by laacademia-author | Jan 1, 2013 | Latest News
Happy New Year to all our language students! The age range of our classes is very wide – from 4 up to… we’d better not say, so some of our students in school language classes may not have been allowed to stay up to see in the New Year, whereas others...
by laacademia-author | Dec 12, 2012 | EFL classes, English Language Classes, English Language Tuition, ESOL classes, Interpreting
The census data released this week shows some interesting statistics on language – for example, nearly 3m households in England and Wales have no adults who speak English as their native language. This presents challenges to the education, legal, health and community...
by laacademia-author | Dec 4, 2012 | Interpreting
Machine translation has been a topic of interest for many language users and businesses for the past 60 years – can a machine match the skills and understanding of a trained translator or interpreter, and will we ever be able to rely on machines to translate...
by laacademia-author | Nov 18, 2012 | Chinese classes, French classes, German classes, Italian classes, KS2 languages, Language classes in schools, Latest News, MFL in primaries, Spanish classes
On Friday the Department of Education confirmed that, following a consultation earlier in the year, it will make language learning compulsory at Key Stage 2 from September 2014. The DofE has now put forward a list of suggested languages – French, Spanish,...
by laacademia-author | Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Just about to order this book – Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World. Nataly Kelly gives 10 examples of difficult-to-translate concepts that reinforce the importance of your translator having a clear understanding of both...