by laacademia-author | Aug 18, 2015 | Language classes
Trade between Arabic-speaking countries and businesses in the Manchester area goes back to at least 1798, when there were 4 Arab trading houses in Manchester. In 1838 the Anglo-Ottoman Treaty was passed, which allowed free trade between the 2 empires. In the years...
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 | Aug 4, 2015 | Language classes, Language school, Languages
Japanese is a popular choice for students learning languages at la Academia. Usually students come to us from either an interest in martial arts, manga or anime, but we also get students who are learning Japanese for work, or who are going to Japan on the JET scheme...
by laacademia-author | Jul 3, 2015 | A level MFL, GCSE MFL, Language classes, Languages
The advice for students wanting to go to a Russell Group university who do not yet know what subject their degree will be in, is to keep their options open by choosing at least two “facilitating subjects” at A-level. These are the subjects which provide good...
by laacademia-author | Jun 12, 2015 | Language classes, Languages
Nearly all the research whether from Europe or further afield shows that language students are not very worried about being in a language class, but that their anxiety levels rise when they are asked to speak in the target language. The reasons for this tend to be:...
by laacademia-author | May 8, 2015 | Language classes, Languages
During la Academia’s recent research with learners at our language school, one of the interesting findings was on the question of learning languages in a group. We asked our students about their experience of learning in a group – specifically their reasons for...
