by laacademia-author | Oct 10, 2012 | Chinese classes, Language classes, Latest News
The Chinese people are just getting back to work after a week off to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was on September 30th. This is a Holiday, followed by another week off from October 1st to 7th to celebrate National Day, so there will have been a lot of...
by laacademia-author | Sep 28, 2012 | Business language courses, Chinese classes, French classes, German classes, Italian classes, Language classes, Spanish classes
An English pub landlord was given a 32-week suspended jail sentence last week, and was also ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work and pay £250 costs. He was found guilty of brandishing an air rifle behind the bar after customers got annoyed when he told them to...
by laacademia-author | Sep 26, 2012 | Language classes, Languages, MFL in primaries
The European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26th September, as an initiative of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Across Europe, the 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe’s 47 member states are encouraged...
by laacademia-author | Sep 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
This would be a very short blog post if we just answered the question No! but on the whole, that is still the answer. However tempting the idea of “free” translation is, it should be treated with extreme caution, if your website is a commercial website. Automatic...
by laacademia-author | Sep 21, 2012 | French classes, German classes, Italian classes, KS2 languages, Language classes in schools, MFL in primaries
With Michael Gove’s announcement that the English Baccalaureate will replace GCSE’s in ‘core subjects’, starting when current Year 7s reach Year 11, school language learning is again in the news. Initially Maths, Science and English will be taken as eBaccs, rather...
