Divided by a common language
The celebration of US independence reminds us of how the English language changed in the ‘colonies’. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260630-how-america-reinvented-english
Exam results
Congratulations to Kilian on obtaining C2 at the EOI. Well done!
AI is bad for you
From the Centre for Humane Technology https://centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web From the BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6xz12j6pzo
A pronoun for the ‘two of us’ i.e ‘wit’
Old English (c. 5th to 11th centuries) had a pronoun for ‘we-two’ or ‘I and another’. Here is a fascinating article that describes this now (sadly) extinct pronoun. https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us
Easter
Happy Easter! ¡Felices Pascuas! Geseënde Paasfees! Buona Pasqua! Feliz Páscoa! Joyeuses Pâques! Frohe Ostern! Καλό Πάσχα! Wesołego Alleluja!
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
https://www.iapll.com
Christmas 2025
I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a joyful New Year.
End of year break
I shall be off-line from 24 December to 6 January, inclusively. Our last class/lesson will be on 23 December 2025 and we shall resume on 7 January 2025.
Learning languages keeps you young
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-language-brain-stay-younger.html#google_vignette
Exam results
Congratulations to Blas on passing Cambridge C1 Advanced. Well done!
