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  • The EU referendum – a personal view

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    The referendum is over, the votes have been counted and the decision is for the UK to leave the European Union after more than 40 years. 72% of the population voted and the result was clear – 52% for leave, 48% for Remain. You can’t argue with that. Our Prime Minister has taken the honourable decision to resign and a

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  • Learning our Alep, Bet, Gimels

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    New research has uncovered the origins of the English alphabet. It was first developed in the city of Ugarit, in what is now Syria, over 3000 years ago. Ugarit was a port and as such had trading relations with much of the Mediterranean including Egypt and Cyprus. Ugarit flourished roughly between 1450BC until its destruction in 1250BC. It was the

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  • Export to Success

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    Anglia Translations Ltd recently exhibited at the Huntingdonshire Business Fair which, with over 100 exhibitors and many more visitors, was a great opportunity to showcase our services and speak to new clients in the region. Despite the uncertainty of today’s economic climate with the EU referendum looming near, a lot of the conversations we had on that day were with

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  • Exams “too hard” for students of modern languages?

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    There has been an alarming dip in the number of pupils taking modern languages at A level. Research, carried out by the British Council, was based on an online survey completed by teachers in 492 state secondary schools, 556 state primary schools and 132 independent secondary schools across the country. One of the reasons for the decline is that pupils

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