by laacademia-author | May 20, 2019 | Beginner classes, Business language courses, French classes, German classes, Language classes in schools, Languages, Spanish classes, Uncategorized
‘What’, I hear you cry, ‘How can it be good news that fewer pupils are learning a language’. Of course, there is a downside – but also an upside. And that’s what I’d like you to consider. . . First – some facts In England’s schools, entries for language GCSEs have...
by laacademia-author | Feb 10, 2019 | French classes
When I was learning the language (some years ago!) typical French conversation was along the line of ‘Where are you going for your holiday?’ The sort of conversation to be had at the hairdressers, nothing too challenging, or indeed, interesting. So it was lovely to...
by laacademia-author | Oct 11, 2017 | French classes, Language school, Spanish classes
Recently at la Academia we have recruited some great new teachers! We have new Spanish teachers, and also French, Portuguese and Japanese teachers, so if you’d like the challenge of learning a new language, we can help! Learning a language is fun as well as being...
by laacademia-author | Sep 8, 2017 | Chinese classes, French classes, KS2 languages, MFL in primaries, Spanish classes
Foreign languages are a compulsory subject in Primary Schools at KS2 (Year 3 to Year 6). Schools can teach any modern foreign language (MFL), and the learning should “lay the foundations” for foreign language learning at secondary school. It does not...
by laacademia-author | Jan 31, 2017 | EFL classes, French classes, Language school, Languages
Diane Lebouthillier was raised in a region of Quebec where French is the dominant language, but in 2015 she was elected to the Canadian House of Commons and was made Minister of National Revenue. Around a fifth of Canadians are bilingual in French and English, but...
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...
