From the famous and formal greeting to "rolling a shovel", here is everything you need to know about the language and culture of kissing in France

Collective nouns are quaint and expressive, often bizarre. Here's an overview of how they originated and how they are used in modern English

The Académie Française has published a new dictionary. Here are a few selected highlights of new French words

Camping, campaign, champagne, and champignons all derive from the same etymological place, but it doesn’t stop there...

How to order your language-learning folder. A few basic tips on getting yourself more organised and becoming more effective

The French h: The letter that cannot decide whether to act like a vowel or a consonant. The difference between the h apsiré and the h muet

Peppering your speech with idiomatic phrases is "next level". Here are some quirky phrases that are good to recognise, maybe even use

Do you know the difference between "What are you doing?" and "What do you do?" This is a guide: present simple vs present continuous tense

Learning Polish is not easy, but is extremely rewarding when you get it right. And it's informative for teacher to be on the receiving end

If you're learning a language, you might want to know how to measure your progress, and what you are aspiring to. What is "proficiency"?

Learn the etymology behind some animal words. Some are surprising, at least one can be debunked and a couple stump even the experts

English is a Germanic language, right? Yes, but... it's more complicated than that. Read a brief summary of the origins of English

Singing carols, eating turkey and mince pies, decorating the tree with tinsel... Where do these words come from? Find out here

Freiburg: the coolest and the warmest city in Germany. Fun and relaxed in the summer, magical in the Christmas Markets season. Join me...

FYI, RSVP is not an acronym, it's an initialism. LOL, however, appears to be making the change. Are you confident to tell which is which?

English is a hybrid of Germanic and Latinate languages. This applies not only to the vocab but also the grammar. 2 good examples here...

Question tags are tricky in English, aren't they? Some great news: They are dead easy in other languages ¿no? Read on for reassurance

It was decreed: Covid is a feminine word, but there are plenty who disagree, ignore the ruling. Gender fluidity in French? Yay, boo or huh?

Learning about the language is great, but is just the warm-up for the real thing. Contact us for more info about our brand-new Spanish class

Ukrainian is not a dialect of Russian, but its own language, since 858CE. It was once voted the second most beautiful language in the world