by laacademia-author | Nov 9, 2015 | A level MFL, Chinese classes, GCSE MFL, KS2 languages, Language school
During his recent visit to China Chancellor George Osborne said that schools will get £10m of extra funding to teach Mandarin Chinese. He revealed his daughter, Liberty, was already learning China’s main language, and said that 5,000 more pupils will learn...
by laacademia-author | Oct 15, 2015 | Language classes, Language school
One of the commonest reasons given for not learning foreign languages is there is no need, as “Everybody speaks English”. Actually, this is far from the case, as even in Europe, the level of English speaking varies widely. Even including the countries which do have...
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 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 10, 2015 | Language school, Spanish classes
It’s not too late to improve your Spanish conversation skills ahead of the holidays! la Academia is continuing our very successful Saturday Spanish conversation class, fortnightly on the first and third Saturdays of each month. The class is also open to anyone...
by laacademia-author | Mar 22, 2015 | EFL classes, English for footballers, Language school, Languages
There are concerns that the influx of foreign footballers, especially into the Premier League, is diluting the opportunities available to British players. Flush with TV money, managers are able to buy experienced, older players, which limits the chances of youngsters...
