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...
by laacademia-author | Oct 20, 2016 | French classes
Many of our French students find that speaking with a French-sounding accent can be quite tricky – so could “lé Authentic Francais Accent Translatair” help? Written by Sean Payne the authentic French accent translator website at...
by laacademia-author | Sep 29, 2016 | Business language courses, French classes, German classes, Italian classes, Language school, Latest News
Some interesting research from jobs website Adzuna this week. They looked at all their job listings, which were posted in English, but which asked for other languages. They could then see which languages employers look for and which pay the best. Congratulate yourself...
