by laacademia-author | Sep 18, 2015 | Languages
Many language learners consider they are getting fluent when they start dreaming in the target language, others when they count in that language rather than their own. Number counting tends to be one of the language areas most deeply ingrained, so that even people who...
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 23, 2015 | Languages, Latest News
Recently, la Academia blogged about how a second foreign language helps with getting to University, and this week, an article in the press caught our eye – in their latest recruitment campaign the Metropolitan Police are requiring candidates have a second language....
by laacademia-author | Jul 3, 2015 | A level MFL, GCSE MFL, Language classes, Languages
The advice for students wanting to go to a Russell Group university who do not yet know what subject their degree will be in, is to keep their options open by choosing at least two “facilitating subjects” at A-level. These are the subjects which provide good...
by laacademia-author | Jun 24, 2015 | Languages, Uncategorized
La Academia recently came across a beautiful illustration of the relationship of Indo-European and Uralic languages, by Minna Sundberg. It really shows how European languages are related to each other and to languages such as Persian and Punjabi that share common...
by laacademia-author | Jun 12, 2015 | Language classes, Languages
Nearly all the research whether from Europe or further afield shows that language students are not very worried about being in a language class, but that their anxiety levels rise when they are asked to speak in the target language. The reasons for this tend to be:...
