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 | Nov 28, 2017 | Language classes, Languages
Many of our students might agree that after a drink their language skills improve! But now a study by European universities has shown they are right. Alcohol, as we all know, affects our memory, concentration and behaviour, as well as body movements. Too much alcohol...
by laacademia-author | Aug 25, 2017 | Language classes in schools, Language school, Languages
A saying attributed to Nelson Mandela says: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that will go to his head. But, if you talk to him in his own language, that will go to his heart”. It’s a well-accepted fact that should we need to build a certain level of...
by laacademia-author | Aug 15, 2017 | Languages
There are so many research-based resources available detailing the positive benefits of bilingualism. However, speech and language pathologist, Ana Paula G. Mumy, reports that the practice of speaking to children in their native language, within a home environment, is...
by laacademia-author | Jul 27, 2017 | Languages, Latest News
Swedish scientists have discovered that learning a foreign language indeed has a visible effect on the size of our brains. A group of young adult military recruits were drafted in to take part in a study in Sweden. The test subjects were split into two distinct groups...
by laacademia-author | Jul 10, 2017 | Languages
As the peak of the summer holiday season approaches and that long awaited break in a foreign country moves ever closer, many of us will have already been asked, “Do you speak the language?” Sadly, for the vast majority, the answer will have been “no.” So, why do so...
