by laacademia-author | Jun 10, 2016 | Language school, Languages
Portuguese – a language brimming with history and the host nation language for the Olympics and Paralympics later this year. If the Olympics alone are not enough reason to learn Portuguese, here are 6 more reasons! Rio – what a city – capital of Brazil, so lively,...
by laacademia-author | Dec 30, 2015 | English for footballers, Language school, Languages
Football managers – should they speak more languages? The debate as to whether football managers should speak more languages rumbles on. This week a caller to Radio5Live suggested that modern managers need to speak more languages – that monoglots such as Sir Alex...
by laacademia-author | Dec 18, 2015 | Greek classes, Language school
La Academia loves language! All the languages that our teachers offer have their own idiosyncracies and charm, Greek possibly more so than any other. It’s always fun to try phrases in another language, though often it’s an equivalent rather than a direct translation....
by laacademia-author | Nov 27, 2015 | Language classes, Language school, Languages
Learning Greek for culture and history Learning Greek is a great way to find out about Greek culture. With 34 centuries of written records, plays, poetry and scientific discovery this is a huge legacy for all of modern civilization. As well as its own history,...
by laacademia-author | Nov 20, 2015 | Language classes, Language school, Languages
In previous blogs la Academia has discussed whether British people should learn a language (yes! Read our previous posts to see why!), but today we are wondering how many languages we should learn – how many is enough? English and Scots people have an odd relationship...
by laacademia-author | Nov 12, 2015 | English for footballers, English Language Classes, English Language Tuition, ESOL classes, Language school
la Academia has a wealth of experience in teaching English to Premiership overseas coaches, so we were very interested to read about David Moyes’ language problems in Spain. Moyes’ contract with Real Sociedad has just been terminated, after less than a year of...
