by laacademia-author | Dec 23, 2016 | Language classes, Language school, Languages, Latest News
Research on language speakers shows many benefits to learning languages, but perhaps the most exciting is the effects of bilingualism in ageing. The research indicates that bilingualism seems to protect against dementia. The discoveries began with Psycholinguist Ellen...
by laacademia-author | Nov 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
La Academia’s reputation as a good partner for language services continues to grow! We were recently approached by the University of Barcelona (Uniba) to help them with programmes for Spanish students learning to teach Spanish as a foreign language. Joint Spanish...
by laacademia-author | Nov 26, 2016 | EFL classes, English for footballers, English Language Classes, English Language Tuition, Uncategorized
Spanish football manager Gonzalo Arconada was recently in the UK studying English with la Academia. Mr Arconada has experience of coaching at some of Spain’s best-known football teams, including Numancia, Almeria and Real Sociedad. He spent 6 weeks with la Academia...
by laacademia-author | Nov 25, 2016 | French classes, German classes, Italian classes
Switzerland has four official languages – German, French, Italian and Romansch. When you look at a map of Switzerland, that’s hardly surprising, but doesn’t it cause problems with translation and interpreting? It seems that many Swiss people get around the problem by...
by laacademia-author | Nov 19, 2016 | Languages, Latest News
The British Council surveyed 2,000 UK adults to measure attitudes towards learning foreign languages following “Brexit” – the vote to leave the European Union. The respondents believed that it was more important than ever for Britons to learn foreign languages....
