by laacademia-author | Jan 27, 2017 | Chinese classes
Chinese New Year begins on Saturday January 28th, and Chinese families will be getting together to celebrate. The New Year celebrations are also called Spring Festival, and last for 15 days, ending with the Lantern Festival. Each new Chinese year is named after an...
by laacademia-author | Mar 23, 2016 | Chinese classes, Languages
In his book “A Gift to My Children: A Father’s Lessons for Life and Investing” Jim Rogers, an American who has lived life with enough energy and enthusiasm for several dozen people, counsels his young daughters: “learn languages and make sure that Mandarin is...
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...
by laacademia-author | Aug 14, 2015 | Business language courses, Chinese classes, Language classes
1. 1.357 billion Chinese people can’t be wrong! Well, you wouldn’t want to argue with them, would you? 2. Businesses – 1.357 billion potential clients! Even if you sell to a niche – say doctors – the numbers are staggering. With 1.9 doctors per 1,000 population,...
by laacademia-author | Mar 12, 2015 | Business language courses, Chinese classes, Language classes
In an interesting article in The Scotsman last week a Scottish MEP courted controversy by claiming that “in terms of international trade French is a very minor language”, and suggesting that schoolchildren should learn “Spanish or Arabic or Mandarin...
by laacademia-author | Aug 28, 2013 | Chinese classes, Evening classes, French classes, Italian classes, Spanish classes
Please note: This is an old blog – for the latest on Italian classes, call us on 0161 491 1444! Here are the dates and times for our language classes starting from September 17th 2013. We are offering classes in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese....
