by laacademia-author | Feb 17, 2021 | Beginner classes, Business language courses, courses, Evening classes, French classes, Language classes, Language school, Languages
A period farmhouse in the glorious French countryside. That’s where my friend Ellie emigrated to three years ago, with her husband and 7 year old son. Naturally they’re all fluent speakers by now. Though I recently discovered Ellie hadn’t mastered typing French...
by laacademia-author | Feb 9, 2021 | Business language courses, Chinese classes, courses, Language classes, Language for Holidays, Language school, Languages
Are you thinking about learning Chinese? If so, the new year is great time to get started. Like a New Year’s resolution. Not the traditional Western new year celebrated on 31st December though. The Chinese New Year. This year it falls on Friday 12th February. And...
by laacademia-author | Feb 2, 2021 | Beginner classes, courses, Evening classes, Japanese Lessons, Language classes, Language classes in schools, Language school, Languages, Uncategorized
Welcome to the first of this year’s In the Staffroom. Introducing you to the people behind the scenes of La Academia, Manchester’s award-winning language school. Last month we spoke to our fabulous Gill. She told us how was beguiled by the Japanese language, after...
by laacademia-author | Jan 20, 2021 | French classes, GCSE MFL, GCSE Tuition, Language classes, Language school, Languages, Spanish classes, Uncategorized
I’m not a parent. But, I’m feeling the pain vicariously through friends, relatives, and associates who are. Poor souls! Juggling home schooling once again, due to the Lockdown III restrictions, since 5th January. In addition, it’s been announced that traditional GSCE...
by laacademia-author | Dec 2, 2020 | Language classes, Language school, Languages, Latest News
I came across some fascinating data recently about learning foreign language skills in 2020. It was conducted in the summer, by Opinium on behalf of Aldermore Bank. And, it confirmed my suspicions about why gift vouchers for language lessons are so massively popular...
by laacademia-author | Nov 13, 2019 | Chinese classes, Language classes
Mandarin Chinese might not be your first thought when choosing to learn a new language but it should be. It is the most widely-spoken language in the world. China’s meteoric rise as a world superpower, its fascinating cultural heritage and its status as a major global...
