by laacademia-author | Jun 20, 2016 | Beginner classes, Italian classes, Language classes, Language school
Italian is the mother tongue of nearly 65 million people across Europe (in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland and Vatican City), and around 85 million people across the world speak Italian. The additional native Italian speakers are to be found in parts of Africa,...
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...
