by laacademia-author | Dec 23, 2016 | Language classes, Language school, Languages, Latest News
Research on language speakers shows many benefits to learning languages, but perhaps the most exciting is the effects of bilingualism in ageing. The research indicates that bilingualism seems to protect against dementia. The discoveries began with Psycholinguist Ellen...
by laacademia-author | Nov 19, 2016 | Languages, Latest News
The British Council surveyed 2,000 UK adults to measure attitudes towards learning foreign languages following “Brexit” – the vote to leave the European Union. The respondents believed that it was more important than ever for Britons to learn foreign languages....
by laacademia-author | Oct 24, 2016 | Language school, Languages, Spanish classes
When working with the Spanish language, are there major differences between Latin American Spanish and European Spanish? We asked la Academia Director Ruben Cnobel for his take on the question, and to point out pitfalls in Spanish to avoid. First, Ruben says “Spanish...
by laacademia-author | Sep 4, 2016 | A level MFL, GCSE MFL, Languages, Latest News
As A level results came out on 18th August the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) was expressing concern about a fall in the number of A level language entries. They suggested that a fall in funding was the cause. Entries to A-levels in French dropped by...
by laacademia-author | Aug 18, 2016 | English for footballers, Language classes, Languages
Here at la Academia we have provided language services for a number of years to professional football clubs. Football is an international business – clubs may have owners, management teams, coaching and backroom staff as well as players whose first language is...
by laacademia-author | Aug 13, 2016 | Language classes, Languages, Latest News
Interesting research from the University of Washington, who wired up 19 volunteers to check out what their brains did while resting, and whether their brain patterns predicted language learning. OK, so 19 people is not a big sample, but the research is interesting. It...
