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Lockdown Learning: Advance Your Career with Transferable Language Skills

22 September 2020

Life in the UK and around the world looks very different now to how it looked before the Covid-19 pandemic. We have entered a period of recession for the first time in over 10 years, and it is hard to imagine what the future might look like.

During lockdown, many people were able to focus their energies on developing new skills, including language skills. In this article, the first in our ‘Life after Lockdown’ series, we explore the journey through lockdown and consider how you can turn your freshly acquired language skills into a new career opportunity.

2020 Trends in Language-Learning Technologies

03 March 2020

Language learning has come a long way from ‘repeat-after-me’ audio solutions and learning vocabulary by rote – now the experience is far more fun, interactive and connected to other learners. In this article, we look at today’s language-learning technology landscape to see what is happening now and where the future might lie.

Use Your Phone! – Language Learning Has Gone Digital [Infographic]

19 November 2019

Should we be taking some hints to actually plug-in to our devices a bit more from the way language learning is improving in schools?

The State of Mobile Learning in 2019

15 October 2019

Technology is advancing faster and faster with every year that goes by. Here’s a quick infographic that highlights just how important mobile-based and blended learning is in 2019…

Five Tips for Managing Successful Multilingual Meetings

25 June 2019

Every business has the potential to operate across a language barrier as it grows. Sometimes you get to communicate using a common language (such as English), even if it is not native to all the speakers involved in the exchange. However, there are times when business development opportunities take us out of our comfort zone and require us to tap into a new set of skills.

Learning & Development Trends in 2019

09 May 2019

Learning and Development (L&D) strategies evolve constantly, especially in today’s technology-driven learning environment, so it’s important to keep your finger on the pulse. Keeping ahead of the curve while engaging new generations of employees (here’s looking at you, Generation Z) […]