: there...

Super-friendly adult classes, currently online, but back in the classroom in Hertford and West Berks again soon.

There is only a limited number of ways in which you can finish a sentence that starts with “Ich bin…”

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks? ©SameSky Languages Another clue: there...