Mono v Multi-lingual Premiership football managers - who comes out on top? Update: I wrote this 3 years ago - if you look at the Premiership today (13 November 2016) it is clear - you HAVE to be multilingual to be a succssful manager. The highest ranking club is managed by a monolingual is Burnely, managed by Sean Dyche...currently 9th in the league. All above them are managed by multi-linguals. In today's top flight football, teams are typically made up of players from many different countries. For that reason it is assumed that football managers that can communicate with [...]

World class football managers learn languages At KLOO we are always banging on on about how languages can benefit many parts of your life. Your career, holidays, mental agility and even your health can all improve by learning languages. Listening to a match on BBC Radio 'Five Live' the other day, the commentators were talking about the impact of languages on the performance of football teams - or more specifically on the ability of the manager to successfully manage the football team. The commentators began by musing about how the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur, Tim Sherwood, was being held [...]

1. Learn a second language to get ahead in business If you’re a business owner, or work for a business which trades internationally, being able to communicate with your partners, suppliers or customers in their own language is a unique selling point for your business. I used to have a Swiss born boss who was fluent in French. All of our French clients wanted to deal exclusively with him for the simple reason he spoke French. He did great business and won many contracts on the back of his fluency. 2. Learn a second language to [...]

Learn a language the easy way Do we over-complicate language learning? I suspect we do. Quite a lot. Language learning doesn't have to be rocket science Volumes have been written and theories abound about the best ways to learn a language. However, if we pause for breathe in all of our deliberations, we can witness the most successful examples of language acquisition: that is the example of children learning their first language. They do it efficiently and effectively and without resort to embracing any complex theories. Indeed they are oblivious - it is [...]

I know how much you all love to learn foreign language vocabulary so I thought I would provide you with some links to some ‘Halloween’ themed vocab.  It’s not long now until All Hallow’s Eve is here……so  how about you challenge yourself to learn some of these new words by then?  French Halloween Words   On the Quizlet website there is a set of Halloween themed flashcards that you can view online and then quiz yourself. An example of the vocabulary is :-  Un loupgarou means a werewolf and Une lune entire means a full [...]