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What happens to pupils’ Welsh after they leave school? ift.tt/9JCIa7t #langsky #xl8
What happens to pupils’ Welsh after they leave school?
Schools can teach Welsh, but can they create lifelong speakers? New research suggests the answer is more complicated than policy assumes.
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Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading? buff.ly/Zx1Nt4C #langsky #xl8
Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading?
With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habit
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Outlook - The missionary who learned a language but lost his faith - BBC Sounds buff.ly/W9LZBtN #langsky #xl8
Outlook - The missionary who learned a language but lost his faith - BBC Sounds
Dan Everett traveled to the Amazon to convert the Piraha people. It didn’t go to plan
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How Does a Bilingual Speaker's Brain Process Two Languages? New Research Suggests That Both Rely on the Same Neural Wiring buff.ly/Rtk9bVf #langsky #xl8
How Does a Bilingual Speaker's Brain Process Two Languages? New Research Suggests That Both Rely on the Same Neural Wiring
Scientists have long wondered whether different neural mechanisms govern each language within a bilingual speaker’s brain. A recent study of people who speak both English and Spanish hints at a…
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Enough fake stars! Italy moves to crack down on bogus online reviews for restaurants and hotels. ⭐🚫 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
War, rising oil prices, global uncertainty: Italy's tourism sector is under real pressure. Will it hold? ✈️🇮🇹 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Commas, full stops, ellipses… Ennio Flaiano's wickedly ironic guide to punctuation. Essential reading for Italian learners. ✍️😄 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Britain risks losing language skills to understand its enemies buff.ly/vTRaMl9 #langsky #xl8
Britain risks losing language skills to understand its enemies
Experts have warned Britain’s defence drive is overlooking the language and regional expertise needed to understand adversaries including Russia, China and Iran
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At Rome's MAXXI, hundreds of works by Andrea Pazienza: the comic artist who defined an era of Italian culture. 🖊️🎨 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Italian theatre was reinvented: new architecture, new spectacle — and the paying public at centre stage. 🎭🏛️ Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
At Naples' Teatro San Carlo, time stands still. Europe's oldest opera house remains a temple of great music. 🎶🎭 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
From St George to Santa Rosalia: Italy's patron saints protect cities and villages alike. An ancient bond that endures. 🙏✨ Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Eight hundred years since the death of St Francis: Perugia and Assisi pay tribute with extraordinary exhibitions across Umbria. 🕊️🌿 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Far more than carers: foreign women in Italy are building businesses, defying stereotypes. A quarter of foreign-owned firms are led by women. 💪🇮🇹 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Three World Cup exits and counting: what's really behind Italy's football crisis? Tutto Italiano examines the anatomy of a failure. ⚽😔 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
'They were competing for supremacy': Which is the oldest English accent? buff.ly/9nb6Pym #langsky #xl8
'They were competing for supremacy': Which is the oldest English accent?
Two BBC journalists go on a quest to find out whose accent is older – and uncover a dramatic history filled with hidden twists and surprises.
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Southern Italy is on the rise: new data signals rapid economic growth across several provinces of the Mezzogiorno. 🇮🇹 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/Y6c5O5a #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage
Enough fake stars! Italy moves to crack down on bogus online reviews for restaurants and hotels. ⭐🚫 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/Y6c5O5a #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage
How language surveys can shape a multilingual university buff.ly/PFGLExl #langsky #xl8
How language surveys can shape a multilingual university
A biennial language survey changed how one university thought about linguistic diversity – and helped give students a voice. Here’s how
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Il Sud Italia cresce: nuovi segnali indicano una rapida ascesa economica in alcune province del Mezzogiorno. 🇮🇹 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Common Ground - Common Ground: Language - BBC Sounds buff.ly/aw5sF8C #langsky #xl8
Common Ground - Common Ground: Language - BBC Sounds
How much does speaking the same language matter for cohesion and integration?
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War, rising oil prices, global uncertainty: Italy's tourism sector is under real pressure. Will it hold? ✈️🇮🇹 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/Y6c5O5a #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage
Speak German? Speak it Better with a Subscription to Presse und Sprache for #German Learners (A2-C2). No 70-7, Juli 2026, now out. buff.ly/3MD90bW
Basta stelle false! Un disegno di legge punta a eliminare il mercato nero delle recensioni fasulle di ristoranti e alberghi online. ⭐🚫 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Guerra, petrolio caro, crisi globale: il turismo italiano sente il peso dell'incertezza internazionale. Reggerà il settore? ✈️🇮🇹 Tutto Italiano N.68 → buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #TuttoItaliano #italiano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #langsky #xl8
Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say buff.ly/SeRNniz #langsky #xl8
Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say
Study finds those who speak two languages have brains that appear around six years younger than those who speak one
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