by laacademia-author | Aug 21, 2018 | Chinese classes, Language classes, Language school
That’s right, Mark Zuckerberg – the 34 year old second only in wealth to the world’s richest man, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, learns Mandarin Chinese. Admittedly, he did have some very personal motivation initially – he’s married to Priscilla Chan the daughter of...
by laacademia-author | Mar 22, 2018 | Language school, Languages
How did you start to learn Japanese? I’m a native English speaker but lived in Japan for a few years in my twenties. I was sent to a small village in the mountains where no one had ever even seen a foreign person in the flesh and certainly didn’t speak any English. I...
by laacademia-author | Jan 31, 2018 | Language school
Recent research shows that positive thinking helps students solve maths problems. Researchers whose results were published in Psychological Science suggested “looking at students’ beliefs about a subject and their self-perceived abilities to provide another inroad to...
by laacademia-author | Jan 18, 2018 | Language classes, Language school
I’m Dagmara, but friends call me Daga. I come from Poland and I’ve been in UK for 4 years now. I teach Polish and English. I’ve got a Master’s Degree in language teaching and many years of experience in teaching students of all ages, from toddlers to adults. I...
by laacademia-author | Jan 3, 2018 | Language classes, Language school, Spanish classes
Welcome back to la Academia in 2018 – this is the year to make your language learning resolutions a reality! All our language lessons and classes are running as usual. Whether you’re learning for pleasure, travel, work or just for the challenge,...
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...
