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March 2012
Article on Little Fidgets in ABC Magazine.May 2011
Invited to take part in a debate on parenting with BBC Radio York
April 2011
Smalltalk Magazine article about family centred businesses Families Magazine review of a Spanish for Fidgets nursery class
March 2011
Stray FM visit Harrogate Spanish for Fidgets class
December 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post interview Lucy Amos and visit Caroline Alexandres class in Horsforth, Leeds.
May 2010
Yorkshire Life feature our Bicyclette colouring competition in aid of the Race for Life
February 2010
BBC Radio Leeds interview Lucy Amos and play extracts from the French for Fidgets CD
December 2008
April 2008
BBC Look North visit a French for Fidgets class and interview parents about the Fidgets method.
To read more about languages in the press follow the links below:
The Guardian: How to improve employability
The Guardian Dumping languages stunts life chances
Daily Mail Todders learn languages in 20 months
Training News Language skills boost employability and earning potential
The Independent Bilingual pupils do better in exams
The Independent Speaking a second language can delay dementia onset for years
The Telegraph Speaking a second language boosts brain power
The BBC Bilingual children better and learning a wide range of subjects
The Guardian Being bilingual increases cultural awareness and improves communication skills
CILT Employers rank languages most desireable skill after IT
CILT Language graduates earn more
Insight Better job opportunities
Daily Mail People who speak 2 languages are better at multitasking
Science Daily A second language gives toddlers an edge
Children who learn a foreign language:
- do better in ALL subjects at school;
- are better at English grammar;
- can reproduce accents much better than adult learners;
- can learn new vocabulary much more quickly than adult learners;
- are more confident;
- are less likely to suffer memory problems in old age;
- get into better universities;
- get better jobs.