Fear of failure…or fear of financial guilt?
Having attended the London launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 (GEW) on Monday morning, interesting points were raised by a number of speakers around the cultural differences between the UK and the US when it comes to wealth creation and entrepreneurial success.
Dr Carl Schramm, a respected developer of entrepreneurial talent and CEO of the Kauffman [...]
Holiday Translation Tool: “In’t reet gud” according to ALS staff member
Just seen a funny (gimmicky, yet useful) post about a UK travel company that has launched a new online search facility – it lets users search by typing in phrases in their own dialect.
Lastminute’s new ‘Pronto’ tool translates pre-set search terms in Scouse, Geordie, Manc, Brummie, Bristolian and Glaswegian dialects. Alternatively, the more skeptical (confused) [...]
UK Missing the Export Boat
GDP figures for Japan, France and Germany were released this week and they showed over 0.3% growth, great news in that it shows that the global economy is definitely on the mend. One of the main driving factors of this unexpected recovery is export, which is also great for the Euro Zone and something I [...]
For the grade A, B, C or D, answer A, B, C or D…
Interesting story in The Telegraph about a school not too far away from Applied Language Solutions Head Office (no connection!), that has suspended five teachers for helping pupils to pass language examinations.
The language specialist high-school in Little Lever, near Bolton, will also withhold results for papers submitted for French, German and Spanish examinations.
James Stangroom, Applied [...]
Monkeys recognise ‘bad grammar’
Studies on monkeys have revealed clues about the evolution of language.
In the journal Biology Letters, researchers said that cotton-top tamarins (like the one pictured) are able to spot if the order of syllables in a word is “wrong”.
They familiarised the monkeys with two-syllable terms, and recorded their reaction to words [...]
