by laacademia-author | Nov 27, 2015 | Language classes, Language school, Languages
Learning Greek for culture and history Learning Greek is a great way to find out about Greek culture. With 34 centuries of written records, plays, poetry and scientific discovery this is a huge legacy for all of modern civilization. As well as its own history,...
by laacademia-author | Nov 24, 2015 | GCSE MFL, GCSE Tuition, KS2 languages, Languages
How many GCSE language options does your school offer? Many state Secondary Schools are limiting the GCSE language options offered to their students – rather than having a choice of languages many students learn only one – so they can “focus” their efforts. Often...
by laacademia-author | Nov 20, 2015 | Language classes, Language school, Languages
In previous blogs la Academia has discussed whether British people should learn a language (yes! Read our previous posts to see why!), but today we are wondering how many languages we should learn – how many is enough? English and Scots people have an odd relationship...
by laacademia-author | Nov 12, 2015 | English for footballers, English Language Classes, English Language Tuition, ESOL classes, Language school
la Academia has a wealth of experience in teaching English to Premiership overseas coaches, so we were very interested to read about David Moyes’ language problems in Spain. Moyes’ contract with Real Sociedad has just been terminated, after less than a year of...
by laacademia-author | Nov 9, 2015 | A level MFL, Chinese classes, GCSE MFL, KS2 languages, Language school
During his recent visit to China Chancellor George Osborne said that schools will get £10m of extra funding to teach Mandarin Chinese. He revealed his daughter, Liberty, was already learning China’s main language, and said that 5,000 more pupils will learn...
