Paris, capitale de la mode ? En tout cas, elle en a la réputation. Peut-on dire que aujourd’hui que cette affirmation est toujours véridique ? Comment se positionne la ville de lumière sur le plan international ? Que signifient « la mode » et « le luxe » à la française dans le monde ? [...]

Paris, fashion capital? It is at any rate reputed for it. How is Paris perceived today on the international fashion scene? What do “French fashion” and “French luxury” mean today? An expert of fashion gives us her opinion on the current perception of fashion and luxury throughout the world.

With 742 nominations, our team read many blog posts, Tweets and Facebook comments. Great content about many different topics, in and about many languages, it was quite a herculean, albeit fascinating task to review each and every one of them

It’s so cool to be the first in the world to say “I speak English with my colleagues pero hablo español with my familia…”

It’s not easy to motivate students so I often use computers and the Internet. They like it and this way of learning makes them more active.

I think English should import the Swedish verb ‘fika’, which means (approximately) ‘to have a social coffee break’. English and American workplaces would be much better if we fika’d every day.

Read newspaper articles everyday and watch films as often as you can – regularity is key when learning a language.

Without doubt my number one tip is to maximize exposure to the language.

Be proactive: learn to criticise and correct yourself; imitate people like an excited parrot until people start complementing you on your pronunciation and writing.

To really learn a language as an adult, you either need a whole lot of determination and discipline, or a plane ticket to the land where your target language is spoken.