by laacademia-author | Oct 6, 2015 | Language classes, Languages
Calling all young people from 14 to 24! Did you know that you can study a language as part of your Duke of Edinburgh Award? You’re not allowed to count the study you are doing at school, but if you are having additional language lessons, or studying a new language...
by laacademia-author | Sep 21, 2015 | Language classes, Language school, Languages
Great question! With over 7,000 languages worldwide, deciding which is the best language to learn is a challenge! Even if we reduce the options by saying we want to be able to communicate with at least 100,000 people that still leaves around 700 languages to choose...
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...
