by laacademia-author | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s a lot of research about the benefits of learning a language (see some of our past posts on the topic), but much less on Why do people learn languages? We polled our own group of learners recently to understand more about what motivates them to study, and we...
by laacademia-author | May 22, 2015 | KS2 languages, Language classes in schools
The OCR exam board has submitted proposals to Ofqual to develop more youth-friendly exams in MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) removing some conversational topics such as the weather, holidays and zoo visits, and instead offering topics such as tattoos and festivals. The...
by laacademia-author | May 8, 2015 | Language classes, Languages
During la Academia’s recent research with learners at our language school, one of the interesting findings was on the question of learning languages in a group. We asked our students about their experience of learning in a group – specifically their reasons for...
by laacademia-author | Apr 30, 2015 | Language classes, Languages
We are currently running a language learner survey with our students at la Academia to understand more about their learning styles and what they find helps when learning a language. It’s still early days, and a little early to be drawing any final conclusions....
by laacademia-author | Apr 21, 2015 | KS2 languages, MFL in primaries
Over the past 12 years and more, la Academia has watched with interest and increasing exasperation as successive governments have changed, strengthened, diluted and messed with language learning in UK schools. Everyone seems to agree that languages are an essential...
