Is "Children are better at learning languages than adults" always true or a myth?
Many people believe that children learn languages better than adults, but is this the case? Or do they simply learn them differently?...
How to use city breaks abroad to learn another language
City breaks abroad give you a reason to learn a language. A little language can go a long way for you professionally and personally – a...
What do good language learners do to learn languages?
What can we learn from good language learners - those who speak several languages - about language learning? What characteristics do good...
Advanced driving: Anticipate primary hazards and practise your spoken thoughts
Dawn Leggott, Fellow of IAM Roadsmart and member of Mid Yorkshire Advanced Motorists, shares with Keith Wevill a few tips for Associates...
The Year Abroad: 30 years ago, and now
The importance of the internet to the planning of the Year Abroad cannot be overstated, writes Emma Turner, in Varsity. A blog post by my...
Individual action on climate change
Louder Than The Storm* interviewed Dawn, a proofreader from Leeds, about hiring a 21st century milkman, shopping locally and persuading...
I’ve left Cambridge, but I’m not going home – not really
Emma Turner reminisces on Cambridge memories, memories from one of her many ‘homes’ after she was forced to leave the campus at short...
Languages that KNOW NO limits – Fun with words for language lovers of any language!
Languages are fascinating. This short blog has some fun with sentences where two words with the same pronunciation but a different...
Nervous about your year abroad? Here are some tips
Emma Turner After my second year at university, I flew out of the UK to begin my Year Abroad in France then Chile. I was terrified, had...
Travels in a teacup
Travel, university study, Year Abroad, mental health, feminism. Just some of the themes of Emma Turner's insightful and interesting blog...
