Word of Mouth Episodes Available now
English As a Lingua Franca
What kind of English is being used among non-native speakers?
Counting Word Incidences
Chris Ledgard looks at the ways of counting incidences of words and what that can tell us.
Voice Recognition
Chris Ledgard explores the world of voice recognition.
Talking Newspapers for the Blind
Chris Ledgard discovers the art and science of producing talking newspapers for the blind.
Eisteddfod
Chris Ledgard meets Les Barker, a Mancunian who's fallen in love with the Welsh language.
Surnames
What's in a name? Chris Ledgard looks at where our surnames come from and what they mean.
Foreign Language Learning
Students are no longer choosing to study foreign languages. What will be the impact?
