by laacademia-author | Oct 1, 2017 | Language classes, Language school, Spanish classes
Many thanks to Neil, a student of our language school in Cheadle, South Manchester, who recently wrote us a great recommendation. Needing to improve my Spanish to prepare for some time living in Peru, I approached La Academia. I knew some basic Spanish from computer...
by laacademia-author | Sep 21, 2017 | English Language Tuition, GCSE English, GCSE Tuition
At la Academia, we were recently heartened to read a recent article by Voice of America about students with learning disabilities learning languages. Many of our students here have special educational needs, and we find that in the atmosphere of a supportive, positive...
by laacademia-author | Sep 8, 2017 | Chinese classes, French classes, KS2 languages, MFL in primaries, Spanish classes
Foreign languages are a compulsory subject in Primary Schools at KS2 (Year 3 to Year 6). Schools can teach any modern foreign language (MFL), and the learning should “lay the foundations” for foreign language learning at secondary school. It does not...
by laacademia-author | Aug 25, 2017 | Language classes in schools, Language school, Languages
A saying attributed to Nelson Mandela says: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that will go to his head. But, if you talk to him in his own language, that will go to his heart”. It’s a well-accepted fact that should we need to build a certain level of...
by laacademia-author | Aug 20, 2017 | A level MFL
Despite criticism that A-level language exams have become too difficult for non-native speakers, this year has seen an increase in the number of top grades awarded. In Spanish, 36.9 %of students achieved an A or A*, an increase of 2.5 % on last year’s figure of 34.4...
