Language Show Live is a kind of "trade fair meets educational event" which styles itself as "Europe's leading annual event for people passionate about languages". I attended for the first time in 2013. Again in 2014, the event took place one Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the middle of October. The venue: the historic Olympia Exhibition Centre in London's West Kensington … [Read more...]
At the Polyglot Conference 2014, Novi Sad
The first Polyglot Conference was organised by Richard Simcott and Luca Lampariello in Budapest in October 2013. I love Budapest which only added to my regret that I found out about the event too late to take part. The October 2014 Conference was going to be held in Canada but, luckily for those of us based in Europe, the venue switched when the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad … [Read more...]
Reflections on the June 2014 Polyglot Gathering, Berlin
German "hyperpolyglot" Judith Meyer and other well-serious language learners were inspired to organise the "Polyglot Gathering" (Berlin, 15-18 June 2014) by their experience of the Polyglot Conference in Budapest in May 2013. I only found out about the 2013 Conference late in the day and was unable to attend, so I made darn sure to sign up in good time to the Gathering and … [Read more...]